Innovation in African food processing enterprises: Patterns and drivers

The need for industrial development in Africa has become more pressing than ever. Industrial development is key for structural transformation, which many African countries are struggling with, to sustain and deepen the observed solid economic growth of the last two decades (Newfarmer, Page, and Tarp...

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Autores principales: Tadesse, Getaw, Gachango, Florence
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: AKADEMIYA2063 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141057
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description The need for industrial development in Africa has become more pressing than ever. Industrial development is key for structural transformation, which many African countries are struggling with, to sustain and deepen the observed solid economic growth of the last two decades (Newfarmer, Page, and Tarp 2019; Newman et al. 2016). It has also become a key strategy to tap into growing opportunities such as the high rates of urbanization, the growing labor force and its level of qualification, a high proportion of young people in the population structure, a growing domestic market, an increasing relative size of the middle class, the decrease in the severity of internal political confrontations and attenuation of intercountry armed conflicts, and the development of digital technologies (Ledeneva et al. 2020). Despite the wider narrative of “premature deindustrialization” associated with COVID-19, recent data show that deindustrialization is not the common experience for the majority of African countries and industrial sectors (Lopes and te Velde 2021). This creates another opportunity to renew efforts and refocus policy to promote industrialization.
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spelling CGSpace1410572025-11-06T03:52:30Z Innovation in African food processing enterprises: Patterns and drivers Tadesse, Getaw Gachango, Florence innovation structural adjustment industrial development policies investment employment enterprises urbanization markets trade agrifood systems food systems food processing The need for industrial development in Africa has become more pressing than ever. Industrial development is key for structural transformation, which many African countries are struggling with, to sustain and deepen the observed solid economic growth of the last two decades (Newfarmer, Page, and Tarp 2019; Newman et al. 2016). It has also become a key strategy to tap into growing opportunities such as the high rates of urbanization, the growing labor force and its level of qualification, a high proportion of young people in the population structure, a growing domestic market, an increasing relative size of the middle class, the decrease in the severity of internal political confrontations and attenuation of intercountry armed conflicts, and the development of digital technologies (Ledeneva et al. 2020). Despite the wider narrative of “premature deindustrialization” associated with COVID-19, recent data show that deindustrialization is not the common experience for the majority of African countries and industrial sectors (Lopes and te Velde 2021). This creates another opportunity to renew efforts and refocus policy to promote industrialization. 2022-10-25 2024-04-12T13:37:11Z 2024-04-12T13:37:11Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141057 en https://doi.org/10.54067/9781737916444 Open Access application/pdf AKADEMIYA2063 International Food Policy Research Institute Tadesse, Getaw; and Gachango, Florence. 2022. Innovation in African food processing enterprises: Patterns and drivers. In 2022 Annual trends and outlook report: Agrifood processing strategies for successful food systems transformation in Africa, eds. Chakib Jenane, John M. Ulimwengu, and Getaw Tadesse. Chapter 7, Pp. 72-91. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141057
spellingShingle innovation
structural adjustment
industrial development
policies
investment
employment
enterprises
urbanization
markets
trade
agrifood systems
food systems
food processing
Tadesse, Getaw
Gachango, Florence
Innovation in African food processing enterprises: Patterns and drivers
title Innovation in African food processing enterprises: Patterns and drivers
title_full Innovation in African food processing enterprises: Patterns and drivers
title_fullStr Innovation in African food processing enterprises: Patterns and drivers
title_full_unstemmed Innovation in African food processing enterprises: Patterns and drivers
title_short Innovation in African food processing enterprises: Patterns and drivers
title_sort innovation in african food processing enterprises patterns and drivers
topic innovation
structural adjustment
industrial development
policies
investment
employment
enterprises
urbanization
markets
trade
agrifood systems
food systems
food processing
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