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Improving the Impact of Market Reform on Agricultural Productivity in Africa: How Institutional Design Makes a Difference

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T. S. Jayne () (Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University)
James D. Shaffer
John M. Staatz
Thomas Reardon

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This paper reviews the emerging empirical record of agricultural marketing policy reform and agricultural productivity, drawing from research on food access and agricultural productivity supported by USAID’s Africa Bureau on seven countries in West, Eastern, and Southern Africa. We also examine key factors constraining past and future performance of the food systems in these countries. The paper concludes by identifying a set of policy issues for further consideration that would help provide the investment incentives to promote productivity growth for the millions of low-input semi-subsistence rural households in the region.

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Paper provided by Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University in its series International Development Working Papers with number 66.

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Keywords: food security; food policy; market reform;

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Q13 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness

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  1. Michael L. Morris & Michael T. Weber, 1983. "Programmable Calculator (TI-59) Programs for Marketing and Price Analysis in Third World Countries," International Development Working Papers 11, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Carl Liedholm & Joan Parker, 1989. "Small Scale Manufacturing Growth in Africa: Initial Evidence," International Development Working Papers 33, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
  3. Steve Haggblade & Carl Liedholm & Donald C. Mead, 1986. "The Effect of Policy and Policy Reforms on Non-Agricultural Enterprises and Employment in Developing Countries: A Review of Past Experiences," International Development Working Papers 27, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Crawford, Eric W. & Kelly, Valerie A., 2001. "Evaluating Measures To Improve Agricultural Input Use," Staff Papers 11686, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
  3. Mkhabela, T., 2005. "Technical efficiency in a vegetable based mixed-cropping sector in Tugela Ferry, Msinga District, KwaZulu-Natal," Agrekon, Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA), vol. 44(2), June. [Downloadable!]
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  5. Kydd, Jonathan & Dorward, Andrew & Morrison, Jamie & Cadisch, Georg, 2002. "Agricultural Development And Pro Poor Economic Growth In Sub Saharan Africa: Potential And Policy," ADU Working Papers 10920, Imperial College at Wye, Department of Agricultural Sciences. [Downloadable!]
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