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The role of agriculture and the agro-processing industry for development in Egypt: An overview
| Content Provider | Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) |
|---|---|
| Author | El-Enbaby, Hoda Figueroa, Jose Luis ElDidi, Hagar Breisinger, Clemens |
| Organization | IFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division |
| Organization | IFPRI - Egypt Strategy Support Program |
| Spatial Coverage | Egypt [EG] |
| Description | In order to complement the ongoing macroeconomic and safety net reforms in Egypt, it is important to foster additional sector-specific economic growth, especially in sectors that are good at creating jobs and reducing poverty. One sector that may help foster socioeconomic development in coming years is agriculture and related agro-processing industries. This paper shows that agriculture in Egypt continues to play a relatively important role in the economy compared to other mid-dle income countries. The sector’s stable growth performance has proved to be a reliable contributor to economy-wide output growth over the past decades. The underlying productivity gains have prevented the country’s food import depend-ency ratio from rising in spite of rapidly growing food demand. |
| Sponsorship | United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| Related Links | https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/fec24245-0f7d-4b0a-ace3-3831c7e72ad7 |
| File Format | |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | International Food Policy Research Institute |
| Publisher Date | 2016-12-22 |
| Publisher Place | Washington, DC |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Policies, Institutions, and Markets Economic Development Employment Social Protection Reforms Agriculture Cash Transfers Agro-industrial Sector Food Processing Governance |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Agronomy and Crop Science Food Science Plant Science |
