Subsidize the agricultural sector, ECA
Africa’s Agricultural transformation cannot take place without the State. Speaking during the official remarks of expert group meeting on Agro-industry development for food and nutritional security in Southern Africa, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, ECA Southern Africa Regional Office Director, called for the active involvement of the state in the in the agri-industry “Agro-industrial development cannot take place without the state. Not for state to be a producer, but for the state to actively support and if need be subsidizing the agricultural sector”, arguing that subsidy to agriculture was done all over the world. The expert meeting convened by ECA regional office for Southern Africa is expected to provide concrete recommendations on how to strengthen the agro-industry sector through among others partnerships, best practices and lessons from other regions. An issues paper on the same subject is the main document for discussion.
| Format: | Press release biblioteca |
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| Language: | eng |
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2015-05
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10855/35360 |
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