The removal of fertilizer subsidies, and privatization of importation and distribution networks have been prominent features of recent policy reforms in MADIA countries to reduce budget deficits and the...
One of the critical problems of Nigeria's agricultural sector is the inadequate or nonexistent supporting physical infrastructure such as rural roads, storage and marketing facilities, and water supply...
The structural adjustment efforts under way since the early 1980s have emphasized the liberalization of agricultural prices and markets and have led to a vigorous debate about the appropriate roles of...
Les efforts d’ajustement structurel entrepris depuis le début des années 80 ont privilégié la libéralisation des prix et des marchés agricoles et ont suscité un débat animé sur les rôles à jouer par le...
A comparative overview will be presented of domestic policies (macroeconomic and agricultural) in Kenya, Malawi and Tanzania and their influence on the extent and character of agricultural growth. The...
The development of African economies depends to a great extent on the performance of their agricultural sector, within which export crops play an important role. However, Africa's share of world trade...
This report consists of three articles originally published in journals. Together the articles serve to illuminate the main issues identified and addressed by the MADIA project, to illustrate the benefits...
This paper attempts to explore the causes of productivity differences by farm size by focusing on Kenya and Malawi, which have had a superior record in maintaining agricultural data. The data show that...
The interaction between population growth, the environment, and agricultural intensification raises the most compelling and most controversial issues currently facing developing countries. Given the low...
This report examines the complex problems faced by an economically well managed but small, poor and landlocked country in trying to achieve equitable growth while coping with great external shocks. Malawi's...
An analysis of state-federal relations in developing agricultural economies must first address such issues as the overall role of government, the need for public administrative suppport and the relative...
Une étude comparative sera présentée à propos des politiques intérieures (macroéconomiques et agricoles) au Kenya, au Malawi et en Tanzanie et de leur influence sur l’étendue et le caractère de la croissance...
Le développement des économies africaines dépend dans une large mesure des résultats de leur secteur agricole, au sein duquel les cultures d’exportation jouent un rôle important. Toutefois, la part de...
Africa's economic crisis is increasingly coming to be recognized as stemming from the critical state of agriculture in most African economies. In response to these concerns, a long term comparative study...
Les interactions entre la pression démographique, l’environnement et l’intensification de l’agriculture soulèvent les questions les plus difficiles et les plus controversées auxquelles sont actuellement...