Enabling the Business of Agriculture

César Chaparro Yedro

EBA Coordinator

October 10, 2017

Background - Genesis and

Timeline

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Pilot data collection in 10 countries

2013-142012 2014-15 2016

Data collection in 40 countries

Data collection in 62 countries

Dissemination Policy analysisMethodology

refinement

Data collection in 80 countries

EBA Kick off

2017 2018

India: Sub-national study in- Bihar- Maharashtra- Odisha- Uttar Pradesh

LAC:BoliviaColombiaGuatemalaHaitiMexicoNicaraguaPeruUruguay

Methodology - Country Coverage

SSA:Benin Burkina FasoBurundiCameroonCote D’IvoireEthiopiaGhanaKenyaLiberiaMalawi

MaliMozambiqueNigerNigeriaRwandaSenegalSudanTanzaniaUgandaZambiaZimbabwe

MENA:Egypt, Arab Rep.JordanMorocco

ECA: Armenia Bosnia-HerzegovinaGeorgiaKyrgyz RepublicRomania

Russian FederationSerbia TajikistanTurkeyUkraine

OECD HIGH INCOME:Chile DenmarkGreecePoland Spain ItalyKoreaNetherlands

EAP:CambodiaLao, PDRMalaysiaMyanmarPhilippinesThailandVietnam

SA:BangladeshIndiaNepalSri Lanka

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Methodology- Thematic Coverage

Scored for EBA 2017Cross-

CuttingUnder

Development

Seed Fertilizer Machinery Finance

Transport Markets Water ICT

Enviro. Sust

Gender

Land

Livestock

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EBA benchmarks industries associatedwith activities along the agribusiness value chain

Methodology - Scored Indicators

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Methodology - Data Collection

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Public Sector

• Ministries of agriculture, transport, environment, information and technology

• Central banks, financial supervisory authorities

• State inspectors, land registries, cadasters, agricultural research institutes and others

Private Sector

• Agricultural input companies

• Trucking companies

• Cooperatives and farmers’ associations

• Agricultural holdings

• Mobile network operators

• Lawyers

• Commercial banks and microfinance institutions

• Academia

• Civil society organizations

MARKETS – Topic Coverage

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Agricultural Trade

Domestic trade and export of agricultural

products

Documents, time and cost to

export agricultural

products

Plant Protection

Legal framework impacting

management and control of

pests and diseases (export

focus)

Producer Organizations

Establishment, operations, and

inclusiveness

MARKETS – AgriTrade

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EBA17 +EBA19

• No price controls, auction, membership or licensing requirements for traders.

• Neither mandatory nor recommended prices apply

• Electronic application, onsite issuance, or ePhyto for phytosanitary certificates.

• Risk-based food safety inspections (notice, charges, penalties)

• Phytosanitary fee schedules are publicly available online, or in legislation.

• Fee schedules are available at an enquiry point via telephone

• Efficient and affordable per-shipment document requirements for agri-trade.

• Risk-based phytosanitary inspections for export product

Findings –Per-shipment exports

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The cost to obtain per-shipment export documents is highest in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa

Findings – Phytosanitary certificates

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It is cheaper and faster to obtain a phytosanitary certificate in countries that have electronic processes in place and that can conduct inspections and issue certificates on-site

Markets – Plant Protection

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EBA17 +/- EBA19

• Lists of regulated pests available online or in legislation

• Surveys (general and specific) are up-to-date

• Pest database exists online (photos, treatments, etc.)

• List of regulated pests is up-to-date

• Pest surveillance (Gov) and pest reporting (citizens) obligations apply

• Registration of pesticides (chemical vs. bio), online catalogue, post-registration surveillance

• Pest risk analysis (PRA) is required, available online

• Risk-based phytosanitary import inspections may be conducted

Findings – Plant Protection score

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Dissemination - Country profiles

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