Agricultural transformation: the key to broad-based growth and poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa
The author argues that African rural areas behave differently from rural areas in fully commercialized market economies. In commercialized economies, price signals quickly induce factor flows, including items such as investment and technological change. A need for more food is quickly translated int...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
1995
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| author | Delgado, Christopher L. |
| author_browse | Delgado, Christopher L. |
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| description | The author argues that African rural areas behave differently from rural areas in fully commercialized market economies. In commercialized economies, price signals quickly induce factor flows, including items such as investment and technological change. A need for more food is quickly translated into production of either more food or more non-food items to finance food imports. If agricultural potential exists in such countries, market incentives will encourage both appropriate output mixes and investment inflows; growth will then occur. In contrast, this paper argues that much of Africa has not yet gone through this transformation. A prolonged process of agricultural transformation is necessary to produce such conditions. Government actions, including commitment of fiscal resources and development of successful strategies, are required. |
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| language | Inglés |
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| spelling | CGSpace1570522025-11-06T07:24:38Z Agricultural transformation: the key to broad-based growth and poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa Delgado, Christopher L. markets rural areas poverty agriculture economic aspects finance The author argues that African rural areas behave differently from rural areas in fully commercialized market economies. In commercialized economies, price signals quickly induce factor flows, including items such as investment and technological change. A need for more food is quickly translated into production of either more food or more non-food items to finance food imports. If agricultural potential exists in such countries, market incentives will encourage both appropriate output mixes and investment inflows; growth will then occur. In contrast, this paper argues that much of Africa has not yet gone through this transformation. A prolonged process of agricultural transformation is necessary to produce such conditions. Government actions, including commitment of fiscal resources and development of successful strategies, are required. 1995 2024-10-24T12:47:00Z 2024-10-24T12:47:00Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157052 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Delgado, Christopher L. 1995. Agricultural transformation: the key to broad-based growth and poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa. MTID Discussion Paper 7. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157052 |
| spellingShingle | markets rural areas poverty agriculture economic aspects finance Delgado, Christopher L. Agricultural transformation: the key to broad-based growth and poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title | Agricultural transformation: the key to broad-based growth and poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full | Agricultural transformation: the key to broad-based growth and poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_fullStr | Agricultural transformation: the key to broad-based growth and poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agricultural transformation: the key to broad-based growth and poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_short | Agricultural transformation: the key to broad-based growth and poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_sort | agricultural transformation the key to broad based growth and poverty alleviation in sub saharan africa |
| topic | markets rural areas poverty agriculture economic aspects finance |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157052 |
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