Growing Africa

This report highlights the great potential of the agribusiness sector in Africa by drawing on experience in Africa as well as other regions. The evidence demonstrates that good policies, a conducive business environment, and strategic support from governments can help agribusiness reach its potential. Africa is now at a crossroads, from which it can take concrete steps to realize its potential or continue to lose competitiveness, missing a major opportunity for increased growth, employment, and food security. The report pursues several lines of analysis. First, it synthesizes the large body of work on agriculture and agribusiness in Africa. Second, it builds on a diagnosis of specific value chains. As part of this effort, the value chain for Africa's largest and fastest-growing food import, rice, is benchmarked in Senegal and Ghana against Thailand's rice value chain. Third, 170 agribusiness investments by the Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) in Africa and Southeast Asia are analyzed to gain perspective on the elements of success and failure. Fourth, the report synthesizes perspectives from the private sector through interviews with 23 leading agribusiness investors and a number of other key informants. In conclusion, the report offers practical policy advice based on the experience of countries from within and outside Africa. The huge diversity of Africa's agro-ecological, market, and business environments, however, necessarily means that each country (and indeed regions within countries) will need to adapt the broad guidance provided here to the local context. Annex 1, concerning the rice value chain, was authored by John Orchard, Tim Chancellor, Roy Denton, Amadou Abdoulaye Fall, and Peter Jaeger. Annex 2, containing interviews with 23 leading agribusiness players in Africa, was authored by Peter White.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013-03-11
Subjects:	ACCESS TO MARKETS, AGRIBUSINESS, AGRIBUSINESS FIRMS, AGRIBUSINESS PROGRAMS, AGRIBUSINESS SECTOR, AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES, AGRICULTURAL CREDIT, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL EXPORT, AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS, AGRICULTURAL GROWTH, AGRICULTURAL INPUTS, AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT, AGRICULTURAL LENDING, AGRICULTURAL MARKETS, AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT, AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES, AGRICULTURAL PRICES, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALS, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES, AGRICULTURAL VALUE, AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURE FINANCE, AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION, ANIMAL HEALTH, AUCTION, AVERAGE YIELD, BENCHMARK, BENCHMARKING, BUSINESS LAW, BUTTER, BUYING POWER, CAPACITY BUILDING, CAPITA CONSUMPTION, CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS, CHOCOLATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, COCOA, COFFEE, COFFEE PRODUCERS, COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE, COMMERCIAL BANKS, COMMERCIAL FARMERS, COMMERCIAL FARMING, COMMERCIALIZATION, COMMODITIES, COMMODITY, COMMODITY EXCHANGE, COMMODITY PRICES, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE, COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE, COMPETITIVENESS, CONSERVATION TILLAGE, CONSUMER PRICES, CONTRACT FARMING, CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS, COTTON, CROP YIELDS, CROPS, CUTTING, DAIRY, DAIRY FARMS, DAIRY INDUSTRY, DAIRY PRODUCTS, DEMAND ANALYSIS, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, DOMESTIC CONSUMERS, DOMESTIC MARKET, DOMESTIC MARKETS, DRYING, DRYLANDS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, ECONOMIC SECTORS, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, ENERGY PRICES, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, ENVIRONMENTS, EXPLOITATION, EXPORT, EXPORT MARKET, EXPORT MARKETS, EXPORT PROMOTION, EXTENSION SERVICES, FAIR, FAO, FARM, FARM LAND, FARM PRODUCTION, FARM SECTOR, FARMER, FARMER ORGANIZATIONS, FARMERS, FARMS, FEED, FERTILIZER, FERTILIZER SUBSIDY, FERTILIZER USE, FISH, FISHERIES, FOOD CONSUMPTION, FOOD CROP, FOOD IMPORTS, FOOD PRODUCTS, FOOD SAFETY, FOOD SECURITY, FORESTRY, GDP, GDP PER CAPITA, GRAIN, GRAIN FARMING, GRAIN QUALITY, GRAINS, GREEN BEANS, GREEN REVOLUTION, GRINDING, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, HARNESS, HAY, HORTICULTURE, HUMAN CAPITAL, HYBRIDS, IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, IMPORT TARIFFS, IMPORTS, INCOME LEVELS, INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INVENTORY, IRRI, LABOR COSTS, LABOR FORCE, LAND MANAGEMENT, LAND RESOURCES, LEVY, LIVESTOCK, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS, MAIN PRODUCING, MAIZE, MAIZE PRODUCTION, MAIZE YIELDS, MARKET ACCESS, MARKET DEMAND, MARKET FAILURE, MARKET FAILURES, MARKET INTEGRATION, MARKET POWER, MARKET PRICE, MARKET REFORMS, MARKET SHARE, MARKETING, MEAT, MERGERS, MILK, MILK COLLECTION, MILK SUPPLY, MILLING, NATIONAL INCOME, NATURAL RESOURCES, NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES, NEGATIVE EXTERNALITY, OIL, OIL PALM, OUTGROWER SCHEMES, PALM OIL, PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES, PLANTATIONS, POLICY ENVIRONMENT, POPULATION GROWTH, POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES, POULTRY, PRICE RISK, PRICE RISKS, PRICE TRENDS, PRICE VOLATILITY, PRIMARY PRODUCTS, PRODUCER GROUPS, PRODUCER ORGANIZATION, PRODUCERS, PRODUCT MARKET, PRODUCTION COSTS, PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY, PRODUCTIVITY, PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, PUBLIC GOOD, PUBLIC GOODS, QUALITY CONTROLS, RAW MATERIALS, RAW MILK, RENT SEEKING, RETAIL, RETAIL PRICE, RETAILING, RICE PRICES, RICE PRODUCTION, RICE RESEARCH, RICE VARIETIES, RURAL AREAS, RURAL COMMUNITIES, SALE, SALES, SEED, SEED SECTOR, SESAME, SOILS, SPOT MARKETS, SUBSTITUTION, SUGAR, SUGARCANE, SUPERMARKETS, SUPPLIERS, SUPPLY CHAIN, SUPPLY CHAINS, SURPLUS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, TAX REVENUES, TAXATION, TEA, TEA INDUSTRY, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TOBACCO, TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY, TOTAL OUTPUT, TRADE FACILITATION, TRADE LIBERALIZATION, TRADE POLICIES, TRANSACTION, TRANSACTION COSTS, TREES, TYING, VALUE ADDED, VEGETABLE OILS, WAREHOUSE, WORLD PRICES, WORLD RICE,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/327811467990084951/Main-report https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26082
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