Connecting Food Staples and Input Markets in West Africa : A Regional Trade Agenda for ECOWAS Countries
The report Africa Can Help Feed Africa (World Bank 2012) showed that increasing food staples1 supply can be met by better connecting African markets to each other. That report called for a stronger focus on removing trade barriers and building on t...
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FEEDS SAFETY OF FOOD AGRICULTURAL POLICIES CAPITAL MARKETS FOOD NEEDS AGRICULTURAL GROWTH ECONOMIC GROWTH POLICY ENVIRONMENT FAMINES MILLS PACKAGING WHEAT FLOUR FOOD CONSUMPTION BREAD AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION LEGUMES PRODUCERS PROPERTY RIGHTS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PESTICIDE CONTROL LABORATORIES WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME CASSAVA FOOD POLICY JUICES PASTA INCENTIVES IFPRI TOMATOES PESTICIDES FOOD SHORTAGES INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOOD OUTPUT SUPERMARKET GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY MAIZE FOOD MARKETS YAMS EXPLOITATION CEREALS FOOD EXPORTS FOOD POLICY RESEARCH LABELING POPULATION GROWTH GROUNDNUT COOKING LOGISTICS SOYBEANS OPTIONS FOOD REQUIREMENTS PERISHABLE GOODS CONTAINERS PALM OIL FOOD PRODUCERS PADDY VEGETABLES FOOD SUPPLIES FAMINE GRAINS COCOA FOOD PRODUCTS EFFICIENCY FOOD PRODUCTION FLOUR MILLS AGRICULTURAL POLICY RESOURCES STAPLE FOODS BEEF CONSUMPTION CEREAL PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY SPICES HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY VALUES BEER FOOD RESERVES CREDIT ROOT VEGETABLES PURCHASING POWER ANIMAL FEED TUBERS ORANGE FRUIT AGRICULTURE CEREAL IMPORTS PROPERTY CONFECTIONERY WFP ENVIRONMENT EGGS BAGGING SEAFOOD FOOD WORLD FOOD PROGRAM PORK ECONOMICS MEAT PROCESSING FOOD IMPORTS FOOD INSECURITY GROUNDNUTS DEMAND FOR FOOD TRADE POTATOES LAND ECONOMIES OF SCALE CORN CONSUMPTION PATTERNS FOOD CROPS FOOD SAFETY FOOD SUPPLY MEAT FOOD EXPORT APPLES SWEET POTATOES MEATS MEAL WHEAT FOOD AVAILABILITY CHEMICAL ANALYSIS FOOD PRODUCT RICE VEGETABLE OILS FOOD PRICES STARCH FOOD PROCESSING FLOUR FOODS PULSES FOOD STAPLES PRICES CEREAL CROPS CLEANLINESS POTATO YAM ECONOMIES BREWERIES BREWING SUGAR |
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FEEDS SAFETY OF FOOD AGRICULTURAL POLICIES CAPITAL MARKETS FOOD NEEDS AGRICULTURAL GROWTH ECONOMIC GROWTH POLICY ENVIRONMENT FAMINES MILLS PACKAGING WHEAT FLOUR FOOD CONSUMPTION BREAD AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION LEGUMES PRODUCERS PROPERTY RIGHTS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PESTICIDE CONTROL LABORATORIES WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME CASSAVA FOOD POLICY JUICES PASTA INCENTIVES IFPRI TOMATOES PESTICIDES FOOD SHORTAGES INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOOD OUTPUT SUPERMARKET GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY MAIZE FOOD MARKETS YAMS EXPLOITATION CEREALS FOOD EXPORTS FOOD POLICY RESEARCH LABELING POPULATION GROWTH GROUNDNUT COOKING LOGISTICS SOYBEANS OPTIONS FOOD REQUIREMENTS PERISHABLE GOODS CONTAINERS PALM OIL FOOD PRODUCERS PADDY VEGETABLES FOOD SUPPLIES FAMINE GRAINS COCOA FOOD PRODUCTS EFFICIENCY FOOD PRODUCTION FLOUR MILLS AGRICULTURAL POLICY RESOURCES STAPLE FOODS BEEF CONSUMPTION CEREAL PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY SPICES HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY VALUES BEER FOOD RESERVES CREDIT ROOT VEGETABLES PURCHASING POWER ANIMAL FEED TUBERS ORANGE FRUIT AGRICULTURE CEREAL IMPORTS PROPERTY CONFECTIONERY WFP ENVIRONMENT EGGS BAGGING SEAFOOD FOOD WORLD FOOD PROGRAM PORK ECONOMICS MEAT PROCESSING FOOD IMPORTS FOOD INSECURITY GROUNDNUTS DEMAND FOR FOOD TRADE POTATOES LAND ECONOMIES OF SCALE CORN CONSUMPTION PATTERNS FOOD CROPS FOOD SAFETY FOOD SUPPLY MEAT FOOD EXPORT APPLES SWEET POTATOES MEATS MEAL WHEAT FOOD AVAILABILITY CHEMICAL ANALYSIS FOOD PRODUCT RICE VEGETABLE OILS FOOD PRICES STARCH FOOD PROCESSING FLOUR FOODS PULSES FOOD STAPLES PRICES CEREAL CROPS CLEANLINESS POTATO YAM ECONOMIES BREWERIES BREWING SUGAR Maur, Jean-Christophe Shepherd, Ben Connecting Food Staples and Input Markets in West Africa : A Regional Trade Agenda for ECOWAS Countries |
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Africa West Africa |
