Managing agricultural price volatility in Africa. Context matters for policy effectiveness

Gestion de l'instabilité des prix agricoles en Afrique. Quatre conditions d'efficacité des politiques

Elodie Maitre D'Hotel, Arlène Alpha, Raphaël Beaujeu, Françoise Gérard and Laurent Levard ()
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Arlène Alpha: GRET - Groupe de Recherche et d'Echanges Technologiques - ONG
Raphaël Beaujeu: IRAM - Institut de Recherches et d'Applications des Méthodes de développement
Françoise Gérard: UPR GREEN - Gestion des ressources renouvelables et environnement - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
Laurent Levard: GRET - Groupe de Recherche et d'Echanges Technologiques - ONG

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Abstract: Soaring agricultural prices in 2007/2008, followed by decreasing prices in 2009/2010 then a new surge in late 2010/ 2011, have placed the management of agricultural price volatility at the heart of policy debates. Many developing countries have implemented policies to limit agricultural price volatility and its adverse effects, without always achieving the expected results. Analysis of recent experiences in Africa shows that in order to be effective, a policy measure must meet four conditions: it must be based on robust knowledge; it must be predictable; its funding must be secured; and its enforcement must be monitored.

Keywords: PAYS EN DEVELOPPEMENT; PAYS DEVELOPPES; POLITIQUE DES PRIX; INSTABILITE; AGRICULTURAL PRICE; VOLATILITY; PRODUIT ALIMENTAIRE; PRIX; DEVELOPING CONTRY (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-09
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Published in Perspective, 2011, N° 12, 4 p. ⟨10.18167/agritrop/00018⟩

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