Cash Crop and Foodgrain Productivity in Senegal: Historical View, New Survey Evidence, and Policy Implications

Valerie Auserehl Kelly (), Bocar Diagana, Thomas Reardon, Matar Gaye and Eric Winthrop Crawford ()

No 7, International Development Policy Syntheses from Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University

Abstract: The objectives of this research are to: review the evolution of Senegalese agricultural policy and its impact on cropping productivity; describe current production practices in the Senegalese Peanut Basin, identifying factors that now contribute to or constrain productivity growth; and offer recommendations for policy initiatives likely to improve productivity.

Keywords: food security; food policy; agricultural production (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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Working Paper: CASH CROP AND FOODGRAIN PRODUCTIVITY IN SENEGAL: HISTORICAL VIEW, NEW SURVEY EVIDENCE, AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS (1996)
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