Food Systems in Africa : Rethinking the Role of Markets

Food for cities in Africa is changing under the triple effect of growth demography, urbanization and transformations in agricultural production and trade. These changes create risks: African cities increasingly face the challenges of undernutrition and malnutrition. But they also generate new opport...

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Main Authors:	Balineau, Gaelle, Bauer, Arthur, Kessler, Martin, Madariaga, Nicole
Format:	Book
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank and Agence francaise de developpement 2020
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL TRADE FOOD SECURITY NUTRITION URBANIZATION DEMOGRAPHICS AGRO-FOOD PROCESSING EMPLOYMENT
Online Access:	https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/411891611821377295/food-systems-in-africa-rethinking-the-role-of-markets http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34919

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topic	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL TRADE FOOD SECURITY NUTRITION URBANIZATION DEMOGRAPHICS AGRO-FOOD PROCESSING EMPLOYMENT
spellingShingle	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL TRADE FOOD SECURITY NUTRITION URBANIZATION DEMOGRAPHICS AGRO-FOOD PROCESSING EMPLOYMENT Balineau, Gaelle Bauer, Arthur Kessler, Martin Madariaga, Nicole Food Systems in Africa : Rethinking the Role of Markets
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description	Food for cities in Africa is changing under the triple effect of growth demography, urbanization and transformations in agricultural production and trade. These changes create risks: African cities increasingly face the challenges of undernutrition and malnutrition. But they also generate new opportunities: the food economy is the continent’s main source of employment and will remain so in the near future, both to ensure agricultural production, agro-food processing and product distribution. At the center of this economy are the intermediaries market, which link producers and consumers, and whose ineffectiveness explains that about a third of the production evaporates in food losses.
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author	Balineau, Gaelle Bauer, Arthur Kessler, Martin Madariaga, Nicole
author_facet	Balineau, Gaelle Bauer, Arthur Kessler, Martin Madariaga, Nicole
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title	Food Systems in Africa : Rethinking the Role of Markets
title_short	Food Systems in Africa : Rethinking the Role of Markets
title_full	Food Systems in Africa : Rethinking the Role of Markets
title_fullStr	Food Systems in Africa : Rethinking the Role of Markets
title_full_unstemmed	Food Systems in Africa : Rethinking the Role of Markets
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publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank and Agence francaise de developpement
publishDate	2020
url	https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/411891611821377295/food-systems-in-africa-rethinking-the-role-of-markets http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34919
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Food Systems in Africa : Rethinking the Role of Markets

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