Chinese lenders have invested billions in African agriculture. But new research shows the money often misses what’s needed to modernise the sector.
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South Africa’s agricultural exports are vulnerable because of reliance on a few markets and weaknesses in domestic logistics chains.
Small and medium-scale farmers and agri-businesses in Southern and Eastern Africa, which are at the heart of inclusive food value chains, are not receiving fair prices for their produce.
New technologies and supermarket supplier development programmes can help integrate small agro businesses into local and global value chains.
South Africa’s food system is dominated by big firms, leaving small businesses to supply localised and under-served markets, and provide rural employment. It needs to be inclusive and diverse.
A consistent, predictable and friendly policy environment can attract private sector investments in agriculture to drive transformation.
Nigeria’s high unemployment rate has created a bloated and unproductive informal sector.
Faced with a massive food production shortfall, Africa can look towards India’s Green Revolution to jump start its agricultural output.
Uganda needs to boost manufacturing and exports to realise the ambitions listed in its social and economic development plan.
Nigeria’s economy is indeed under severe strain but sub-Saharn Africa’s most populus nation won’t solve its economic problems via an emergency national confab.
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Economist at the Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Economics & Business, Allegheny College
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Professor and Director, Centre for African Studies, University of Mumbai, University of Mumbai
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Researcher at Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development, University of Johannesburg
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Research Fellow, Tegemeo Institute, Egerton University
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Professor of Economics, Centre for Competition, Regulation & Economic Development, UJ, and at SOAS University of London; advisor Shamba Centre for Food & Climate, University of Johannesburg
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Executive Director of the Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development, University of Johannesburg
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Economist at Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Researcher, Associate Professor: Economic Management Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Director, Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development, Egerton University
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Lecturer in Africa and International Development, University of Edinburgh
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Senior Researcher, Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development, University of Johannesburg
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Researcher, International Growth Centre