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Connecting Food Staples and Input Markets in West Africa: A Regional Trade Agenda for ECOWAS Countries

dc.contributor.author Maur, Jean-Christophe
dc.contributor.author Shepherd, Ben
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-21T22:18:35Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-21T22:18:35Z
dc.date.issued 2015-06-01
dc.description.abstract 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. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24739588/connecting-food-staples-input-markets-west-africa-regional-trade-agenda-ecowas-countries
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22276
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject FEEDS
dc.subject SAFETY OF FOOD
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL POLICIES
dc.subject CAPITAL MARKETS
dc.subject FOOD NEEDS
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
dc.subject ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject POLICY ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject FAMINES
dc.subject MILLS
dc.subject PACKAGING
dc.subject WHEAT FLOUR
dc.subject FOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subject BREAD
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subject LEGUMES
dc.subject PRODUCERS
dc.subject PROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject PESTICIDE
dc.subject CONTROL LABORATORIES
dc.subject WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
dc.subject CASSAVA
dc.subject FOOD POLICY
dc.subject JUICES
dc.subject PASTA
dc.subject INCENTIVES
dc.subject IFPRI
dc.subject TOMATOES
dc.subject PESTICIDES
dc.subject FOOD SHORTAGES
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
dc.subject FOOD OUTPUT
dc.subject SUPERMARKET
dc.subject GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY
dc.subject MAIZE
dc.subject FOOD MARKETS
dc.subject YAMS
dc.subject EXPLOITATION
dc.subject CEREALS
dc.subject FOOD EXPORTS
dc.subject FOOD POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject LABELING
dc.subject POPULATION GROWTH
dc.subject GROUNDNUT
dc.subject COOKING
dc.subject LOGISTICS
dc.subject SOYBEANS
dc.subject OPTIONS
dc.subject FOOD REQUIREMENTS
dc.subject PERISHABLE GOODS
dc.subject CONTAINERS
dc.subject PALM OIL
dc.subject FOOD PRODUCERS
dc.subject PADDY
dc.subject VEGETABLES
dc.subject FOOD SUPPLIES
dc.subject FAMINE
dc.subject GRAINS
dc.subject COCOA
dc.subject FOOD PRODUCTS
dc.subject EFFICIENCY
dc.subject FOOD PRODUCTION
dc.subject FLOUR MILLS
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL POLICY
dc.subject RESOURCES
dc.subject STAPLE FOODS
dc.subject BEEF
dc.subject CONSUMPTION
dc.subject CEREAL PRODUCTION
dc.subject FOOD SECURITY
dc.subject SPICES
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY
dc.subject VALUES
dc.subject BEER
dc.subject FOOD RESERVES
dc.subject CREDIT
dc.subject ROOT VEGETABLES
dc.subject PURCHASING POWER
dc.subject ANIMAL FEED
dc.subject TUBERS
dc.subject ORANGE
dc.subject FRUIT
dc.subject AGRICULTURE
dc.subject CEREAL IMPORTS
dc.subject PROPERTY
dc.subject CONFECTIONERY
dc.subject WFP
dc.subject ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject EGGS
dc.subject BAGGING
dc.subject SEAFOOD
dc.subject FOOD
dc.subject WORLD FOOD PROGRAM
dc.subject PORK
dc.subject ECONOMICS
dc.subject MEAT PROCESSING
dc.subject FOOD IMPORTS
dc.subject FOOD INSECURITY
dc.subject GROUNDNUTS
dc.subject DEMAND FOR FOOD
dc.subject TRADE
dc.subject POTATOES
dc.subject LAND
dc.subject ECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subject CORN
dc.subject CONSUMPTION PATTERNS
dc.subject FOOD CROPS
dc.subject FOOD SAFETY
dc.subject FOOD SUPPLY
dc.subject MEAT
dc.subject FOOD EXPORT
dc.subject APPLES
dc.subject SWEET POTATOES
dc.subject MEATS
dc.subject MEAL
dc.subject WHEAT
dc.subject FOOD AVAILABILITY
dc.subject CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
dc.subject FOOD PRODUCT
dc.subject RICE
dc.subject VEGETABLE OILS
dc.subject FOOD PRICES
dc.subject STARCH
dc.subject FOOD PROCESSING
dc.subject FLOUR
dc.subject FOODS
dc.subject PULSES
dc.subject FOOD STAPLES
dc.subject PRICES
dc.subject CEREAL CROPS
dc.subject CLEANLINESS
dc.subject POTATO
dc.subject YAM
dc.subject ECONOMIES
dc.subject BREWERIES
dc.subject BREWING
dc.subject SUGAR
dc.title Connecting Food Staples and Input Markets in West Africa en
dc.title.subtitle A Regional Trade Agenda for ECOWAS Countries en
dc.type Report en
dc.type Rapport fr
dc.type Informe es
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.date.disclosure 2015-07-08
okr.doctype Economic & Sector Work
okr.doctype Economic & Sector Work :: Other Agricultural Study
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24739588/connecting-food-staples-input-markets-west-africa-regional-trade-agenda-ecowas-countries
okr.globalpractice Trade and Competitiveness
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 090224b083c49f5b_3_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 24739588
okr.identifier.report 97279
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2015/06/30/090224b082fae2e9/2_0/Rendered/PDF/Connecting0foo0for0ECOWAS0countries.pdf en
okr.region.administrative Africa
okr.region.geographical West Africa
okr.sector Agriculture, fishing, and forestry :: Crops
okr.sector Industry and trade :: Other domestic and international trade
okr.theme Trade and integration :: Regional integration
okr.theme Trade and integration :: Trade facilitation and market access
okr.theme Human development :: Nutrition and food security
okr.topic Industry :: Food & Beverage Industry
okr.topic Agriculture :: Agricultural Research
okr.topic Agriculture :: Agricultural Trade
okr.topic Agriculture :: Fertilizers
okr.topic International Economics and Trade :: Export Competitiveness
okr.topic International Economics and Trade :: Trade and Regional Integration
okr.unit Trade Compet - GP - IBRD (GTCDR)
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