The rapid rise in domestic value chains of nutrient-dense foods (fruits, vegetables, and animal products) in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policy implications
Despite African consumers under-consuming nutrient dense fruits and vegetables (FV) and animal products (AP), and the farm production and supply chains of these products are fraught with constraints that keep them from operating optimally, we find abundant recent evidence of dynamism in these sector...
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| author | Reardon, Thomas Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda Belton, Ben Dolislager, Michael Minten, Bart Popkin, Barry M. Vos, Rob |
| author_browse | Belton, Ben Dolislager, Michael Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda Minten, Bart Popkin, Barry M. Reardon, Thomas Vos, Rob |
| author_facet | Reardon, Thomas Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda Belton, Ben Dolislager, Michael Minten, Bart Popkin, Barry M. Vos, Rob |
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| description | Despite African consumers under-consuming nutrient dense fruits and vegetables (FV) and animal products (AP), and the farm production and supply chains of these products are fraught with constraints that keep them from operating optimally, we find abundant recent evidence of dynamism in these sectors. To wit: (1) consumption of these products in levels and shares is already substantial and growing rapidly; (2) supply of these products is growing rapidly, just not yet much faster than population growth; (3) supply growth is manifested in a number of countries by dynamic “meso booms” with diffusion of farming and growth in midstream ("Hidden Middle") value chain segments; these booms are “grassroots” driven, without subsidy or management by government or NGOs or large companies. We reviewed recent survey-based evidence of these booms and discussed the drivers. The policy implications are the need for governments to invest in the conditions we found to be enabling these booms, that is, roads and wholesale markets and electrification and other infrastructure hard and soft. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1402942025-12-08T10:06:44Z The rapid rise in domestic value chains of nutrient-dense foods (fruits, vegetables, and animal products) in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policy implications Reardon, Thomas Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda Belton, Ben Dolislager, Michael Minten, Bart Popkin, Barry M. Vos, Rob supply chains foods agricultural production vegetables nutrients fruits infrastructure consumers farm production food Despite African consumers under-consuming nutrient dense fruits and vegetables (FV) and animal products (AP), and the farm production and supply chains of these products are fraught with constraints that keep them from operating optimally, we find abundant recent evidence of dynamism in these sectors. To wit: (1) consumption of these products in levels and shares is already substantial and growing rapidly; (2) supply of these products is growing rapidly, just not yet much faster than population growth; (3) supply growth is manifested in a number of countries by dynamic “meso booms” with diffusion of farming and growth in midstream ("Hidden Middle") value chain segments; these booms are “grassroots” driven, without subsidy or management by government or NGOs or large companies. We reviewed recent survey-based evidence of these booms and discussed the drivers. The policy implications are the need for governments to invest in the conditions we found to be enabling these booms, that is, roads and wholesale markets and electrification and other infrastructure hard and soft. 2023-08-16 2024-03-14T12:09:15Z 2024-03-14T12:09:15Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140294 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Reardon, Thomas; Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda; Belton, Ben; Dolislager, Michael; Minten, Bart; Popkin, Barry M.; and Vos, Rob. 2023. The rapid rise in domestic value chains of nutrient-dense foods (fruits, vegetables, and animal products) in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policy implications. Rethinking Food Markets Initiative Technical Paper 1. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136841. |
| spellingShingle | supply chains foods agricultural production vegetables nutrients fruits infrastructure consumers farm production food Reardon, Thomas Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda Belton, Ben Dolislager, Michael Minten, Bart Popkin, Barry M. Vos, Rob The rapid rise in domestic value chains of nutrient-dense foods (fruits, vegetables, and animal products) in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policy implications |
| title | The rapid rise in domestic value chains of nutrient-dense foods (fruits, vegetables, and animal products) in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policy implications |
| title_full | The rapid rise in domestic value chains of nutrient-dense foods (fruits, vegetables, and animal products) in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policy implications |
| title_fullStr | The rapid rise in domestic value chains of nutrient-dense foods (fruits, vegetables, and animal products) in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policy implications |
| title_full_unstemmed | The rapid rise in domestic value chains of nutrient-dense foods (fruits, vegetables, and animal products) in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policy implications |
| title_short | The rapid rise in domestic value chains of nutrient-dense foods (fruits, vegetables, and animal products) in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policy implications |
| title_sort | rapid rise in domestic value chains of nutrient dense foods fruits vegetables and animal products in sub saharan africa policy implications |
| topic | supply chains foods agricultural production vegetables nutrients fruits infrastructure consumers farm production food |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140294 |
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