Priorities for Accelerating Food Production Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

Accelerating food production growth in sub-Saharan Africa is an immense task. Financial, physical, human, and institutional resources are so limited that clear priorities must be set between the food and nonfood sectors, among competing uses within these sectors, and between expanding the supply of...

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Autores principales: Mellor, John W., Delgado, Christopher L., Blackie, Malcom J.
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 1987
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161057
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Delgado, Christopher L.
Blackie, Malcom J.
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description Accelerating food production growth in sub-Saharan Africa is an immense task. Financial, physical, human, and institutional resources are so limited that clear priorities must be set between the food and nonfood sectors, among competing uses within these sectors, and between expanding the supply of the scarcest resources and their immediate utilization. Setting priorities will be most vital in the public sector. Public institutions and government policy must play a critical role in getting the food sector moving, and consequently there is a need to selectively expand the capacity of government to perform these functions. Nevertheless, it must be recognized that governments can rarely initiate more than a very small number of actions concurrently.
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spelling CGSpace1610572025-04-08T18:26:25Z Priorities for Accelerating Food Production Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa Mellor, John W. Delgado, Christopher L. Blackie, Malcom J. food production conferences agricultural policies Accelerating food production growth in sub-Saharan Africa is an immense task. Financial, physical, human, and institutional resources are so limited that clear priorities must be set between the food and nonfood sectors, among competing uses within these sectors, and between expanding the supply of the scarcest resources and their immediate utilization. Setting priorities will be most vital in the public sector. Public institutions and government policy must play a critical role in getting the food sector moving, and consequently there is a need to selectively expand the capacity of government to perform these functions. Nevertheless, it must be recognized that governments can rarely initiate more than a very small number of actions concurrently. 1987 2024-11-21T09:53:14Z 2024-11-21T09:53:14Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161057 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Mellor, John W.; Delgado, Christopher L.; Blackie, Malcom J. 1987. Priorities for Accelerating Food Production Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Accelerating food production in Sub-Saharan Africa. Chapter 28. Pp. 353-376. In Accelerating food production in Sub-Saharan Africa. Mellor, John W.; Delgado, Christopher L.; Blackie, Malcom J. (Eds.). Baltimore, MD: Published for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) [by] Johns Hopkins University Press. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161057
spellingShingle food production
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agricultural policies
Mellor, John W.
Delgado, Christopher L.
Blackie, Malcom J.
Priorities for Accelerating Food Production Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
title Priorities for Accelerating Food Production Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full Priorities for Accelerating Food Production Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_fullStr Priorities for Accelerating Food Production Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full_unstemmed Priorities for Accelerating Food Production Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_short Priorities for Accelerating Food Production Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_sort priorities for accelerating food production growth in sub saharan africa
topic food production
conferences
agricultural policies
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161057
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