Reinvesting in African Small-Holder Agriculture : The Role of Tree Crops in Sustainable Farming Systems

This Policy and Strategy Paper contributes to an ongoing policy debate-within the Bank but also with its client governments-about the role of tree crops in various production systems, and as key commodities in the trade portfolio of various African...

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Published: Washington, DC 2013
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spelling okr-10986-157292021-04-23T14:03:15Z Reinvesting in African Small-Holder Agriculture : The Role of Tree Crops in Sustainable Farming Systems World Bank AGRIBUSINESS AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL INCOMES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AGRICULTURE ANNUAL CROPS BEVERAGE CROPS BIODIVERSITY BIOTECHNOLOGY BREEDING CASH CROPS CASHEW NUTS COCOA COCOA BEANS COCONUT COCONUTS COFFEE COFFEE BEANS COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMPETITIVE GRANTS CROP CROP DEVELOPMENT CROP PRODUCTION CROP PRODUCTS CROPPING CROPPING SYSTEMS DEBT DECENTRALIZATION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURES EXTENSION FARM FARM INCOME FARMER FARMERS FARMING FARMING SYSTEMS FARMS FOOD CROPS GENDER GUM ARABIC HARVESTING HUNGER LAND USE LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK MARKET PRICES MARKETING MIXED FARMING NATURAL RESOURCES OIL PALM PALM OIL PERENNIAL CROPS PLANTATIONS POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCE PRODUCERS PRODUCTION SYSTEMS PRODUCTIVITY RICE RICE PRICES RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL POVERTY SMALL FARMS SOILS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE FARMING TEA TRANSACTION COSTS TREE CROPS TREES USAID WAGES WORLD BANK LENDING SMALL HOLDERS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT SMALL FARMS TREE CROPS RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PRODUCTIVITY COMMODITIES CASHEW NUTS COCOA COCONUT COFFEE PLANTATIONS GUM ARABIC RUBBER CROPS SHEANUTS TEA INDUSTRY ECONOMIC COMPETITION INVESTMENTS PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS MACROECONOMIC POLICY This Policy and Strategy Paper contributes to an ongoing policy debate-within the Bank but also with its client governments-about the role of tree crops in various production systems, and as key commodities in the trade portfolio of various African nations. It attempts to answer the following questions: a) What is the role of tree crops in a rural development strategy focused on smallholders? B) Under what conditions can small-holder tree crops be included in such a strategy, and be viable, and what are the operational guidelines to do so? The set of tree crops considered includes cashew nuts, coconuts, cocoa, coffee, gum arabic, oil palm, rubber, and tea. Other tree crops, such as teak and tropical fruit, hold less economic importance for the subcontinent, and are thus excluded from the analysis. Although plantations exist for many of these crops, small-holders play a major role in their overall production. These small-holder systems are mixed farming systems, including a variety of annual crops as well as major, or minor tree crops. The paper illustrates the place of tree crops in African economies, at the macro- and micro-levels, and draws a number of lessons from a set of Asian experiences. It then suggests that, under appropriate conditions, investment in small-holder systems that include tree crops can be a good choice for investment in the productive sector. The report finally provides strategic and operational guidelines, and, includes five sections: 1. Background; 2. Support to the Sector; 3. The Asian Experience(s); 4. Perspectives on Tree Crops; and, 5. Strategic and Operational Issues. A bibliography is included, and the Statistical Appendix is available both as a separate document, and electronically. 2013-09-09T20:25:24Z 2013-09-09T20:25:24Z 2002-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/07/2393695/reinvesting-african-small-holder-agriculture-role-tree-crops-sustainable-farming-systems http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15729 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Africa
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topic AGRIBUSINESS
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
AGRICULTURAL INCOMES
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
AGRICULTURE
ANNUAL CROPS
BEVERAGE CROPS
BIODIVERSITY
BIOTECHNOLOGY
BREEDING
CASH CROPS
CASHEW NUTS
COCOA
COCOA BEANS
COCONUT
COCONUTS
COFFEE
COFFEE BEANS
COMMODITIES
COMMODITY
COMPETITIVE GRANTS
CROP
CROP DEVELOPMENT
CROP PRODUCTION
CROP PRODUCTS
CROPPING
CROPPING SYSTEMS
DEBT
DECENTRALIZATION
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT
EXPENDITURES
EXTENSION
FARM
FARM INCOME
FARMER
FARMERS
FARMING
FARMING SYSTEMS
FARMS
FOOD CROPS
GENDER
GUM ARABIC
HARVESTING
HUNGER
LAND USE
LIVELIHOODS
LIVESTOCK
MARKET PRICES
MARKETING
MIXED FARMING
NATURAL RESOURCES
OIL PALM
PALM OIL
PERENNIAL CROPS
PLANTATIONS
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCE
PRODUCERS
PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
PRODUCTIVITY
RICE