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The report Africa Can Help Feed Africa
(World Bank 2012) showed that increasing food staples1
supply can be met by better connecting African markets to
each other. That report called for a stronger focus on
removing trade barriers and building on the forces of
regional integration. This report builds on the lessons of
Africa Can Help Feed Africa by looking into the specific
circum¬stances met in West Africa, home to one-third of the
continent’s population and to some of its most vulnerable
countries. Staple foods are the main source of calories in
Africa and in West Africa. In that region, rice, followed by
maize and cassava, provides the main source of calories in
coastal countries, with millet and sorghum being an
important source of food in Sahelian countries (Haggblade et
al. 2012). The challenge of food supply is particularly
acute in West Africa with some of the world’s fastest
growing populations, including urban populations. West
Africa’s 2011 population of 342 million is expected to
increase to 516 million by 2030 and to 815 million by 2050
(United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs,
Population Division 2013); in this time frame, the region’s
urban population will grow from 44 percent to 63 percent of
the total population (United Nations Department of Economic
and Social Affairs, Population Division 2014). As this
report will show, strong reasons exist to bring a more
strategic focus on promoting regional trade. The first
compelling reason is that there is already a sizeable amount
of trade in the region, revealing existing important
complementarities between countries in the ECOWAS space.
Because a large share of this trade is informal, this
reality is not always well taken into account. A second
reason is that developing these complementarities by
facilitating trade and creating the regional soft and hard
infra¬structure to incite cross-border flows would further
enable (a) the exploitation of comparative advan¬tages and
economies of scale in the region; (b) access to and
diffusion of better production technologies; (c) competitive
access to inputs, research, and extension services; and (d)
improved security in the face of shocks that lead to food
crises. Finally, a third reason is that existing national
policies that affect trade are, by and large, inefficient
and incoherent at the regional level; therefore a better use
of policy making and institutions is needed to achieve food
policy objectives. |
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Maur, Jean-Christophe Shepherd, Ben |
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Maur, Jean-Christophe Shepherd, Ben |
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Maur, Jean-Christophe |
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Connecting Food Staples and Input Markets in West Africa : A Regional Trade Agenda for ECOWAS Countries |
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Connecting Food Staples and Input Markets in West Africa : A Regional Trade Agenda for ECOWAS Countries |
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Connecting Food Staples and Input Markets in West Africa : A Regional Trade Agenda for ECOWAS Countries |
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Connecting Food Staples and Input Markets in West Africa : A Regional Trade Agenda for ECOWAS Countries |
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Connecting Food Staples and Input Markets in West Africa : A Regional Trade Agenda for ECOWAS Countries |
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connecting food staples and input markets in west africa : a regional trade agenda for ecowas countries |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2015 |
