WORKING PAPER/TCP/SAF/2081

WORKING PAPER/TCP/SAF/2081
Support to the agricultural sector component of the NEPAD secretariat

PRODUCTS WITH COMPETITIVE POTENTIAL IN AFRICAN AGRICULTURE

NEPAD
FAO SUPPORT TO NEPAD

Dorina Minoiu
Policy Officer
Policy Coordinating Service

Agricultural Policy Coordinating Service
Policy Assistance Division

   
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2003
 

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This document is a study based on FAO's databases on Africa. It is intended to provide a basis for further in-depth commodity-chain studies that can guide actions and investments towards enhancing agricultural competitiveness within the framework of NEPAD. The FAO Policy Assistance Division is pleased to release this report. As a working paper, this document carries the professional views of the author to users without the long delay that a formal document would face. Practitioners, decision-makers and other users alike are invited to draw attention to related studies that can be used to enrich future versions of this work or of related materials.

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Preface
Acknowledgements

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

STUDY'S OBJECTIVES AND METHODOLOGY

CRITERIA FOR SELECTION
COMPETITIVENESS ASSESSMENT

SELECTION OF POTENTIALLY COMPETITIVE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

POTENTIALLY COMPETITIVE CROPS BY SUB-REGION AND COUNTRY

Current cropping pattern by sub-region and country
Selection of potentially competitive crops according to production-cum-trade-opportunities criterion
Crop productivity and competitiveness
Crop competitiveness and producer prices

POTENTIALLY COMPETITIVE ANIMAL TYPES BY SUB-REGION AND COUNTRY

Current distribution of animal types by sub-region
Selection of potentially competitive animal types according to the production-cum-trade-opportunities criterion

POTENTIALLY COMPETITIVE SUB-REGIONS AND COUNTRIES FOR FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE DEVELOPMENT

Current roundwood production and export volumes
Selection of potentially-competitive sub-regions and countries for forestry and wildlife development

POTENTIALLY COMPETITIVE SUB-REGIONS AND COUNTRIES FOR MARINE FISHERY DEVELOPMENT

Current fish catch by sub-region and country
Selection of potentially competitive coastal sub-regions/countries for marine fishery development

CONSTRAINTS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF POTENTIALLY COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS

OVERALL ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL CONDITIONS

Economic conditions
Social conditions
Policy framework

RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
CONSTRAINTS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF POTENTIALLY COMPETITIVE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES

Main features and cross-cutting issues regarding the natural resource base
Sub-regional features and constraints

CONSTRAINTS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE SUBSECTORS

Common features and cross-cutting issues
Sub-regional features and constraints

CONSTRAINTS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARINE FISHERY SECTOR

Common features and cross-cutting issues
Major constraints to the development of marine fisheries

ACTIONS AND TYPES OF INVESTMENTS

GENERAL ACTIONS AND TYPES OF INVESTMENTS TO UPGRADE OVERALL BUSINESS CONDITIONS
SUSTAINABLE NATURAL-RESOURCE UTILIZATION
IMPROVEMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MARKET ACCESS
TRADE FACILITATION, MARKET ACCESS AND MARKET INTEGRATION
SUB-REGIONAL ACTIONS AND TYPES OF INVESTMENT FOR IMPROVING SUSTAINABLE LAND-AND WATER-RESOURCE UTILIZATION

North Africa
East Africa
Central Africa
West Africa
Southern Africa

ACTIONS AND TYPES OF INVESTMENTS FOR FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

Revitalization of the public sector
Plantations development: ensuring policy support and developing investment programmes
Processing-industry and trade-operator development: ensuring policy support and developing investment programmes
Addressing the loss of biodiversity and building on its potential
Application of a holistic approach to natural-resource development

ACTIONS AND TYPES OF INVESTMENTS FOR MARINE FISHERY DEVELOPMENT

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ANNEXES

ANNEX 1. LIST OF MAJOR PRODUCTS CULTIVATED IN AFRICA BY SUB-REGION
ANNEX 2. NORTH AFRICA: NATURALLY SUITABLE CROPS BY SUB-REGION AND COUNTRY, AVERAGE 1996-2000
ANNEX 3. EAST AFRICA: NATURALLY SUITABLE CROPS BY SUB-REGION AND COUNTRY, AVERAGE 1996-2000
ANNEX 4. CENTRAL AFRICA: NATURALLY SUITABLE CROPS BY SUB-REGION AND COUNTRY, AVERAGE 1996-2000
ANNEX 5. SOUTHERN AFRICA: NATURALLY SUITABLE CROPS BY SUB-REGION AND COUNTRY, AVERAGE 1996-2000
ANNEX 6. COASTAL WEST AFRICA: NATURALLY SUITABLE CROPS BY SUB-REGION AND COUNTRY, AVERAGE 1996-2000
ANNEX 7. SAHEL WEST AFRICA: NATURALLY SUITABLE CROPS BY SUB-REGION AND COUNTRY, AVERAGE 1996-2000
ANNEX 8. NORTH AFRICA POTENTIALLY COMPETITIVE COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CROPS: PRODUCTIVITY AND GROSS INCOME DIFFERENTIAL, AVERAGE 1996-2000
ANNEX 9. EAST AFRICA POTENTIALLY COMPETITIVE COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CROPS: PRODUCTIVITY AND GROSS INCOME DIFFERENTIAL, AVERAGE 1996-2000
ANNEX 10. CENTRAL AFRICA (EXCLUDING CHAD) POTENTIALLY COMPETITIVE COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CROPS: PRODUCTIVITY AND GROSS INCOME DIFFERENTIAL, AVERAGE 1996-2000
ANNEX 11. COASTAL WEST AFRICA POTENTIALLY COMPETITIVE COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CROPS: PRODUCTIVITY AND GROSS INCOME DIFFERENTIAL, AVERAGE 1996-2000
ANNEX 12. SAHEL WEST AFRICA POTENTIALLY COMPETITIVE COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CROPS: PRODUCTIVITY AND GROSS INCOME DIFFERENTIAL, AVERAGE 1996-2000
ANNEX 13. SOUTHERN AFRICA POTENTIALLY COMPETITIVE COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CROPS: PRODUCTIVITY AND GROSS INCOME DIFFERENTIAL, AVERAGE 1996-2000
ANNEX 14. LIVESTOCK POPULATION EXPRESSED IN WORLD EXPORT VALUE IN US$ '000S, AVERAGE 1996-2000, BY COUNTRY AND SUB-REGION
ANNEX 15. ROUNDWOOD PRODUCTION, IMPORT, EXPORTS BY COUNTRY, IN M3, AVERAGE 1996-2000, AND THEIR SHARE IN SUB-REGIONAL LEVEL
ANNEX 16. ANNUAL FISH PRODUCTION IN METRIC TONNES, AVERAGE 1995-1999
ANNEX 17. FISH CATCH AND EXPORTS IN METRIC TONNES (AVERAGE 1995-1999) BY COUNTRY AND EEMZ SIZE AND SHARE IN THE SUB-REGIONAL TOTAL

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