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The dominant perception about African agriculture is that of a declining output performance (World Bank, 1994). This is also reflected in falling growth rates of agricultural exports and declining market shares. In contrast, agricultural output and exports performed well in Latin America and the Caribbean (Twomey and Helwege, 1991), and there was a significant diversification in agricultural exports. Such a diversification did not materialise in Sub Saharan Africa (Akiyama and Larson, 1993), where the composition of agricultural exports became increasingly dependent on a few products.
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Hopkins, R., Nomer, B. (2001). The Comparative Performance of African and Latin American Agriculture. In: Lawrence, P., Thirtle, C. (eds) Africa and Asia in Comparative Economic Perspective. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403905406_10
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