Toward a medium-term agricultural and rural development strategy

Paul A. Dorosh and Bart Minten

Chapter 14 in Ethiopia's agrifood system: Past trends, present challenges, and future scenarios, 2020, pp 461-470 from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: Finally, Chapter 14, “Toward a Medium-Term Agricultural and Rural Development Strategy,†highlights the book’s major themes and discusses implications for policy. In particular, the authors emphasize the importance of continued investments to increase agricultural productivity, market efficiency, and infrastructure (roads, small-scale irrigation, and electricity generation) to support both agriculture and the rural and small-town nonfarm economy. Without these investments substantial poverty increases and growing inequality are likely to result, even if there is rapid overall economic growth.

Keywords: agricultural production; investment; crops; agriculture; malnutrition; markets; agrifood systems; agricultural development; rural development; yields; poverty; rural areas; poverty reduction; Ethiopia; Eastern Africa; Africa; Sub-saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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