Key Steps to Improve Agribusiness Competitiveness, Part I : Input and Output Markets

Agriculture is central to emerging market economies. In Africa it accounts for as much as 65 percent of employment and 32 percent of output. Globally, two-thirds of the world’s poor - some 750 million people - work in rural areas. But as economies...

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Main Authors: Walton, Tom, Grishin, Vadim
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC 2018
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/468761520919035234/Key-steps-to-improve-agribusiness-competitiveness-part-I-input-and-output-markets
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spelling okr-10986-303752021-05-25T10:54:41Z Key Steps to Improve Agribusiness Competitiveness, Part I : Input and Output Markets Walton, Tom Grishin, Vadim AGRIBUSINESS COMPETITIVENESS EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS LAND TENURE LAND RIGHTS REGULATION MARKET ACCESS FERTILIZER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY FARM SIZE JOB CREATION EMPLOYMENT Agriculture is central to emerging market economies. In Africa it accounts for as much as 65 percent of employment and 32 percent of output. Globally, two-thirds of the world’s poor - some 750 million people - work in rural areas. But as economies expand and production shifts to manufacturing and services, agriculture’s share of employment and gross domestic product (GDP) decreases. At the same time, the broader agribusiness industry - business activities performed from farm to fork - is playing a more important role in growth and development. In part I, the emphasis is on improved land rights, better regulation of input and output markets, and better access to seeds and fertilizer that are all critical to this transition. 2018-09-06T20:30:23Z 2018-09-06T20:30:23Z 2018-01 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/468761520919035234/Key-steps-to-improve-agribusiness-competitiveness-part-I-input-and-output-markets http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30375 English EMCompass,no. 49; CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo International Finance Corporation International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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topic AGRIBUSINESS
COMPETITIVENESS
EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS
LAND TENURE
LAND RIGHTS
REGULATION
MARKET ACCESS
FERTILIZER
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
FARM SIZE
JOB CREATION
EMPLOYMENT
spellingShingle AGRIBUSINESS
COMPETITIVENESS
EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS
LAND TENURE
LAND RIGHTS
REGULATION
MARKET ACCESS
FERTILIZER
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
FARM SIZE
JOB CREATION
EMPLOYMENT
Walton, Tom
Grishin, Vadim
Key Steps to Improve Agribusiness Competitiveness, Part I : Input and Output Markets
relation EMCompass,no. 49;
description Agriculture is central to emerging market economies. In Africa it accounts for as much as 65 percent of employment and 32 percent of output. Globally, two-thirds of the world’s poor - some 750 million people - work in rural areas. But as economies expand and production shifts to manufacturing and services, agriculture’s share of employment and gross domestic product (GDP) decreases. At the same time, the broader agribusiness industry - business activities performed from farm to fork - is playing a more important role in growth and development. In part I, the emphasis is on improved land rights, better regulation of input and output markets, and better access to seeds and fertilizer that are all critical to this transition.
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author Walton, Tom
Grishin, Vadim
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Grishin, Vadim
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title Key Steps to Improve Agribusiness Competitiveness, Part I : Input and Output Markets
title_short Key Steps to Improve Agribusiness Competitiveness, Part I : Input and Output Markets
title_full Key Steps to Improve Agribusiness Competitiveness, Part I : Input and Output Markets
title_fullStr Key Steps to Improve Agribusiness Competitiveness, Part I : Input and Output Markets
title_full_unstemmed Key Steps to Improve Agribusiness Competitiveness, Part I : Input and Output Markets
title_sort key steps to improve agribusiness competitiveness, part i : input and output markets
publisher International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/468761520919035234/Key-steps-to-improve-agribusiness-competitiveness-part-I-input-and-output-markets
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