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With the implementation of the Bank-designed adjustment programme in Guinea, a breaking down of the old economic order had begun. This chapter investigates the impact of the new macroeconomic, political and institutional environment on farmer decision making with regard to the production of Guinea’s principal crops, rice and coffee. The World Bank was confident that once the key price, trade, and exchange rate reforms were undertaken, an agricultural supply response in both production and commercialisation would be forthcoming. The result was somewhat disappointing, however, especially in the case of rice. The purpose of this chapter is to outline why the production response was less than that expected. It shows that although national policy was relatively easy to change, other factors were not. These include farmer attitudes towards investment and traditional practices, as well as the physical capacity of farmers to increase production, amongst others. The first section of this chapter briefly surveys the intended effects of the reform measures on the agricultural sector. Section two presents data concerning agricultural production and supply in Guinea since the adoption of the reform programme and the problems associated with that data.
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Clapp, J. (1997). Agricultural Performance and Farmer Decision-Making. In: Adjustment and Agriculture in Africa. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230372450_5
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