Agricultural value chains and structural transformation in Senegal: A product space approach
Using the product-space approach and BACI dataset for the period 1995-2014, we analyze the role of agricultural value chains selected under Agricultural Policy Support Project (PAPA) in Senegal’s structural transformation process. Overall, our findings suggest that the dynamics of economic complexit...
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| author | Ulimwengu, John M. Savadogo, Kimsey Sall, Leysa M. Faye, Amy Dia, Khadim |
| author_browse | Dia, Khadim Faye, Amy Sall, Leysa M. Savadogo, Kimsey Ulimwengu, John M. |
| author_facet | Ulimwengu, John M. Savadogo, Kimsey Sall, Leysa M. Faye, Amy Dia, Khadim |
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| description | Using the product-space approach and BACI dataset for the period 1995-2014, we analyze the role of agricultural value chains selected under Agricultural Policy Support Project (PAPA) in Senegal’s structural transformation process. Overall, our findings suggest that the dynamics of economic complexity index (ECI) has been rather volatile throughout the period. Simulations results suggest that exporting only non-processed agricultural products, even with Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA), is not enough to substantially boost the country structural transformation process. Exporting manufacturing products with RCA is by far the best option to fast-track structural transformation. However, a value chain approach like the one adopted by PAPA where the production and processing capability are promoted, has the potential to trigger an agriculture-driven structural transformation. We also found that diversity (increase of exported products with RCA) alone does not generate structural transformation which requires also sophistication (adding value to primary goods). It follows that to create a critical mass of agriculture-led transformational activities, the country must: i) modernize smallholders’ agribusiness value chains; ii) integrate smallholder farmers into transforming value chains; iii) optimize the role of producer organizations in promoting the integration of smallholders into agricultural value chains; iv) improve market intermediation, financial services and technology innovation. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1454772024-11-13T12:23:07Z Agricultural value chains and structural transformation in Senegal: A product space approach Ulimwengu, John M. Savadogo, Kimsey Sall, Leysa M. Faye, Amy Dia, Khadim value chains structural adjustment agriculture smallholders agro-industrial sector Using the product-space approach and BACI dataset for the period 1995-2014, we analyze the role of agricultural value chains selected under Agricultural Policy Support Project (PAPA) in Senegal’s structural transformation process. Overall, our findings suggest that the dynamics of economic complexity index (ECI) has been rather volatile throughout the period. Simulations results suggest that exporting only non-processed agricultural products, even with Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA), is not enough to substantially boost the country structural transformation process. Exporting manufacturing products with RCA is by far the best option to fast-track structural transformation. However, a value chain approach like the one adopted by PAPA where the production and processing capability are promoted, has the potential to trigger an agriculture-driven structural transformation. We also found that diversity (increase of exported products with RCA) alone does not generate structural transformation which requires also sophistication (adding value to primary goods). It follows that to create a critical mass of agriculture-led transformational activities, the country must: i) modernize smallholders’ agribusiness value chains; ii) integrate smallholder farmers into transforming value chains; iii) optimize the role of producer organizations in promoting the integration of smallholders into agricultural value chains; iv) improve market intermediation, financial services and technology innovation. 2019-12-31 2024-06-21T09:04:33Z 2024-06-21T09:04:33Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145477 en Open Access Ulimwengu, John M.; Savadogo, Kimsey; Sall, Leysa M.; Faye, Amy; and Dia, Khadim. 2019. Agricultural value chains and structural transformation in Senegal: A product space approach. Presented at the 6th African Conference of Agricultural Economists in Abuja, Nigeria, September 23-26, 2019. https://purl.umn.edu/295781 |
| spellingShingle | value chains structural adjustment agriculture smallholders agro-industrial sector Ulimwengu, John M. Savadogo, Kimsey Sall, Leysa M. Faye, Amy Dia, Khadim Agricultural value chains and structural transformation in Senegal: A product space approach |
| title | Agricultural value chains and structural transformation in Senegal: A product space approach |
| title_full | Agricultural value chains and structural transformation in Senegal: A product space approach |
| title_fullStr | Agricultural value chains and structural transformation in Senegal: A product space approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agricultural value chains and structural transformation in Senegal: A product space approach |
| title_short | Agricultural value chains and structural transformation in Senegal: A product space approach |
| title_sort | agricultural value chains and structural transformation in senegal a product space approach |
| topic | value chains structural adjustment agriculture smallholders agro-industrial sector |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145477 |
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