WEBINAR: Measuring policy distortions along agricultural value chains: Lessons from Africa and Asia
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The global agricultural sector is undergoing a transformation, with a rapid expansion of trade in processed agricultural commodities. With this transformation comes expanded interest in how agricultural value chains can aid rural development. This requires a better understanding of how policies affect price transmission and incentives for producers and consumers along the value chain of relevant agricultural commodities.
Policy distortions to agricultural incentives can affect different value chain actors in different ways depending on how they are implemented. For example, an export tax may help domestic maize consumers by decreasing the price of maize and increasing the availability of supply in the domestic market, but such a policy may hurt smallholder producers by decreasing their profit margins.
It is important to understand how distortions to agricultural incentives affect the entire value chain, not just at the level of farmgate prices of individual commodities. By gaining this understanding, policy makers can design more effective policies and minimize unintended consequences for value chain actors.
In this webinar, we will share new research findings on the analysis of policy distortions to agricultural incentives along selected value chains in four countries: Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, and Tanzania. READ MORE AND REGISTER FOR THE WEBINAR
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