Enabling the Business of Agriculture2015 is a pilot assessment report on the agribusiness sectorenabling environment in 10 countries. This progress reportcovers the methodology, key insights and lessons learnedfrom the pilot effort.Enabling the Business of Agriculture2015 is a first step toward identifying areas and data setsthat can be used to build indicators in subsequent phases ofthe project; the indicators will measure and monitorpolicies and regulations that impact how markets function inthe agricultural sector. The 10 countries represent a rangeof geographic regions in different stages of agriculturaldevelopment, as follows: Ethiopia, Guatemala, Morocco,Mozambique, Nepal, the Philippines, Rwanda, Spain, Uganda,and Ukraine. Data are current as of 31 March, 2014. Enablingthe Business of Agriculture breaks down the agriculturalvalue chain the full range of activities and services neededto bring a commodity or product from production to sale inthe final market into different topic areas. Six of thesetopics were selected for study during the pilot yearregistering agricultural land, accessing financial services,strengthening seed systems, improving fertilizer supply,transporting agricultural goods, and selling agriculturalgoods. Another three topics were chosen for initial testing:contracting agricultural production, electrifying ruralareas, and connecting farmers to information.
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