Food Systems in Africa: Rethinking the Role of Markets
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January, 2021
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Creator / Author
Galle Balineau, Arthur Bauer, Martin Kessler, and Nicole Madariaga
Source / Publisher
World Bank
Number of Pages
167
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Subject
Food systems, Electricity Access in Sub-Saharan Africa, Social Safety Nets
Abstract
This volume examines food systems in three West African citiesAbidjan (Cte dIvoire), Rabat-Sal-Tmara (Morocco), and Niamey (Niger). The authors discuss major trends such as the rapid uptake of information and communications technologies by the food value chain, the effects of such technologies, the rapid development of supermarkets, and the risks associated with climate change and poor governancetrends that call for thinking about tomorrows food systems today. Th is book was originally published in French in 2020, by Agence franaise de developpement, under the title Les systmes agroalimentaires en Afrique: repenser le rle des marchs. In case of discrepancies, the French-language version will govern.
Keywords
Sub-Saharan Africa, Food Markets
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