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Regionalism and food security is a relatively neglected topic with very limited literature. We use a Ricardian trade … strategies to emphasize scaling up and diversifying exports within Africa. Africa needs to unlock its high potential untapped … land and fill up the yield gap. We found as well that enhanced competitiveness and reduced barriers to trade are the two …
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exists a broad consensus that this phenomenon is likely to proceed much more slowly than once thought in Sub-Saharan Africa … to improving these systems. This paper first reviews the evolution of thinking on the supermarket revolution in Africa …
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Background paper for the Geneva Trade and Development Forum Crans-Montana, Switzerland September 17-20, 2008 …
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This paper investigates sources and determinants of agricultural growth in Africa, concentrating on the growth path …
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impact on agriculture, industry and trade. However, to date for the whole of Africa, only South Africa has commercialized … genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Realizing the high transactions costs—particularly in trade that may underlie different … countries having varying policy stances on biotechnology, COMESA (COMESA—Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, is a …
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This report looks at the African regional trade, regional integration agreements (RIAs) and the implications for food … security. An overview is presented on the present state of African regional integration and the determinants of regional trade … agriculture and food trade with partner countries. With, the exception of Ghana, Tanzania and Mozambique, the effective applied …
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Replaced with revised version of paper 07/02/10.
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With over a billion people in Africa, the issue of agricultural development and food security is extremely important …. The paper investigates the historical engagement of China in the economic cooperation with Africa, as well as the Chinese … the Chinese agricultural commitment in Africa are discussed. / Synopsis. Problem rozwoju rolnictwa i bezpieczeństwa …
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Paper to be presented at the Comesa policy seminar “Food price variability: Causes, consequences, and policy options" on 25-26 January 2010 in Maputo, Mozambique under the Comesa-MSU-IFPRI African Agricultural Markets Project (AAMP)
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This report uses panel data on 1,267 smallholder households to monitor changes in their access to markets and services. We find that Kenyan smallholders’ proximity to infrastructure, markets, and services has improved markedly over the last decade. These improvements, however, have not been...
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