Rebuilding West Africa's Food Potential:

Policies and market incentives for smallholder-inclusive food value chains

Edited by Aziz Elbehri

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | 2013

ABSTRACT

This book offers an in-depth analyses of value chain policies, past and present in West Africa. The book contains a large number of in-depth case studies of food value chains in particular countries, including traditional export commodities (cocoa, cotton), high value exports (mangoes, horticulture) and the most important staple food value chains (oil palm, rice, maize, sorghum and millet and cassava) in the region. It also contains a large number of private and public initiatives, and thematic analyses relating to the role of the private agro-industry and producer organisations and their role as market agents.

Table of Contents

Executive summary	[222Kb]
PART 1: POLICIES, PRIVATE INITIATIVES AND PRODUCERS ORGANISATIONS IN STAPLE FOOD VALUE CHAIN STRATEGIES
Chapter 1. West Africa food systems: An overview of trends and indicators of demand, supply, and competitiveness of staple food value chains Aziz ELBEHRI, Jonathan KAMINSKI, Suffyan KOROMA, Massimo IAFRATE, and Marwan BENALI	[566Kb]
Chapter 2. A historical comparative analysis of commodity development models in West Africa and implications for staple food value chains Aziz ELBEHRI and Marwan BENALI	[513Kb]
Chapter 3. Analytical review of national investment strategies and agricultural policies for the promotion of staple food value chains in West Africa Bio Goura SOULE	[185Kb]
Chapter 4. Review and analysis of national investment strategies and agricultural policies in central Africa: the Case of Cameroun Valantine ACHANCHO	[151Kb]
Chapter 5. Impact of Mali's food and agricultural policies: an assessment of public expenditure and incentives to production from 2005 to 2010 Alban Mas APARISI , Jean BALIE, Fatoumata DIALLO, Joanna KOMOROWSKA, Naman KEITA	[610Kb]
Chapter 6. The role of the private sector and the Engagement of Smallholder Farmers in food value chains: Initiatives and successful cases from Nigeria, Senegal, and Ghana Ndidi NUWELI, Arona DIAW, Festus KWADZOKPO and Aziz ELBEHRI	[2Mb]
Chapter 7. GAIN methodology to enhance producers organisations capacity for market integration: Applications to West Africa Aziz ELBEHRI, Maria LEE, Carina HIRSCH, and Marwan BENALI	[482Kb]
PART 2 : FOOD VALUE CHAIN COUNTRY CASE STUDIES
Chapter 8. Cocoa and cotton commodity chains in West Africa: Policy and institutional roles for smallholder market participation Philip ABBOTT	[263Kb]
Chapter 9. Constraints to smallholder participation in high-value agriculture in West Africa Johan F.M. SWINNEN, Liesbeth COLEN and Miet MAERTENS	[371Kb]
Chapter 10. Comparative analysis of Mango Value Chain models in Benin, Burkina Faso and Ghana Cathelijne VAB MELLE and Sönke BUSCHMANN	[387Kb]
Chapter 11. Oil palm industry growth in Africa: A value chain and smallholders study for Ghana K. OFOSU-BUDU and Daniel Bruce SARPONG	[688Kb]
Chapter 12. Smallholder participation in value chains: The case of domestic rice in Senegal Liesbeth COLEN, Matty DEMONT and Jo SWINNEN	[190Kb]
Chapter 13. Rice in Mali : Enhancing competitiveness and promoting policies for inclusive value chain development Adam-Yaboua N'KRUMAH, Aziz ELBEHRI, and Bogui LEGRET	[1Mb]
Chapter 14. An analysis of Maize value chain and competitiveness in Burkina Faso: Implications for smallholder-inclusive policies and initiatives Jonathan KAMINSKI, Aziz ELBEHRI, Jean-Baptiste ZOMA	[527Kb]
Chapter 15. An assessment of sorghum and millet in Mali and implications for competitive and inclusive value chains Jonathan KAMINSKI, Aziz ELBEHRI, and Michel SAMAKE	[378Kb]
Chapter 16. Enhancing Cassava Marketing and Processing in Cameroon: Drivers, Constraints, and Prospects of the Value Chain Tolly Lolo EMMANUEL	[298Kb]

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