Food and agriculture in Africa: ECA/FAO agriculture division
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United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa;United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization;
UNECA Joint ECA/FAO Agriculture Division.;
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The objective of this report is to present a general framework for an analytical approach to marketing reform in developing countries. It also offers some suggestions on how to develop and implement a comprehensive marketing improvement programme. The report also stresses the importance of careful diagnostic assessments as an integrated part of a long term planning and programme implementation effort by African governments. To address this issue, the report draws some examples from selected West African cities which have many socio-economic similarities and in which marketing activities take place. There is urgent need to establish meaningful market reforms aimed at developing efficient marketing and distribution systems as an essential means of increasing food production supply in the subregion.
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“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa; United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization; UNECA Joint ECA/FAO Agriculture Division. (1993). Food and agriculture in Africa: ECA/FAO agriculture division. ECA/FAO Agriculture Division staff papers. no. 4, iii, 56 p.. Addis Ababa. © UN. ECA. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/16755”Serial Title
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- Agriculture [3046]
- Economic Development [8015]
- Food Security [835]
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