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Africa Can Help Feed Africa : Removing Barriers to Regional Trade in Food Staples.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- World Bank.
- Series:
- Other Agricultural Study
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agribusiness & Markets.
- Agricultural Policy.
- Agricultural Productivity.
- Agricultural Sector.
- Agricultural Sector Economics.
- Agriculture.
- Bananas.
- Bankruptcy.
- Cartels.
- Climate Change.
- Cocoa.
- Commercialization.
- Commodity Prices.
- Consumers.
- Demographics.
- Expenditures.
- Food Production.
- Food Safety.
- Food Security.
- Gdp.
- Grains.
- Gross Domestic Product.
- International Food Policy Research Institute.
- Irrigation.
- Labeling.
- Maize.
- Pesticides.
- Political Economy.
- Population Growth.
- Price Volatility.
- Productivity.
- Regional Integration.
- Rice.
- Risk Management.
- Rural Development.
- Securities.
- Staple Foods.
- Statistical analysis.
- Technical Assistance.
- Trade and Integration.
- Trade Barriers.
- Trade Liberalization.
- Trade Policy.
- Transaction Costs.
- Wheat.
- World Food Program.
- Local Subjects:
- Agribusiness & Markets.
- Agricultural Policy.
- Agricultural Productivity.
- Agricultural Sector.
- Agricultural Sector Economics.
- Agriculture.
- Bananas.
- Bankruptcy.
- Cartels.
- Climate Change.
- Cocoa.
- Commercialization.
- Commodity Prices.
- Consumers.
- Demographics.
- Expenditures.
- Food Production.
- Food Safety.
- Food Security.
- Gdp.
- Grains.
- Gross Domestic Product.
- International Food Policy Research Institute.
- Irrigation.
- Labeling.
- Maize.
- Pesticides.
- Political Economy.
- Population Growth.
- Price Volatility.
- Productivity.
- Regional Integration.
- Rice.
- Risk Management.
- Rural Development.
- Securities.
- Staple Foods.
- Statistical analysis.
- Technical Assistance.
- Trade and Integration.
- Trade Barriers.
- Trade Liberalization.
- Trade Policy.
- Transaction Costs.
- Wheat.
- World Food Program.
- Other Title:
- Africa Can Help Feed Africa
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2012.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Africa's growing demand for food has been met increasingly by imports from the global market. This, coupled with rising global food prices, brings ever-mounting food import bills. In addition, population growth and changing demand patterns will double demands over the next 10 years. Two key issues must be addressed: (a) establishing a consistent and stable policy environment for regional trade in fertilizers; and (b) investing in institutions that reduce the transaction costs of coordination failures. Many countries have enacted new fertilizer laws in recent years, but few have provided the resources to define and enforce regulations through standards and testing capacity. This report shows that reducing regulatory burdens on fertilizers and the consequent increase in use of fertilizers will have substantial impacts on returns to farmers, with consequent impacts on poverty. The report highlights the range of barriers to food trade in Africa along the entire value chain. The issues pertain to many ministries and agencies within government: trade, agricultural, health and safety, transport, and finance. This in turn requires a "whole of government' approach to freeing up food trade, which will require strong and effective leadership to articulate the rationale and sustain the momentum for reform. Leaders must also address the hard choices that will arise in dealing with the political economy constraints that have until now blocked the capacity of Africa to exploit its enormous potential to feed Africans.
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