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Cash Crop and Foodgrain Productivity in Senegal: Historical View, New Survey Evidence, and Policy Implications

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Valerie Kelly () (Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University)
Bocar Diagana
Thomas Reardon
Matar Gaye
Eric Crawford

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The objectives of this research are to: review the evolution of Senegalese agricultural policy and its impact on cropping productivity; describe current production practices in the Senegalese Peanut Basin, identifying factors that now contribute to or constrain productivity growth; and offer recommendations for policy initiatives likely to improve productivity.

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Paper provided by Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University in its series International Development Policy Syntheses with number 7.

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Keywords: food security; food policy; agricultural production;

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Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy

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  3. Reardon, Thomas & Crawford, Eric & Kelly, Valerie & Diagana, Bocar, 1995. "Promoting Farm Investment For Sustainable Intensification Of African Agriculture," Food Security III Papers 11352, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Thomas Reardon & Valerie Kelly & Eric Crawford & Thomas Jayne & Kimseyinga Savadogo & Daniel Clay, 1996. "Determinants of Farm Productivity in Africa: A Synthesis of Four Case Studies," International Development Papers 22, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
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  5. Howard, Julie A. & Mungoma, Catherine, 1996. "Zambia'S Stop-And-Go Revolution: The Impact Of Policies And Organizations On The Development And Spread Of Maize Technology," Food Security III Papers 11299, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  7. Jayne, T.S. & Tschirley, David & Rubey, Lawrence & Reardon, Thomas & Staatz, John M. & Weber, Michael, 1995. "Confronting The Silent Challenge Of Hunger: A Conference Synthesis," Food Security III Papers 11373, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  8. Reardon, Thomas & Kelly, Valerie & Yanggen, David & Crawford, Eric W., 1999. "Determinants Of Fertilizer Adoption By African Farmers: Policy Analysis Framework, Illustrative Evidence, And Implications," Staff Papers 11779, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  11. Jayne, T.S. & Yamano, Takashi & Nyoro, James, 2003. "Interlinked Credit and Farm Intensification: Evidence from Kenya," 2003 Annual Meeting, August 16-22, 2003, Durban, South Africa 25933, International Association of Agricultural Economists. [Downloadable!]
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  12. Akobundu, Eberechukwu & Norton, George W. & Gaye, Matar & Bertelsen, Michael, 1998. "Farm-Household Analysis Of Policies Affecting Peanut Production In Senegal," 1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT 20887, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]
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