Screen LibraryAgricultural Supply Chains, Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa : Market Structure, Farm Constraints and Grass-root Institutions /
This book investigates if and how agricultural market structures and farm constraints affect the development of dynamic food and cash crop sectors and whether these sectors can contribute to economic transformation and poverty reduction in Africa. The authors map the current cash and food crops supp...
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin, Heidelberg : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development,
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53858-6 |
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This book investigates if and how agricultural market structures and farm constraints affect the development of dynamic food and cash crop sectors and whether these sectors can contribute to economic transformation and poverty reduction in Africa. The authors map the current cash and food crops supply chains in six African countries, characterizing their markets structures and domestic competition policies. At the farm level, the book studies the constraints faced by small holders to increase productivity and break out of a vicious cycle in which low productivity exacerbates vulnerability to |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource(XI,192pages): illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9783662538586 |
| Index Number: | HD72 |
| CLC: | F340 |
| Contents: | Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: The Welfare Impact of Agricultural Supply Chains, Market Structure and Farm Constraints -- Part II: The Role of Non Market Institutions in Sub Saharan Agriculture. |