Real progress in the living conditions for the rural poor and farmers requires sound policies at macro level. Scanagri contributes to sector development processes in several countries advising national governments and donors on how to create an enabling environment for rural and agricultural stakeholders. Such processes include:

• Introducing changes in management principles among public service providers,
• Creating incentives for producers, institutional building measures and advising on allocation and distribution of resources between different priority areas such as research, livestock and crop production.
• Decentralization processes
• Tax and trade policy development
• Privatisation strategies and restructuring,
• Land policies and land acts
• Support to compliance with international environmental conventions and strategic environmental assessments.

Normal counterparts are national governments, but the involvement of stakeholder groups is equally important at the policy formulation stage.

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