Agribusiness Indicators

Because agriculture is the economic backbone of most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Ethiopia, any meaningful sustainable development program in the continent must therefore be anchored in the sector. The concept for this study on agribusiness indicators was based on the vital role that agribusiness plays in agricultural development. The study focuses on agribusiness indicators (ABI) to identify and isolate the determining factors that lead private investors and other stakeholders to participate in agribusiness and to engage in discourse regarding its development. A more thorough empirical understanding of these determinants in turn can usefully inform the types of policy reforms that can promote agribusiness in Africa. In Ethiopia, the ABI team focused on the following success factors: a) access to critical factors of production of certified hybrid seeds, fertilizer, and mechanical input; b) enabling environment in terms of access of credit and transportation; and c) government expenditures on agriculture, and trade and regulatory policies that currently influence the agribusiness environment. The factors and indicators that the research team has included in this study are not exhaustive but rather are intended to serve as a pilot that could be scaled up to include more variables and countries. The findings of the study revealed the dominant role of the government in the seed and fertilizer markets. In the seed sub-sector, perennial shortages of both basic and certified seeds have greatly limited agricultural productivity in Ethiopia.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012-04
Subjects:	ACTUAL YIELDS, AGRIBUSINESS, AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS, AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES, AGRICULTURAL CREDIT, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISE, AGRICULTURAL EXPORT, AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS, AGRICULTURAL INPUT, AGRICULTURAL INPUTS, AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT, AGRICULTURAL MARKETS, AGRICULTURAL POLICIES, AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, AGRICULTURAL TRADE, AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION, AGRICULTURAL VALUE, AGRICULTURAL ZONES, AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION, AGRICULTURE RESEARCH, AGRICULTURE SECTOR, ARABLE LAND, AVERAGE YIELDS, BARLEY, BEANS, BREEDER SEED, BREEDING, CAPITAL GOODS, CEREALS, CERTIFIED SEED, CHEMICAL FERTILIZER, CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS, CHEMICAL INPUTS, CLIMATE, CLIMATES, COCOA, COFFEE, COFFEE FARMERS, COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE, COMMERCIAL BANK, COMMERCIAL BANKS, COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER, COMMERCIAL SEED, COMMERCIAL SEED SECTOR, COMMODITY, COOPERATIVES, COTTON, CROP, CROP AGRICULTURE, CROP AREA, CROP CATEGORY, CROP INSURANCE, CROP INSURANCE SCHEME, CROP LAND, CROP PRODUCTION, CROP YIELDS, CROPLAND, CROPPING, CROPPING SEASONS, CROPS, CROWDING OUT, CULTIVAR, CULTIVATION, DAIRY FARMS, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, DIVIDENDS, ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS, ECOLOGICAL ZONES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EFFECTIVE DEMAND, EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE, EQUIPMENT, EXPORT CROPS, EXTENSION, FAO, FARM, FARM ACTIVITIES, FARM WORK, FARMER, FARMER COOPERATIVES, FARMERS, FARMING, FARMS, FERTILIZER, FERTILIZER APPLICATION, FERTILIZER COST, FERTILIZER INDUSTRY, FERTILIZER SUBSIDIES, FERTILIZER SUBSIDY, FERTILIZER USE, FERTILIZERS, FOOD CROPS, FOOD INSECURITY, FOOD POLICY, FOOD POLICY RESEARCH, FOOD SECURITY, FORESTRY, FOUNDATION SEED, GENDER, GENETIC RESOURCES, GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES, GRAIN, GRAIN PRODUCTION, GRAINS, GROWTH IN AGRICULTURE, HERBICIDES, HORTICULTURAL CROPS, HUNGER, HYBRID MAIZE, HYBRID SEED, HYBRID SEED INDUSTRY, HYBRID SEEDS, HYBRIDS, IFAD, IFPRI, INCOME GENERATION, INCOMES, INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, IRRIGATION, LAND DEGRADATION, LIVESTOCK, LIVESTOCK SECTOR, LOW INCOME, MAIZE, MAIZE PRODUCTION, MARKET DISTORTIONS, MOA, NATURAL RESOURCES, NGOS, NOMINAL INTEREST RATES, OIL, OIL SEEDS, OILSEEDS, PARENTAL LINES, PERENNIAL CROPS, PESTICIDES, PLANT BREEDERS, PLANT PROTECTION, PLANT QUARANTINE, PLANTING, PLOWING, POLICY MAKERS, POTENTIAL YIELDS, POULTRY, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRICE CEILINGS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATE SEED COMPANIES, PRODUCE, PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, PUBLIC SEED ENTERPRISES, PULSES, RAW MATERIALS, REGIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, RESEARCH CENTERS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL ROADS, SEED, SEED COMPANIES, SEED COMPANY, SEED ENTERPRISE, SEED ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT, SEED ENTERPRISES, SEED INDUSTRY, SEED LAWS, SEED MARKETING, SEED MULTIPLICATION, SEED PRODUCERS, SEED PRODUCTION, SEED REGULATION, SEED SYSTEM, SEED TESTING, SEEDS, SMALL-SCALE FARMERS, SMALL-SCALE PRODUCERS, SOIL FERTILITY, SORGHUM, STREAMS, SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE, SUGAR, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TEA, TOBACCO, TOMATOES, TRANSACTION COSTS, UNDP, UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, USAID, WHEAT, WHEAT FLOUR, WOMEN FARMERS, WOOD,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/631391468008109813/Agribusiness-indicators-Ethiopia https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26562
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