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The Comparative Performance of African and Latin American Agriculture

In: Africa and Asia in Comparative Economic Perspective

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  • Raul Hopkins
  • Bilge Nomer

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The dominant perception about African agriculture is that of a declining output performance (World Bank, 1994). This is also reflected in falling growth rates of agricultural exports and declining market shares. In contrast, agricultural output and exports performed well in Latin America and the Caribbean (Twomey and Helwege, 1991), and there was a significant diversification in agricultural exports. Such a diversification did not materialise in Sub Saharan Africa (Akiyama and Larson, 1993), where the composition of agricultural exports became increasingly dependent on a few products.

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  • Raul Hopkins & Bilge Nomer, 2001. "The Comparative Performance of African and Latin American Agriculture," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Peter Lawrence & Colin Thirtle (ed.), Africa and Asia in Comparative Economic Perspective, chapter 10, pages 185-201, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-4039-0540-6_10
    DOI: 10.1057/9781403905406_10
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