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dc.titleAnalysis of Agricultural Policies in Jamaica
dc.contributor.authorShik, Olga
dc.contributor.authorBoyce, Rachel
dc.contributor.authorDe Salvo, Carmine Paolo
dc.contributor.orgunitEnvironment, Rural Development and Risk Management Division
dc.coverageJamaica
dc.coverageLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.date.available2017-07-21T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2017-07-20T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThe Government of Jamaica places agricultural development among its priorities and employs domestic policy measures andborder protection to support agriculture. This report provides a qualitative analysis of the alignment of agricultural policy programs in Jamaica with the goals and existing challenges of the sector, supplementing it with a quantitative evaluation of agricultural support. The analysis finds that agricultural policy uses a limited number of instruments and concentrates on only a few sub-sectors. A comparison of the trends in agricultural support demonstrates that Jamaica’s share of gross farm receipts originating from agricultural policy (34.9% in 2012-14) was higher than in most LAC countries. The share of support to general services in total support was among the lowest regionally (8.2%).
dc.format.extent88
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0000767
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Analysis-of-Agricultural-Policies-in-Jamaica.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectPublic Policy
dc.subjectAgricultural Policy
dc.subjectAgriculture and Food Security
dc.subject.jelcodeO54 - Latin America • Caribbean
dc.subject.jelcodeQ02 - Commodity Markets
dc.subject.jelcodeQ01 - Sustainable Development
dc.subject.jelcodeQ17 - Agriculture in International Trade
dc.subject.keywordsAgriculture, Public Policy, Agricultural Policy, Agricultural Support, Agricultural commodities, Jamaica.
dc.typeMonographs
idb.identifier.pubnumberMonographs
idb.operationRG-T2819
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