Promoting Private Agribusiness Activity in Sub-Saharan Africa
In a break from past policies, many countries of Sub-Saharan Africa are moving away from state-controlled agricultural marketing systems. Agricultural sector and broader economic policy reforms are being implemented, one objective of which is to en...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1995/10/12845112/promoting-private-agribusiness-activity-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9985 |
| Summary: | In a break from past policies, many
countries of Sub-Saharan Africa are moving away from
state-controlled agricultural marketing systems.
Agricultural sector and broader economic policy reforms are
being implemented, one objective of which is to enhance the
incentives for private entrepreneurs and companies to
undertake investments and expand and diversify
agro-processing and trading activity. The supply response
has not been overwhelming. While some investments and
initial structural changes have occurred in certain
countries and particular sub-sectors, the expected surge in
private agribusiness activity has yet to materialize. This
study, Africa's Agro-Entrepreneurs: Private Sector
Processing and Marketing of High-Value Foods, was undertaken
in order to strengthen the empirical understanding of
private agribusiness activity in Africa and thereby enrich
on-going policy discussions and program initiatives in this
area. The paper concentrates on private processing and
marketing of such products as fresh and processed fruits and
vegetables, meat and dairy products, fresh and processed
fish, oilseeds/edible oils, nuts and spices. These higher
value foods have had an increasingly important role in
African economies in terms of household consumption and
expenditures, agricultural and manufacturing value added,
and international trade. |
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