Premium
Trends in African Agricultural Trade
Author(s) -
Stryker J. Dirck,
Baird Katherine E.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
policy studies journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1541-0072
pISSN - 0190-292X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-0072.1992.tb00168.x
Subject(s) - agriculture , earnings , business , structural adjustment , entrepreneurship , economic policy , natural resource , agricultural policy , economics , international trade , agricultural economics , development economics , economic growth , natural resource economics , political science , market economy , geography , finance , law , archaeology
Sub‐Saharan agriculture, with few exceptions, has stagnated despite official goals of achieving self‐sufficiency and increasing export earnings. African agriculture has suffered deteriorating terms of trade, inadequate technology and infrastructure, and policies which severely discourage agricultural enterprise. In some countries structural adjustment and policy reform are occurring, and there remains great potential for agricultural development due in part to prospective advantages in natural resources and abundant labor. Discussed here are a specific set of institutional reforms needed to mobilize agricultural entrepreneurship.