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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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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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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World Bank |
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Reinvesting in African Small-Holder Agriculture : The Role of Tree Crops in Sustainable Farming Systems |
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Reinvesting in African Small-Holder Agriculture : The Role of Tree Crops in Sustainable Farming Systems |
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Reinvesting in African Small-Holder Agriculture : The Role of Tree Crops in Sustainable Farming Systems |
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Reinvesting in African Small-Holder Agriculture : The Role of Tree Crops in Sustainable Farming Systems |
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Reinvesting in African Small-Holder Agriculture : The Role of Tree Crops in Sustainable Farming Systems |
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reinvesting in african small-holder agriculture : the role of tree crops in sustainable farming systems |
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Washington, DC |
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2013 |
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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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