Arab Republic of Egypt - Toward Agricultural Competitiveness in the 21st Century : An Agricultural Export-Oriented Strategy
The report proposes key elements for an
agricultural export-oriented strategy in Egypt, that would
build on the achievements of the agricultural strategy
during the 1990s. Substantial improvements in the
country's macroeconomic environment, following policy
reforms - though necessary - have not been sufficient to
improve agricultural export performance. Overall, while
Egyptian agricultural production increased during the 90s,
agricultural exports remained low, and, the fact that both
Egyptian production, and world market trends are
substantially less volatile, is a first indicator of the
potential to increase agricultural exports. The proposed
agricultural export strategy starts with an analysis of the
agricultural export potential in the country, which includes
a review on the overall agricultural export performance; an
analysis of the incentive framework in agriculture,
including estimates of the current nominal, and effective
protection rates of key imports, and exports, and, the
estimated effects of alternative agricultural, and trade
policy reform scenarios, on the returns to farming in
alternative crops. This analysis identifies two agricultural
sub-sectors - cotton and horticultural crops - from which
Egypt, contingent on policy reforms, could benefit from
potentially substantial comparative advantages in trade.
Based on the recognition that export promotion requires a
mix of sector-wide, and sub-sector specific reforms, the
rational focus of the report was to identify the main
impediments of export growth in the cotton, and
horticultural sectors. The report further offers suggestions
to phasing in reforms, so that policies increasing farming
returns in exports, precede those that will decrease
(absolute) returns in competing crops.
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
World Bank |
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| Language: | English
en_US |
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| Published: |
Washington, DC
2001-12-21
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| Subjects: | AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT,
COMPETITIVENESS,
AGRICULTURAL EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION,
EXPORT PROMOTION,
COTTON INDUSTRY,
HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS MARKETING,
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER,
SKILLS INVENTORIES,
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT,
QUALITY STANDARDS,
INFRASTRUCTURE,
LAND MANAGEMENT,
WATER MANAGEMENT,
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS,
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY,
TRADE POLICY,
REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS,
INTERNATIONAL TRADE,
EXPORT MARKETING AGRIBUSINESS,
AGRICULTURAL INPUTS,
AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENTS,
AGRICULTURAL LABOR,
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION,
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS,
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH,
AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY,
AGRICULTURAL TRADE,
AGRICULTURE,
ANTI-EXPORT BIAS,
BARLEY,
BRAN,
BREEDING,
BROADBEANS,
CENTRAL PLANNING,
CEREALS,
COMMERCIAL FARMERS,
COMMODITIES,
COMMODITY,
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE,
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES,
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE,
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES,
CONFLICTING NEEDS,
CONSUMERS,
CONTRACT FARMING,
CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS,
COOPERATIVES,
COTTON,
COTTON MARKETING,
COTTON PRICES,
COTTON PRODUCTION,
COTTON SECTOR,
COTTON STALKS,
COTTONSEED,
COTTONSEED OIL,
COWPEAS,
CROP,
CROP HUSBANDRY,
CROP RESIDUES,
CROP ROTATION,
CROPPING,
CROPPING INTENSITY,
CROPPING PATTERNS,
CULTIVATION,
DEREGULATION,
DEVALUATION,
ECONOMIC GROWTH,
EMPLOYMENT,
EQUIPMENT,
EXCHANGE RATE,
EXPORT CROPS,
EXPORT GROWTH,
EXPORTS,
EXTENSION,
EXTENSION SERVICES,
FAO,
FARM,
FARM INCOME,
FARM INCOMES,
FARM MANAGEMENT,
FARMERS,
FARMING,
FARMS,
FIELD CROPS,
FIXED PRICES,
FLAX,
FLOOR PRICE,
FLOWERS,
FOREIGN COMPETITION,
FREE MARKETS,
GRAIN,
GRAPES,
GREEN BEANS,
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT,
GROUNDNUTS,
HARVESTING,
HAY,
HIGH-YIELDING VARIETIES,
HORTICULTURAL CROPS,
HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS,
HORTICULTURE,
IMPORTS,
INSURANCE,
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT,
INTEGRATION,
IRRIGATION,
JUTE,
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY,
LAND RECLAMATION,
LENTILS,
LIVESTOCK,
LIVING STANDARDS, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/12/1675527/egypt-toward-agricultural-competitiveness-21st-century-agricultural-export-oriented-strategy
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15459
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