Business for Development 2008
Subtitle: Promoting Commercial Agriculture in Africa
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]:
Number of pages: 122
ISBN-13: 9789264044708
Subjects: Agriculture and Food; Business; Commerce; Development
Description: 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 (available at: www.oecd.org.dev/publications/businessfordevelopment), provides evidence of the (in)effectiveness of government intervention and donor programmes to promote the marketing of African agriculture.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and Overview; title: World Agricultural trade and Africa; title: Mapping Business; title: Aid for Trade and African Agriculture; title: Unleashing the Potential of Agriculture.