Agriculture Enabling Environment (AgCLIR)
Overview
Growth in the agricultural sector has historically been one of the strongest drivers of economy-wide growth and development. But agricultural productivity has not kept pace the population growth for over 20 years in regions most affected by the food crisis. This is particularly true in Sub-Saharan Africa. USAID's AgCLIR diagnostic provides an in-depth analysis of the agribusiness-enabling environment by looking at the various constraints to profitability starting and running an agribusiness, including farming, processing, exporting, and other agriculture-related businesses. The purpose of this work is to identify constraints and recommend concrete, practical actions that can be implemented to improve agribusiness and its offshoots. We focus on the systemic limitations that inhibit productivity improvement and limit profitability such as export delays, input monopolies, overregulation, and inappropriate taxation.
AgCLIR builds upon the World Bank's influential Doing Business initiative. Taking common samples of regulatory practices from each country, Doing Business identifies key areas that can either bolster or hamper a business environment. AgCLIR expands upon the traditional Doing Business methodology in two ways:
- By providing a comprehensive method to diagnose in greater depth the root caues and inefficiencies of an underperforming agricultural sector; and
- By taking a sectoral approach that focuses specifically on the how the 10 key Doing Business areas relate to agribusiness
To view the complete set of AgCLIR Indicators, please click here.
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