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The Political Economy of Agricultural Commercialisation in Africa || Working paper 16

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posted on 2024-09-06, 07:42 authored by Colin Poulton, Blessings Chinsinga
Much of the existing literature on the political economy of agricultural policy in Africa, including studies by the Future Agricultures Consortium (FAC) and Agricultural Policy Research in Africa (APRA), adopts a case study approach to explore the dynamics of policymaking and implementation. These studies highlight numerous local, national and international factors that influence policy outcomes, but this raises the question as to whether any consistent patterns can be discerned across cases. This paper focuses on the policy that influences the process of agricultural commercialisation. Poulton (2017a: 4) defines agricultural commercialisation as occurring ‘when agricultural enterprises and/or the agricultural sector as a whole rely increasingly on the market for the sale of produce and for the acquisition of production inputs, including labour’.

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APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium

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Poulton, Colin. and Chinsinga, Blessings (2018) The Political Economy of Agricultural Commercialisation in Africa, APRA Working Paper 16, Future Agricultures Consortium

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APRA Working Papers;16

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  • VoR (Version of Record)

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APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium

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en

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Rural Futures

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APRA::e1f6d3be-457a-4f13-8b1f-6748d1402d83::600

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978-1-78118-460-8

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