The Rise of Agrifood Technopoles in the Middle East and North Africa
2011
The present paper tries to assess whether the promotion of food poles is an effective policy instrument that can contribute to the development of the food industry. The existence of several flourishing high-tech technopoles in the region proves that this policy tool can work effectively in this part of the world. Much can be learned from these poles in terms of regional specificities regarding structured development approaches, strategic orientations and governance models for dealing with the business and cultural dualisms relating to research-industry collaboration, public and private and inter-ministerial cooperation.
Countries: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Réunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China - Hong Kong SAR, China - Macao SAR, China - Mainland, China - Taiwan Province of China, Cyprus, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Yemen, Non-country specific
Commodities: Non-Commodity specific
Topics: Agro-based concentrations, Business-enabling environment in general, Business enabling environment upgrading
Personal author: Eva Gálvez-Nogales
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Type: Discussion
Format: Document
References (Download): EN
