Business for Development 2008 [electronic resource]: Promoting Commercial Agriculture in Africa /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.Development Centre.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2008.
The changing pattern of international agricultural trade has profound implications for Africa. The book’s authors discuss these trade flows, map the corporate landscape of agro-food, (including the emergent indigenous sector), and assess trends in international development co-operation in the corporate sector. Particular focus is given to “aid for trade” programmes that try to foster private-sector development and trade-capacity building. A final chapter, drawing lessons from five country case studies, provides evidence of the (in)effectiveness of government intervention and donor programmes to promote the marketing of African agriculture.
OECD-code: 41 2008 01 01 P.
Includes bibliographical references.
World Agricultural trade and Africa -- Introduction and Overview -- Mapping Business -- Aid for Trade and African Agriculture -- Unleashing the Potential of Agriculture.
The changing pattern of international agricultural trade has profound implications for Africa. The book’s authors discuss these trade flows, map the corporate landscape of agro-food, (including the emergent indigenous sector), and assess trends in international development co-operation in the corporate sector. Particular focus is given to “aid for trade” programmes that try to foster private-sector development and trade-capacity building. A final chapter, drawing lessons from five country case studies, provides evidence of the (in)effectiveness of government intervention and donor programmes to promote the marketing of African agriculture.
Agriculture and state
Agricultural industries
Agriculture