The Political Economy of Policies for Smallholder Agriculture

Birner, Regina; Resnick, Danielle

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.06.001

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“…The most significant time period identified was 1961-1980. This result is consistent with past studies that reported significant support for agriculture in Africa within the same period (Birner & Resnick, 2010;Takeshima & Liverpool-Tasie, 2015;Mockshell & Birner, 2015). This same period coincides with the early years of independence when these countries depended largely of foreign exchange from agriculture.…”

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“…8, No. 9;2015 systems) have shifted from overtaxing agricultural export commodities like cocoa to provision of subsidies on inputs ( (Birner & Resnick, 2010;Banful & Olayide, 2010;Mockshell & Birner, 2015). This policy shift has been extended to import-competing products like rice.…”

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“…Further, direct and indirect agricultural policies instruments have been used in Ghana and Nigeria (Manyong et al, 2005;Birner & Resnick, 2010;Benin et al, 2012;Olayide & Ikpi, 2013;Mockshell & Birner, 2015) since 1960s. The political economy of the support for the implementation of policy strategies includes the provision of subsidies on agricultural inputs, product prices, and infrastructural supports (Olayide & Ikpi, 2013;Takeshima & Liverpool-Tasie.…”

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Trends and Policy Correlates of Agricultural Production and Agricultural Production Sustainability Outcomes in Ghana and Nigeria

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This paper analysed policy correlates of agricultural production and agricultural production sustainability outcomes in Ghana and Nigeria. It underscores the influence of political systems and international development agendas as correlates of agricultural production and agricultural production sustainability outcomes. This is to the extent of providing evidence policy on agricultural production and agricultural production sustainability outcomes. Ghana and Nigeria have comparable farming/agricultural system and policy environment. Data used for the analyses spanned five decades. Trends analysis and inferential statistics were employed. The results revealed that policy correlates can contribute to the current discourse in sustainable development agenda and to resolving the dilemma of agricultural policy implementation for sustainable agricultural development, especially in Ghana and Nigeria. The findings reinforce the need for appropriate policies in transforming the agricultural sector while ensuring sustainable development outcomes.

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“…Lipton (2005, p. viii) argues that since 1700 mass poverty reduction always started with "sharp rises in employment and self-employment income due to higher productivity in small family farms." And as Birner andResnick (2010, p. 1442) point out, "implementing policies to support the economic development of small farmers has proven to be a particularly successful strategy to reduce rural poverty. "…”

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Collaborative governance for the Sustainable Development Goals

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Pauli

2018

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The advent of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals has refocused global attention on the roles of business and other nonstate actors in achieving global goals. Often, business involvement takes the form of collaborations with the more traditional actors-governments and non-governmental organizations. Although such partnerships for development have been seen before, the scale and expectations are new. This paper explores how and why these cross-sector collaborations are evolving, and what steps can or should be taken to ensure that partnerships create public and private value. The arguments are illustrated with reference to cases of market-driven partnerships for agriculture in Southeast Asia that are intended to engage marginalized smallholder farmers in global value chains in agriculture. The aims of these cross-sector collaborations coincide with several targets of the Sustainable Development Goals such as poverty alleviation, decreasing environmental impact, and achieving food security. This is a hard case for mechanisms intended to protect public interests, given that the target beneficiaries (low-income smallholder farmers and the environment) are unable to speak effectively for themselves.We find that structures and processes to align interestsThis is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.

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“…Importantly, agricultural system innovation in high risk or fragile natural environments requires careful institutional management of informal and formal knowledge systems (Brooks and Loevinsohn 2011), particularly in the context of the smallholder farmers operating in developing areas (Foley et al 2011;Anthony and Ferroni 2012). Many studies have identified the potential for smallholder agro-ecological approaches to promote social and ecological sustainability in different developing area settings (Pinstrup-Andersen and Hazell 1985;Pinstrup-Andersen et al 1999;Conway 1987;Pinstrup-Andersen and Herforth 2008); however, their potential to innovate is often undermined by limited access to resources, low levels of technology adoption, difficulties in coordination, asymmetries in information flow, and high levels of exposure to external and internal shocks Kydd and Dorward 2004;Birner and Resnick 2010).…”

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Exploring the role of social capital in influencing knowledge flows and innovation in smallholder farming communities in the Caribbean

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This paper presents the results of an exploratory study into how different forms of social capital embedded within community-based social networks may affect innovation in smallholder farming systems to better support food security in the Caribbean. Focusing on two rural communities in the small island developing nation of Saint Lucia, our results indicate the strong presence of interpersonal agricultural knowledge networks operating to: 1) facilitate farmer-tofarmer knowledge exchange; 2) increase farmer access to information; and 3) connect farmers to sources of support. In both communities, 'peer farmers' were reported as being the primary source of new agricultural knowledge for farmers, with government 'extension officers' the secondary source. Comparative social network analysis reveals how different forms of social capital within the two agricultural knowledge networks can affect self-reported farmer innovation in different contexts. Based on these findings we identify a number of opportunities for policy initiatives to better support, coordinate and enhance innovation opportunities among smallholder farmers in the Caribbean with a view to building their adaptive capacity in the face of environmental change. The findings provide important evidence and insights relevant to the governance of domestic agricultural systems and regional food security programming in the Caribbean.

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The Political Economy of Policies for Smallholder Agriculture

Cited by 165 publications

References 29 publications

Trends and Policy Correlates of Agricultural Production and Agricultural Production Sustainability Outcomes in Ghana and Nigeria

Trends and Policy Correlates of Agricultural Production and Agricultural Production Sustainability Outcomes in Ghana and Nigeria

Collaborative governance for the Sustainable Development Goals

Exploring the role of social capital in influencing knowledge flows and innovation in smallholder farming communities in the Caribbean

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