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Does Trade Policy Impact Food and Agriculture Global Value Chain Participation of Sub‐Saharan African Countries?
Author(s) -
Balié Jean,
Del Prete Davide,
Magrini Emiliano,
Montalbano Pierluigi,
Nenci Silvia
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.1093/ajae/aay091
Subject(s) - agriculture , global value chain , value (mathematics) , latin americans , international trade , food policy , commercial policy , economics , international economics , value chain , business , food security , comparative advantage , geography , supply chain , political science , archaeology , marketing , machine learning , computer science , law
The emergence of food and agriculture global value chains (GVCs) is challenging the way scholars look at trade data, as well as how policy makers establish their trade policies. The common perception is that Sub‐Saharan African (SSA) countries, unlike most Latin American and Asian countries, are not deeply integrated into global production networks. Consequently, it is believed that the border protection policies of the former may have a limited impact on GVC participation. This paper challenges this conventional knowledge in two ways. First, by decomposing bilateral gross export into its value added components, we show that the sectoral and bilateral SSA participation in GVC for food and agriculture is substantial. Second, we demonstrate that trade policies impact backward and forward value chain linkages. These results call for a refinement of trade policy priorities in SSA.