Rebuilding West Africa's Food Potential

Policies and Market Incentives for Smallholder-inclusive Food Value Chains

• Author(s): Aziz Elbehri,
• Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and The International Fund for Agriculture Development
• Pages: 535
• ISBN_10: 9251075301
  ISBN_13: 9789251075302
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Industries / General , Business & Economics / Industries / Agribusiness , Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy , Political Science / Public Policy / Regional Planning , Political Science / Public Policy / Environmental Policy , Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy , Social Science / Developing & Emerging Countries , Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / General ,

Description:... 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 organizations and their role as market agents.