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title | : | Agriculture in Tanzania Since 1986 : Followers or Leader of Growth? World Bank Country Study, 0253-2123 |
author | : |
publisher | : | World Bank |
isbn10 | asin | : | 0821347799 |
print isbn13 | : | 9780821347799 |
ebook isbn13 | : | 9780585376554 |
language | : | English |
subject | Agriculture--Economic aspects--Tanzania. |
publication date | : | 2000 |
lcc | : | HD2128.5.A645 2000eb |
ddc | : | 338.1/09678/09048 |
subject | : | Agriculture--Economic aspects--Tanzania. |
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A WORLD BANK COUNTRY STUDY
Agriculture in Tanzania Since 1986
Follower or Leader of Growth?
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Contents *
Abstract | ix |
Preface | xi |
Acknowledgment | xii |
Executive Summary | xiii |
1. Agricultural Controversies in Tanzanias Development Strategy Debate | 1 |
1.1 Four Key Issues Concerning the Place of Agriculture in Tanzanias Economy | 2 |
1.2 Approach of the Report | 3 |
1.3 Outline of the Report | 3 |
2. Evolution of Public Policy Affecting Agriculture | 5 |
2.1 Between Independence and the Arusha Declaration (19611966) | 5 |
2.2 From the Arusha Declaration to the Reform Era (19671985) | 5 |
2.3 During the Early Reform Period (19861992) | 6 |
2.4 The Period Since 1993 | 8 |
2.5 Government Expenditure on Agriculture | 9 |
3. Evolving Output Price Incentives for Agricultural Production Since 1986 | 17 |
3.1 Evolution of Food Prices | 17 |
3.2 Differences Between Tradable and Non-tradable Agricultural Goods | 18 |
3.3 Food Price Behavior and Evidence of Non-tradability of Some Major Staples | 19 |
3.4 Implications of Non-tradability of Food Staples for Incentives | 21 |
3.5 Evolution of Output Prices for Traditional Export Crops | 22 |
3.6 Explicit Agricultural Taxation | 24 |
3.7 Relative Profitability for Smallholders of Cash and Food Crops | 25 |
4. Costs and Returns to Crop Production | 36 |
4.1 Inter-regional Food Crop Marketing Costs | 36 |
4.2 Export Crop Marketing Costs | 38 |
4.3 Use of Agricultural Inputs | 38 |
4.4 Input and Small-scale Agricultural Investment Credit | 40 |
4.5 Unfavorable Trends in the Ratio of Crop to Input Prices | 42 |
* This technical report was prepared by the International Food Policy Research Institute Washington D.C., in November 1999, for the joint United Republic of TanzaniaWorld Bank Country Economic Memorandum., Tanzania at the Turn of the Century: From Reforms to Sustained Growth and Poverty Reduction, 2000. The authors, Dr. C. L. Delgado and Dr. N. W. Minot, based the report on background papers contributed by various Ministries in the Government of Tanzania, University of Dar es Salaam, Institute for Development Management (Morogoro) and IFPRI.
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4.6 Impact of Rising Input Prices on the Profitability of Crop Agriculture | 43 |
4.7 The Difficult Institutional Transition Under Liberalization | 44 |
5. Performance of Agriculture | 49 |
5.1 Assessment of Agricultural Production Data | 50 |
5.2 Food Production Performance | 53 |
5.3 Performance of Export Crops | 57 |
5.4 Performance of Agricultural GDP on the Crop Side | 60 |
5.5 Performance of the Livestock Sector | 61 |
5.6 Performance of the Fisheries Sector | 62 |
5.7 Summary | 63 |
6. Rural Poverty and Food Security | 96 |
6.1 Rural Poverty in Tanzania | 96 |
6.2 Food Security |
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