The dichotomy between state- and market-oriented agricultural development narratives: Beyond the rational choice explanation?

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.donorFederal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germanyen
cg.coverage.countrySenegal
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2SN
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.creator.identifierJonathan Mockshell: 0000-0003-1990-6657en
cg.identifier.urlhttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/277272/files/1526.pdfen
cg.placeVancouveren
dc.contributor.authorMockshell, Jonathan Yawen
dc.contributor.authorBirner, Reginaen
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-06T17:51:41Zen
dc.date.available2018-12-06T17:51:41Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/98460
dc.titleThe dichotomy between state- and market-oriented agricultural development narratives: Beyond the rational choice explanation?en
dcterms.abstractWhile there is renewed interest to promote agricultural development, there is a lively policy debate on the appropriate instruments to achieve this goal. While some actors argue that agricultural development requires strong government support and input subsidies, others criticize those state-focused instruments and favor market-oriented approaches. This paper aimed at contributing to a better understanding of the prevailing policy narratives in the agricultural policy making landscape, using Senegal as a case study example. Transcripts of in-depth interviews conducted with policy stakeholders in Senegal are the primary data source. The empirical analysis reveals that, there are two main coalitions with opposing policy narratives; “agricultural support” narrative coalition and “agricultural support critique” narrative coalition. The story-line of the agricultural support critique emphasizes that, the government provision of input subsidies is ineffective while story-line of the proponents of such policies consider support essential to promote agricultural development. The analysis of the narratives suggests that, the agricultural support coalition has a story-line with a beginning (low productivity caused by lack of inputs), middle (providing subsidized inputs) and end (increased productivity). In contrast, the agricultural support critique essentially presents “non-stories” and “counter stories” (focusing on alternative storyline of what should not be done).en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMockshell, Jonathan & Birner, R. (2018).The dichotomy between state- and market-oriented agricultural development narratives: Beyond the rational choice explanation?. In: 30th International Association of Agricultural Economists 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia. 31p.en
dcterms.extent31 p.en
dcterms.issued2018en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseOther
dcterms.subjectagricultural policiesen
dcterms.subjectsenegalen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.typeConference Paper

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