Institutions and policy processes
How agriculture and farming is understood in different policy frameworks and institutions at national, regional and global levels; what has been the impact of reform and what changes should be a priority for the future?
Latest Documents
- Democratisation and the Political Economy of Agricultural Policy in Africa
- Colin Poulton / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2012
- FAC Working Paper 43 by Colin Poulton Theories of policy neglect of, or discrimination against, agriculture in Africa include urban bias (Lipton 1977; Bates 1981) and the narrow self-interest of autonomous elites (van de W...
- The Political Economy of Agricultural Extension in Ethiopia: Economic Growth and Political Control
- K. Berhanu / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2012
- FAC Working Paper 42 by Kassahun Berhanu The central argument in this paper is that, for the past two decades, state-led agricultural extension in Ethiopia, implemented by excluding other players in general and non-state a...
- Policy for agriculture and horticulture in Rwanda
- D. Booth and F. Golooba-Mutebi / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2012
- FAC Working Paper 38 by David Booth and Frederick Golooba-Mutebi Agricultural development policies in sub-Saharan Africa continue to be weak, and the reasons are to be found in the incentives transmitted to policy makers b...
- Agro-dealers, Subsidies and Rural Market Development in Malawi: A Political Economy Enquiry
- B. Chinsinga / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2012
- Working Paper 31 by Blessings Chinsinga December 2011 This paper examines the micro-politics of Malawi’s Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP) and the roles of agro-dealers as potential anchors or drivers of a &#...
- Agro-Dealers and the Political Economy of Agricultural Biotechnology Policy in Kenya
- H. Odame / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2012
- Working Paper 33 Political Economy of Cereal Seed Systems in Africa project by Hannington Odame and Elijah Muange December 2011 Public and private actors and their networks are committing substantial resourc...
- From Negligence to Populism: An Analysis of Mozambique’s Agricultural Political Economy
- D. do Rosário / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2012
- By Domingos M. do Rosário April 2012 FAC Working Paper 34 Produced as part of the FAC Political Economy of Agricultural Policy in Africa (PEAPA) work stream The paper analyses the changing configuratio...
- The Politics of Seed Relief in Zimbabwe
- C. Mutonodzo-Davies / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2012
- Policy Brief 49 By Charity Mutonodzo-Davies and Douglas Magunda Over much of the past decade, the Zimbabwean government and donor organisations have implemented agricultural input support programmes, comprised of private s...
- The Political Economy of Ethiopian Cereal Seed Systems
- D. Alemu / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2012
- Policy Brief 48 Full title: The Political Economy of Ethiopian Cereal Seed Systems: State Control, Market Liberalisation and Decentralisation This FAC Policy Brief examines the political and economic processes governing ...
- Seeds and Subsidies: The Political Economy of Input Support Programmes in Malawi
- B. Chinsinga / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2012
- Policy Brief 46 This FAC Policy Brief examines the political economy of input programmes and identifies maize and input subsidies as central to agricultural political debates. Subsidy programmes that are centred on the supply o...
- The Political Economy of Cereal Seed Systems in Africa’s Green Revolution
- J. Thompson / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2012
- Policy Brief 44 Drawing on lessons from case studies from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi and Zimbabwe conducted by the Future Agricultures Consortium during 2009-11, this Policy Brief assesses the political economy of cereal se...
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