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| Title: | Structural adjustment, agricultural inputs and supply response in Tanzania |
| Author: | Kilindo, A.A.L. |
| Year: | 1994 |
| Periodical: | Tanzanian Economic Trends |
| Volume: | 6 |
| Issue: | 3-4 |
| Pages: | 60-81 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Tanzania |
| Subjects: | agricultural productivity economic policy agricultural production |
| Abstract: | As in many sub-Saharan African countries, the success of structural adjustment programmes (SAP) in Tanzania depends to a considerable extent on the performance of the agricultural sector. The author considers agricultural performance in the context of structural adjustment in Tanzania and reviews the response to both price and nonprice incentives in order to assess the role of reforms in improving agricultural output and productivity. Reform measures with implications for agriculture have mainly involved exchange rate adjustments, producer price increases, liberalization of marketing and pricing, and liberalization of external trade and payments arrangements. These policy reform measures were aimed at correcting currency overvaluation and shifting the internal terms of trade in favour of agriculture and export production. Response has been modest, and the author contends that agriculture would have performed better if price incentives had been complemented with measures to develop nonprice factors, such as research and extension, inputs, notably fertilizer and improved seeds, transportation and rural infrastructure, and technology. Moreover, such a broader agricultural policy strategy would minimize the environmental impact resulting from practices that cause land degradation and increased strain on available natural resources. App., bibliogr. |