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okr-10986-222762021-06-14T10:19:45Z Connecting Food Staples and Input Markets in West Africa : A Regional Trade Agenda for ECOWAS Countries Maur, Jean-Christophe Shepherd, Ben FEEDS SAFETY OF FOOD AGRICULTURAL POLICIES CAPITAL MARKETS FOOD NEEDS AGRICULTURAL GROWTH ECONOMIC GROWTH POLICY ENVIRONMENT FAMINES MILLS PACKAGING WHEAT FLOUR FOOD CONSUMPTION BREAD AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION LEGUMES PRODUCERS PROPERTY RIGHTS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PESTICIDE CONTROL LABORATORIES WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME CASSAVA FOOD POLICY JUICES PASTA INCENTIVES IFPRI TOMATOES PESTICIDES FOOD SHORTAGES INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOOD OUTPUT SUPERMARKET GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY MAIZE FOOD MARKETS YAMS EXPLOITATION CEREALS FOOD EXPORTS FOOD POLICY RESEARCH LABELING POPULATION GROWTH GROUNDNUT COOKING LOGISTICS SOYBEANS OPTIONS FOOD REQUIREMENTS PERISHABLE GOODS CONTAINERS PALM OIL FOOD PRODUCERS PADDY VEGETABLES FOOD SUPPLIES FAMINE GRAINS COCOA FOOD PRODUCTS EFFICIENCY FOOD PRODUCTION FLOUR MILLS AGRICULTURAL POLICY RESOURCES STAPLE FOODS BEEF CONSUMPTION CEREAL PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY SPICES HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY VALUES BEER FOOD RESERVES CREDIT ROOT VEGETABLES PURCHASING POWER ANIMAL FEED TUBERS ORANGE FRUIT AGRICULTURE CEREAL IMPORTS PROPERTY CONFECTIONERY WFP ENVIRONMENT EGGS BAGGING SEAFOOD FOOD WORLD FOOD PROGRAM PORK ECONOMICS MEAT PROCESSING FOOD IMPORTS FOOD INSECURITY GROUNDNUTS DEMAND FOR FOOD TRADE POTATOES LAND ECONOMIES OF SCALE CORN CONSUMPTION PATTERNS FOOD CROPS FOOD SAFETY FOOD SUPPLY MEAT FOOD EXPORT APPLES SWEET POTATOES MEATS MEAL WHEAT FOOD AVAILABILITY CHEMICAL ANALYSIS FOOD PRODUCT RICE VEGETABLE OILS FOOD PRICES STARCH FOOD PROCESSING FLOUR FOODS PULSES FOOD STAPLES PRICES CEREAL CROPS CLEANLINESS POTATO YAM ECONOMIES BREWERIES BREWING SUGAR The report Africa Can Help Feed Africa (World Bank 2012) showed that increasing food staples1 supply can be met by better connecting African markets to each other. That report called for a stronger focus on removing trade barriers and building on the forces of regional integration. This report builds on the lessons of Africa Can Help Feed Africa by looking into the specific circum¬stances met in West Africa, home to one-third of the continent’s population and to some of its most vulnerable countries. Staple foods are the main source of calories in Africa and in West Africa. In that region, rice, followed by maize and cassava, provides the main source of calories in coastal countries, with millet and sorghum being an important source of food in Sahelian countries (Haggblade et al. 2012). The challenge of food supply is particularly acute in West Africa with some of the world’s fastest growing populations, including urban populations. West Africa’s 2011 population of 342 million is expected to increase to 516 million by 2030 and to 815 million by 2050 (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division 2013); in this time frame, the region’s urban population will grow from 44 percent to 63 percent of the total population (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division 2014). As this report will show, strong reasons exist to bring a more strategic focus on promoting regional trade. The first compelling reason is that there is already a sizeable amount of trade in the region, revealing existing important complementarities between countries in the ECOWAS space. Because a large share of this trade is informal, this reality is not always well taken into account. A second reason is that developing these complementarities by facilitating trade and creating the regional soft and hard infra¬structure to incite cross-border flows would further enable (a) the exploitation of comparative advan¬tages and economies of scale in the region; (b) access to and diffusion of better production technologies; (c) competitive access to inputs, research, and extension services; and (d) improved security in the face of shocks that lead to food crises. Finally, a third reason is that existing national policies that affect trade are, by and large, inefficient and incoherent at the regional level; therefore a better use of policy making and institutions is needed to achieve food policy objectives. 2015-07-21T22:18:35Z 2015-07-21T22:18:35Z 2015-06-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24739588/connecting-food-staples-input-markets-west-africa-regional-trade-agenda-ecowas-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22276 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Agricultural Study Africa West Africa |