L'optimisation des dépenses publiques consacrées à l'alimentation et à l'agriculture peut changer la donne dans les pays à revenu intermédiaire de la tranche inférieure

This research paper, authored by Marco V. Sánchez of the FAO and published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development, argues that low-income and lower-middle-income countries, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, can achieve significant gains in food security and economic growth by optimizing their existing public spending on agriculture rather than relying solely on budget increases.

• Global public policy support for food and agriculture averaged nearly 630 billion USD annually between 2013 and 2018, leading to recommendations to reallocate these resources toward sustainable production and healthy dietary choices.
• Many Sub-Saharan African countries have failed to meet the Maputo target of allocating at least 10% of their national budget to food and agriculture. Furthermore, trade and market policies in low-income and lower-middle-income countries have historically kept domestic prices low to protect poor consumers, which implicitly penalizes the agricultural sector and discourages productivity increases.
• The FAO's Policy Optimization Tool uses Pareto optimality principles to help governments reallocate budgets to achieve four primary goals: maximizing agri-food GDP, maximizing non-farm rural employment, minimizing rural poverty, and minimizing the cost of a healthy diet.
• An analysis of six Sub-Saharan African countries (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Uganda) for the 2025-2030 period shows that optimizing spending on measures such as extension services, fertilizer and seed subsidies, and investments in irrigation, mechanization, rural electrification, and rural roads can yield substantial results without increasing the total budget.
• By 2030, budget optimization in the six studied countries could result in the creation of nearly one million non-farm rural jobs, lift 2.8 million people out of poverty, and enable 16 million more people to afford a healthy diet. Specific GDP gains by 2030 include an 11% increase for Nigeria and 8% for Burkina Faso and Ghana compared to a non-optimized scenario.
• The FAO is currently enhancing the Policy Optimization Tool to incorporate climate and biodiversity objectives, aiming to help governments mitigate climate change and reverse environmental degradation through smarter spending.

APA

Sánchez, M. V. (2024). L'optimisation des dépenses publiques consacrées à l'alimentation et à l'agriculture peut changer la donne dans les pays à revenu intermédiaire de la tranche inférieure. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/fr/articles/policy-analysis/optimizing-public-spending-food-agriculture

Chicago

Sánchez, Marco V. L'optimisation des dépenses publiques consacrées à l'alimentation et à l'agriculture peut changer la donne dans les pays à revenu intermédiaire de la tranche inférieure. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2024. https://www.iisd.org/fr/articles/policy-analysis/optimizing-public-spending-food-agriculture.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{snchez2024loptimisation, author = {Sánchez, Marco V.}, title = {{L'optimisation des dépenses publiques consacrées à l'alimentation et à l'agriculture peut changer la donne dans les pays à revenu intermédiaire de la tranche inférieure}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2024}, month = dec, url = {https://www.iisd.org/fr/articles/policy-analysis/optimizing-public-spending-food-agriculture}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }