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Institutional Reform of Marketing and Related Services to Agriculture, With Particular Reference to Africa

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Over the decades to 1980 agricultural marketing and input supply systems came increasingly under official monopolies. Dissatisfaction with the incentives offerred to producers and with the costs to governments has sparked interest in reform. Practicable ways of introducing more competition and mobilizing potential individual initiatives are presented. Obstacles to progress in this direction include political commitments of governments, ethnic concerns and patronage interests. External aid can help ease these constraints.

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  • John C. Abbott, 1987. "Institutional Reform of Marketing and Related Services to Agriculture, With Particular Reference to Africa," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 1(2), pages 143-157, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:agecon:v:1:y:1987:i:2:p:143-157
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.1987.tb00014.x
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    1. Neil Boyer & Carlton Davis, 1990. "Exploitation and inefficiency in Cameroon food marketing systems—myth or reality?: Some evidence from the west province," The Review of Black Political Economy, Springer;National Economic Association, vol. 18(4), pages 69-97, March.

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