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Book (stand-alone)Policy coherence for agricultural transformation in African least developed countries (LDCs)
Aligning agriculture and trade policymaking processes
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No results found.In many developing and least-developed countries (LDCs), the transformation of the agriculture sector is key for improving domestic food security and nutrition and for promoting economic development. However, efforts to raise agricultural productivity and develop inclusive and competitive agricultural value chains are often hampered by market- and trade-related bottlenecks, while initiatives promoting agricultural commercialisation, diversification and trade are often curbed by bottlenecks at farm or post-harvest levels. In this context, FAO, in collaboration with the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) and European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM), carried out a Multi-partner Programme Support Mechanism (FMM) Project on Trade related capacity development for food security and nutrition in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) to contribute to improved policy coherence for agricultural development and food security in these countries. This report presents the main findings of four country studies conducted under the FMM Project. The studies, carried out in Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia during 2017, analysed the alignment of agriculture and trade policies and the coordination between agriculture and trade policymaking processes in these four countries. The report begins with advocating policy coherence and its relevance for African countries in the context of agriculture and trade, before explaining the objectives of the FMM Project and its approach. Section 2 presents the main findings from the country studies in the form of key messages. Finally, Section 3 concludes with recommendations for development partners, national governments, regional organisations and other relevant stakeholders. -
Book (stand-alone)Why has Africa become a net food importer? - Explaining Africa agricultural and food trade deficits 2011
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No results found....High-income countries in Africa had high net food imports per capita, but they did not have problems paying for their large food imports because they had ample sources of foreign currencies. [...] Conversely, low-income countries imported less food per capita, but their agricultural export revenues, or even sometimes, their total merchandise export revenues, could not cover their relatively small food import bills.... .... [[The] stagnation of per capita net food imports c ontrasts the steady and sharp increase in total net food imports [...] and confirms that the population increase played an important role in the increase in Africa’s import demand for food ... Much has been said about domestic production not being able to meet domestic demand fully, but the relatively small shares of net food imports in GDP were signs that domestic food production has played a significant role in feeding the growing African population. Still, the weakness of do mestic production especially for Sub-Saharan Africa lies mainly in its inability to deal with an eventual sustained increase in per capita consumption. Unless food production per capita increases or unless many surplus areas in the continent are connected to the market, any sharp increase in per capita consumption, because of, say, a sudden increase in income or a dramatic change in dietary pattern in the low income will only be met by an increase in food imports. -
MeetingTrade Policy Implications of climate change impacts on current and future agricultural systems in the semi-arid regions of West Africa 2017
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