Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/161558 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2016/174
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
Sub-Saharan African exports of horticultural and processed agricultural products are growing in line with the major shift towards these products in world markets. Continued growth in these exports may be vitally important for expanding returns from African agriculture and for increasing its overall exports. Policy reforms such as reductions in the tariff escalation facing Africa, improvements in the productivity of agricultural processing, and reductions in trade barriers within Africa and beyond would all further stimulate exports of processed agriculture. While essential, expansion of these exports should be regarded as complements to - rather than substitutes for - development of other dynamic export sectors.
Subjects: 
Africa
agro-processing
trade
horticulture
JEL: 
F13
F17
F63
Q17
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9256-218-2
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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