World Bank2014-01-292014-01-292013-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16669The importance of agriculture in the economies of sub-Saharan African countries cannot be overemphasized. With agriculture accounting for about 65 percent of the region's employment and 75 percent of its domestic trade, significant progress in reducing hunger and poverty across the region depends on the development and transformation of the agricultural sector. Transforming agriculture from largely a subsistence enterprise to a profitable commercial venture is the prerequisite and driving force for accelerated development and sustainable economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa. The rationale behind the development of agribusiness indicators (ABIs) is to construct indicators for specific factors to support successful, effective private sector involvement in agriculture. The indicators can be used to benchmark and monitor performance in the agricultural sector over time and across countries. The resulting information can provoke knowledge flows and meaningful dialogue among policy makers, government officials, donors, private sector actors, as well as other stakeholders in the agricultural sector. This study is predicated on the fact that agriculture is the backbone of the economies of most countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including Kenya. The ultimate aim is to stimulate debate and dialogue among policy makers in specific African countries to engender change and reform in areas where investment is needed to leverage agribusiness and economic development. This study relied heavily on an extensive secondary data collection and literature review, supplemented by informal surveys to solicit information from a broad spectrum of stakeholders and actors in Kenya's agricultural sector. The review and interviews focused on the factors that the agribusiness indicators team determined to be the most critical for agribusiness development across sub-Saharan Africa, based on extensive scoping missions in three pilot countries (Ghana, Ethiopia, and Mozambique). This report is organized into following chapters: chapter one gives introduction; chapter two presents ABI methodology; chapter three presents findings on the success factors and indicators; and chapter four gives concluding remarks.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO CREDITAGRIBUSINESSAGRIBUSINESS INDUSTRYAGRIBUSINESS SECTORAGRICULTURAL AREASAGRICULTURAL BANKAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIESAGRICULTURAL CREDITAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTURAL ECONOMISTAGRICULTURAL EXPENDITUREAGRICULTURAL EXPORTSAGRICULTURAL FINANCEAGRICULTURAL GROWTHAGRICULTURAL INPUTSAGRICULTURAL LENDINGAGRICULTURAL LOANSAGRICULTURAL MACHINERYAGRICULTURAL MARKETAGRICULTURAL MARKET DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATIONAGRICULTURAL OUTPUTAGRICULTURAL POLICIESAGRICULTURAL POLICYAGRICULTURAL PRODUCEAGRICULTURAL PRODUCERSAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSAGRICULTURAL RESEARCHAGRICULTURAL SECTORAGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATIONAGRICULTURAL VALUEAGRICULTURAL ZONEAGRICULTURAL ZONESAGRICULTURE ACCOUNTINGAGRICULTURE ORGANIZATIONAGRONOMIC PRACTICESAMMONIUM NITRATEANIMAL FEEDAPPLICATION OF FERTILIZERARABLE LANDAVERAGE YIELDSBARLEYBEANSBEEFBREEDER SEEDCASSAVACEREALSCERTIFIED SEEDCHEMICAL FERTILIZERCHEMICAL FERTILIZERSCLIMATECOFFEECOMMERCIAL AGRICULTURECOMMERCIAL BANKCOMMERCIAL BANKSCOMMERCIAL FERTILIZERCOMMERCIAL SEEDCOMMODITYCOMMODITY EXCHANGECOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECONSUMPTIONCOOPERATIVESCOWPEASCREDITCROPCROP CATEGORYCROP PRODUCTIONCROP PRODUCTIVITYCROP TYPECROP YIELDSCROPPINGCROPPING SEASONSCROPSCROWDING OUTDIVIDENDSDOMESTIC FIRMSDOMESTIC MARKETECOLOGICAL CONDITIONSECOLOGICAL ZONEECOLOGICAL ZONESECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIESECONOMIES OF SCALEEFFICIENCYEMPIRICAL EVIDENCEENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENTALEXPECTATIONSEXPORTEXTENSION SERVICESFAOFARMFARM EQUIPMENTFARM INPUTSFARM PRODUCTIVITYFARM SIZEFARMERFARMERSFARMINGFARMING COMMUNITIESFARMING PRACTICESFARMSFERTILIZERFERTILIZER APPLICATIONFERTILIZER COSTFERTILIZER INDUSTRYFERTILIZER SUBSIDIESFERTILIZER SUBSIDYFERTILIZER USEFERTILIZERSFISHFISHERIESFOOD CROPSFOOD INSECURITYFOOD REQUIREMENTSFOOD SECURITYFOREIGN EXCHANGEFORESTRYFOUNDATION SEEDGATESGOVERNMENT EXPENDITURESGRAINGRAIN STORAGEGRAIN TRADEGRAINSGREEN REVOLUTIONGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROWTH IN AGRICULTUREHARVESTSHIGH YIELDSHORTICULTUREHOUSEHOLDSHYBRID MAIZEHYBRID SEEDICRISATIFDCIMPORT DUTIESIMPORTSINDICATORSINDUSTRIAL CROPSINFRASTRUCTUREINTERNATIONAL FERTILIZER DEVELOPMENT CENTERINVESTMENTIRRIGATIONKARIKENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTELABORATORY TESTSLARGE FARMSLIVESTOCKLIVESTOCK PRODUCTIONMAIZEMAIZE CROPMAIZE YIELDSMARKET DISTORTIONSMARKET ECONOMYMARKET OUTLETSMARKET POWERMARKETING SYSTEMSMARKETSMEALMICROFINANCEMILKMOANOMINAL INTEREST RATESNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONSNOXIOUS WEEDSOPTIONSPEST CONTROLPEST CONTROL PRODUCTSPESTICIDEPESTICIDESPLANSPLANT GROWTHPLANT HEALTHPLANT PROTECTIONPLANT PROTECTION ACTPLANT VARIETIESPLANTINGPLANTING MATERIALSPLOWINGPOLICY MAKERSPOOR FARMERSPOPULATIONPOPULATIONSPOTENTIAL YIELDSPRICEPRICE VARIATIONSPRICESPRIVATE SEED COMPANIESPRODUCEPROFITSPROPERTYPUBLIC EXPENDITURESQUALITY SEEDQUOTASREPORTSRESOURCESRICERURAL AREASRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL POPULATIONRURAL ROADSSEEDSEED CERTIFICATIONSEED COMPANIESSEED COMPANYSEED INDUSTRYSEED LAWSSEED PRODUCTIONSEED REGULATIONSEED SECTORSEED SYSTEMSEED TESTINGSEED TRADESEED TRADE ASSOCIATIONSEEDSSMALL-SCALE FARMERSSOILSSORGHUMSOUTH AFRICASUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURESUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODSSWEET POTATOESTARIFFTARIFFSTAXESTEATECHNOLOGYTECHNOLOGY TRANSFERTERMS OF TRADETOBACCOTRACTORSTRAININGTRANSACTIONTRANSACTION COSTSUNITED NATIONSVALUESVIOLENCEWEEDSWHEATWorld Bank10.1596/16669