Aligning macroeconomic policies for agricultural transformation in Africa

Adamon N. Mukasa, Ndung’u, Njuguna and Abebe Abebe

Chapter 12 in 2020 Annual trends and outlook report: Sustaining Africa's agrifood system transformation: The role of public policies, 2020, pp 144-158 from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: This chapter discusses how accounting for macroeconomic perspectives when establishing agricultural policies can help African governments ensure that their agricultural sectors become productive, competitive, and lucrative across agricultural value chains. It presents the two-way linkages between agricultureled growth strategies and macroeconomic policies by focusing on price, fiscal, monetary, exchange rate, and trade policies. It also discusses the main constraints to effective agricultural policy and the options for integrating agricultural perspectives when developing macroeconomic policies.

Keywords: value chains; seed; fertilizers; agricultural production; macroeconomic analysis; policies; agriculture; macroeconomics; trade; agrifood systems; public policies; food systems; Northern Africa; Eastern Africa; Middle Africa; Western Africa; Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; Southern Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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