The past, present and future of agriculture policy in Africa

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dc.creatorBadiane, Ousmane
dc.creatorCollins, Julia
dc.creatorUlimwengu, John M.
dc.date2020-10-01
dc.date2024-05-22T12:09:54Z
dc.date2024-05-22T12:09:54Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:17:45Z
dc.descriptionThis chapter reviews changes in Africa’s economic and agricultural development, and explores their origins in the types of policies pursued by leaders. It examines the strategies and economic trends of the past, in the decades since independence; discusses the innovations of the current Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) era; and describes future policy challenges as we approach the third decade of CAADP implementation. In the first section, we review trends over the past decades in economic growth, agricultural production and productivity, and poverty and hunger. Next, we describe the evolution of agricultural and macroeconomic policies in the decades since Africa’s independence. The third section uses econometric analysis to link policy changes and macroeconomic management indicators to economic growth outcomes. The fourth section describes policy renewal efforts under CAADP, and the next section discusses the growing danger of policy reversal and the importance of mutual accountability processes to mitigate this risk. The sixth section discusses new and emerging policy challenges facing policymakers today, and the final section concludes with some remarks on the way forward.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/142071
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/100270
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.publisherAKADEMIYA2063
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293946
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceBadiane, Ousmane; Collins, Julia; and Ulimwengu, John M. 2020. The past, present and future of agriculture policy in Africa. In 2020 Annual trends and outlook report: Sustaining Africa's agrifood system transformation: The role of public policies. Resnick, Danielle; Diao, Xinshen; and Tadesse, Getaw (Eds). Chapter 2, Pp. 9-25. Washington, DC, and Kigali: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and AKADEMIYA2063. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293946_02.
dc.subjectpolicies
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectagrifood systems
dc.subjectpublic policies
dc.titleThe past, present and future of agriculture policy in Africa
dc.typeBook Chapter

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