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The changing policy environment facing African agriculture

According to the authors, "Both national and international economic environments have changed substantially in the past decade and a half. As they look to the future, African policymakers will have to apply the lessons of the past in a very different environment". The brief explains the changes in b...

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Main Authors: Chigunta, Francis, Herbert, Ross, Johnson, Michael E., Mkandawire, Richard
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2004
Subjects:
economic situation
policies
trade
demand
subsidies
innovation
urbanization
land use
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157534
Summary:According to the authors, "Both national and international economic environments have changed substantially in the past decade and a half. As they look to the future, African policymakers will have to apply the lessons of the past in a very different environment". The brief explains the changes in both the international and national environment: Global consolidation in food retailing; Shifting composition of traded goods; Growing regional demand for staples; Advances in science and technology; Heavy farm subsidies in industrialized countries; and Land pressure.

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