Growing Africa : Unlocking the Potential of Agribusiness

This report highlights the great potential of the agribusiness sector in Africa by drawing on experience in Africa as well as other regions. The evidence demonstrates that good policies, a conducive business environment, and strategic support from...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACCESS TO MARKETS AGRIBUSINESS AGRIBUSINESS FIRMS AGRIBUSINESS PROGRAMS AGRIBUSINESS SECTOR AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL CREDIT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL EXPORT AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT AGRICULTURAL LENDING AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES AGRICULTURAL VALUE AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE FINANCE AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION ANIMAL HEALTH AUCTION AVERAGE YIELD BENCHMARK BENCHMARKING BUSINESS LAW BUTTER BUYING POWER CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITA CONSUMPTION CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS CHOCOLATE CLIMATE CHANGE COCOA COFFEE COFFEE PRODUCERS COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE COMMERCIAL BANKS COMMERCIAL FARMERS COMMERCIAL FARMING COMMERCIALIZATION COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY EXCHANGE COMMODITY PRICES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONSERVATION TILLAGE CONSUMER PRICES CONTRACT FARMING CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS COTTON CROP YIELDS CROPS CUTTING DAIRY DAIRY FARMS DAIRY INDUSTRY DAIRY PRODUCTS DEMAND ANALYSIS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT AGENCY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DOMESTIC CONSUMERS DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS DRYING DRYLANDS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ENERGY PRICES ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTS EXPLOITATION EXPORT EXPORT MARKET EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PROMOTION EXTENSION SERVICES FAIR FAO FARM FARM LAND FARM PRODUCTION FARM SECTOR FARMER FARMER ORGANIZATIONS FARMERS FARMS FEED FERTILIZER FERTILIZER SUBSIDY FERTILIZER USE FISH FISHERIES FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD CROP FOOD IMPORTS FOOD PRODUCTS FOOD SAFETY FOOD SECURITY FORESTRY GDP GDP PER CAPITA GRAIN GRAIN FARMING GRAIN QUALITY GRAINS GREEN BEANS GREEN REVOLUTION GRINDING GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HARNESS HAY HORTICULTURE HUMAN CAPITAL HYBRIDS IMPORT RESTRICTIONS IMPORT TARIFFS IMPORTS INCOME LEVELS INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INVENTORY IRRI LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LAND MANAGEMENT LAND RESOURCES LEVY LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS MAIN PRODUCING MAIZE MAIZE PRODUCTION MAIZE YIELDS MARKET ACCESS MARKET DEMAND MARKET FAILURE MARKET FAILURES MARKET INTEGRATION MARKET POWER MARKET PRICE MARKET REFORMS MARKET SHARE MARKETING MEAT MERGERS MILK MILK COLLECTION MILK SUPPLY MILLING NATIONAL INCOME NATURAL RESOURCES NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES NEGATIVE EXTERNALITY OIL OIL PALM OUTGROWER SCHEMES PALM OIL PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES PLANTATIONS POLICY ENVIRONMENT POPULATION GROWTH POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES POULTRY PRICE RISK PRICE RISKS PRICE TRENDS PRICE VOLATILITY PRIMARY PRODUCTS PRODUCER GROUPS PRODUCER ORGANIZATION PRODUCERS PRODUCT MARKET PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC GOODS QUALITY CONTROLS RAW MATERIALS RAW MILK RENT SEEKING RETAIL RETAIL PRICE RETAILING RICE PRICES RICE PRODUCTION RICE RESEARCH RICE VARIETIES RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES SALE SALES SEED SEED SECTOR SESAME SOILS SPOT MARKETS SUBSTITUTION SUGAR SUGARCANE SUPERMARKETS SUPPLIERS SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CHAINS SURPLUS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TAX REVENUES TAXATION TEA TEA INDUSTRY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TOBACCO TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL OUTPUT TRADE FACILITATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICIES TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS TREES TYING VALUE ADDED VEGETABLE OILS WAREHOUSE WORLD PRICES WORLD RICE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/327811467990084951/Main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26082

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Summary:	This report highlights the great potential of the agribusiness sector in Africa by drawing on experience in Africa as well as other regions. The evidence demonstrates that good policies, a conducive business environment, and strategic support from governments can help agribusiness reach its potential. Africa is now at a crossroads, from which it can take concrete steps to realize its potential or continue to lose competitiveness, missing a major opportunity for increased growth, employment, and food security. The report pursues several lines of analysis. First, it synthesizes the large body of work on agriculture and agribusiness in Africa. Second, it builds on a diagnosis of specific value chains. As part of this effort, the value chain for Africa's largest and fastest-growing food import, rice, is benchmarked in Senegal and Ghana against Thailand's rice value chain. Third, 170 agribusiness investments by the Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) in Africa and Southeast Asia are analyzed to gain perspective on the elements of success and failure. Fourth, the report synthesizes perspectives from the private sector through interviews with 23 leading agribusiness investors and a number of other key informants. In conclusion, the report offers practical policy advice based on the experience of countries from within and outside Africa. The huge diversity of Africa's agro-ecological, market, and business environments, however, necessarily means that each country (and indeed regions within countries) will need to adapt the broad guidance provided here to the local context. Annex 1, concerning the rice value chain, was authored by John Orchard, Tim Chancellor, Roy Denton, Amadou Abdoulaye Fall, and Peter Jaeger. Annex 2, containing interviews with 23 leading agribusiness players in Africa, was authored by Peter White.

Growing Africa : Unlocking the Potential of Agribusiness

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