Agricultural input market reforms: A review of selected literature
The objective of this paper is to derive lessons from selected literature concerning the impact and the conditions of successful agricultural input market reform. The agricultural inputs of interest in this review are: fertilizers, seeds, agricultural equipment, pesticides, and livestock services an...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
1995
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| author | Goletti, Francesco Alfano, Anna |
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| description | The objective of this paper is to derive lessons from selected literature concerning the impact and the conditions of successful agricultural input market reform. The agricultural inputs of interest in this review are: fertilizers, seeds, agricultural equipment, pesticides, and livestock services and health inputs. The paper examines the rationale for market reform, its impact on growth, productivity, and income of farmers, and the conditions for success. Six main conclusions emerge from this review. First, market structures are the result of evolutionary processes that accompany the adoption and the diffusion of modern technology in agriculture. Second, the development of markets and private sector cannot occur unless an adequate infrastructure is in place. Third, markets cannot work unless a favorable institutional environment is created. Fourth, the success of reforms is heavily influenced by the sequencing of various policy measures. Fifth, the participation of the private sector is dependent on the credibility of government policies in support of market reforms. Finally, the scanty evidence on the impact of market reforms on small farmers suggests that these groups are often penalized. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1570512025-11-06T07:22:35Z Agricultural input market reforms: A review of selected literature Goletti, Francesco Alfano, Anna markets economic policies farm inputs The objective of this paper is to derive lessons from selected literature concerning the impact and the conditions of successful agricultural input market reform. The agricultural inputs of interest in this review are: fertilizers, seeds, agricultural equipment, pesticides, and livestock services and health inputs. The paper examines the rationale for market reform, its impact on growth, productivity, and income of farmers, and the conditions for success. Six main conclusions emerge from this review. First, market structures are the result of evolutionary processes that accompany the adoption and the diffusion of modern technology in agriculture. Second, the development of markets and private sector cannot occur unless an adequate infrastructure is in place. Third, markets cannot work unless a favorable institutional environment is created. Fourth, the success of reforms is heavily influenced by the sequencing of various policy measures. Fifth, the participation of the private sector is dependent on the credibility of government policies in support of market reforms. Finally, the scanty evidence on the impact of market reforms on small farmers suggests that these groups are often penalized. 1995 2024-10-24T12:46:59Z 2024-10-24T12:46:59Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157051 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Goletti, Francesco; Alfano, Anna. 1995. Agricultural input market reforms: A review of selected literature. MTID Discussion Paper 4. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157051 |
| spellingShingle | markets economic policies farm inputs Goletti, Francesco Alfano, Anna Agricultural input market reforms: A review of selected literature |
| title | Agricultural input market reforms: A review of selected literature |
| title_full | Agricultural input market reforms: A review of selected literature |
| title_fullStr | Agricultural input market reforms: A review of selected literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agricultural input market reforms: A review of selected literature |
| title_short | Agricultural input market reforms: A review of selected literature |
| title_sort | agricultural input market reforms a review of selected literature |
| topic | markets economic policies farm inputs |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157051 |
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