RICE PRICES
RISK MANAGEMENT
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL POVERTY
SMALL FARMS
SOILS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE FARMING
TEA
TRANSACTION COSTS
TREE CROPS
TREES
USAID
WAGES
WORLD BANK LENDING SMALL HOLDERS
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
SMALL FARMS
TREE CROPS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
POLICY FRAMEWORK
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
PRODUCTIVITY
COMMODITIES
CASHEW NUTS
COCOA
COCONUT
COFFEE PLANTATIONS
GUM ARABIC
RUBBER CROPS
SHEANUTS
TEA INDUSTRY
ECONOMIC COMPETITION
INVESTMENTS
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
MACROECONOMIC POLICY
spellingShingle AGRIBUSINESS
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
AGRICULTURAL INCOMES
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
AGRICULTURE
ANNUAL CROPS
BEVERAGE CROPS
BIODIVERSITY
BIOTECHNOLOGY
BREEDING
CASH CROPS
CASHEW NUTS
COCOA
COCOA BEANS
COCONUT
COCONUTS
COFFEE
COFFEE BEANS
COMMODITIES
COMMODITY
COMPETITIVE GRANTS
CROP
CROP DEVELOPMENT
CROP PRODUCTION
CROP PRODUCTS
CROPPING
CROPPING SYSTEMS
DEBT
DECENTRALIZATION
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT
EXPENDITURES
EXTENSION
FARM
FARM INCOME
FARMER
FARMERS
FARMING
FARMING SYSTEMS
FARMS
FOOD CROPS
GENDER
GUM ARABIC
HARVESTING
HUNGER
LAND USE
LIVELIHOODS
LIVESTOCK
MARKET PRICES
MARKETING
MIXED FARMING
NATURAL RESOURCES
OIL PALM
PALM OIL
PERENNIAL CROPS
PLANTATIONS
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCE
PRODUCERS
PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
PRODUCTIVITY
RICE
RICE PRICES
RISK MANAGEMENT
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL POVERTY
SMALL FARMS
SOILS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE FARMING
TEA
TRANSACTION COSTS
TREE CROPS
TREES
USAID
WAGES
WORLD BANK LENDING SMALL HOLDERS
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
SMALL FARMS
TREE CROPS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
POLICY FRAMEWORK
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
PRODUCTIVITY
COMMODITIES
CASHEW NUTS
COCOA
COCONUT
COFFEE PLANTATIONS
GUM ARABIC
RUBBER CROPS
SHEANUTS
TEA INDUSTRY
ECONOMIC COMPETITION
INVESTMENTS
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
MACROECONOMIC POLICY
World Bank
Reinvesting in African Small-Holder Agriculture : The Role of Tree Crops in Sustainable Farming Systems
geographic_facet Africa
description This Policy and Strategy Paper contributes to an ongoing policy debate-within the Bank but also with its client governments-about the role of tree crops in various production systems, and as key commodities in the trade portfolio of various African nations. It attempts to answer the following questions: a) What is the role of tree crops in a rural development strategy focused on smallholders? B) Under what conditions can small-holder tree crops be included in such a strategy, and be viable, and what are the operational guidelines to do so? The set of tree crops considered includes cashew nuts, coconuts, cocoa, coffee, gum arabic, oil palm, rubber, and tea. Other tree crops, such as teak and tropical fruit, hold less economic importance for the subcontinent, and are thus excluded from the analysis. Although plantations exist for many of these crops, small-holders play a major role in their overall production. These small-holder systems are mixed farming systems, including a variety of annual crops as well as major, or minor tree crops. The paper illustrates the place of tree crops in African economies, at the macro- and micro-levels, and draws a number of lessons from a set of Asian experiences. It then suggests that, under appropriate conditions, investment in small-holder systems that include tree crops can be a good choice for investment in the productive sector. The report finally provides strategic and operational guidelines, and, includes five sections: 1. Background; 2. Support to the Sector; 3. The Asian Experience(s); 4. Perspectives on Tree Crops; and, 5. Strategic and Operational Issues. A bibliography is included, and the Statistical Appendix is available both as a separate document, and electronically.
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Reinvesting in African Small-Holder Agriculture : The Role of Tree Crops in Sustainable Farming Systems
title_short Reinvesting in African Small-Holder Agriculture : The Role of Tree Crops in Sustainable Farming Systems
title_full Reinvesting in African Small-Holder Agriculture : The Role of Tree Crops in Sustainable Farming Systems
title_fullStr Reinvesting in African Small-Holder Agriculture : The Role of Tree Crops in Sustainable Farming Systems
title_full_unstemmed Reinvesting in African Small-Holder Agriculture : The Role of Tree Crops in Sustainable Farming Systems
title_sort reinvesting in african small-holder agriculture : the role of tree crops in sustainable farming systems
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/07/2393695/reinvesting-african-small-holder-agriculture-role-tree-crops-sustainable-farming-systems
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15729
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