Africa's growing dependence on imported wheat: some implications for agricultural policies in Africa

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Title:	Africa's growing dependence on imported wheat: some implications for agricultural policies in Africa
Editor:	Shah, M.M.
Year:	1984
Pages:	215
Language:	English
City of publisher:	Rome
Publisher:	Food and agriculture organization of the United Nations
Geographic term:	Africa
Subjects:	imports grain processing cereals
Abstract:	The study aims to: 1) describe in detail the trends in wheat, rice and coarse grains consumption, production and trade in African countries; 2) analyze some of the underlying causes and consequences of the above trends; 3) assess the ecological and economic potential and comparative advantage of wheat production in Africa; 4) evaluate the impact of future world market prices of wheat and wheat aid on development in Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria and five regional groups. Results for 1, 2 and 3 are presented for all individual African countries as well as four regional subgroups derived on the basis of: high wheat consumption and good production potential; moderate wheat consumption and good production potential; moderate wheat consumption and insignificant production potential; and low wheat consumption and insignificant production potential. In the case of 4, results for the three countries are presented on the basis of national agricultural models within the framework of the World Food and Agriculture model developed by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis at Laxenburg.