Transforming the agrifood processing sector in Africa: The role of industrial clusters
Agriculture and the agrifood processing sector play an important role in many African economies. Agriculture accounted for approximately 53 percent of total employment in Africa south of the Sahara in 2019 while agricultural value added as a percentage of GDP stood at 17.2 percent in 2021 (World Ban...
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| author | Tabiri, Kwasi Gyabaa Sakyi, Daniel |
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| description | Agriculture and the agrifood processing sector play an important role in many African economies. Agriculture accounted for approximately 53 percent of total employment in Africa south of the Sahara in 2019 while agricultural value added as a percentage of GDP stood at 17.2 percent in 2021 (World Bank 2022). The agrifood processing sector, which forms part of the wider agro-industrial sector,2 is also a key component in the manufacturing sector in many African economies (UNIDO 2012). For example, in Ghana, food manufacturing accounted for more than 33 percent of manufacturing value added in 2015. Moreover, food manufacturing’s share of total manufacturing stood at 14 percent in Egypt in 2018, and 58 percent in Zimbabwe in 2017 (UNIDO INDSTAT 2021). This underscores the fact that although the contribution of agrifood processing to total manufacturing may vary across countries, it remains a significant contributor to many African economies, and to meeting the food security needs of the population. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1410602025-11-06T03:59:16Z Transforming the agrifood processing sector in Africa: The role of industrial clusters Tabiri, Kwasi Gyabaa Sakyi, Daniel research institutions exports government agrifood systems food systems food processing Agriculture and the agrifood processing sector play an important role in many African economies. Agriculture accounted for approximately 53 percent of total employment in Africa south of the Sahara in 2019 while agricultural value added as a percentage of GDP stood at 17.2 percent in 2021 (World Bank 2022). The agrifood processing sector, which forms part of the wider agro-industrial sector,2 is also a key component in the manufacturing sector in many African economies (UNIDO 2012). For example, in Ghana, food manufacturing accounted for more than 33 percent of manufacturing value added in 2015. Moreover, food manufacturing’s share of total manufacturing stood at 14 percent in Egypt in 2018, and 58 percent in Zimbabwe in 2017 (UNIDO INDSTAT 2021). This underscores the fact that although the contribution of agrifood processing to total manufacturing may vary across countries, it remains a significant contributor to many African economies, and to meeting the food security needs of the population. 2022-10-25 2024-04-12T13:37:12Z 2024-04-12T13:37:12Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141060 en https://doi.org/10.54067/9781737916444 Open Access application/pdf AKADEMIYA2063 International Food Policy Research Institute Tabiri, Kwasi Gyabaa; and Sakyi, Daniel. 2022. Transforming the agrifood processing sector in Africa: The role of industrial clusters. 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 6, Pp. 59-71. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141060 |
| spellingShingle | research institutions exports government agrifood systems food systems food processing Tabiri, Kwasi Gyabaa Sakyi, Daniel Transforming the agrifood processing sector in Africa: The role of industrial clusters |
| title | Transforming the agrifood processing sector in Africa: The role of industrial clusters |
| title_full | Transforming the agrifood processing sector in Africa: The role of industrial clusters |
| title_fullStr | Transforming the agrifood processing sector in Africa: The role of industrial clusters |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transforming the agrifood processing sector in Africa: The role of industrial clusters |
| title_short | Transforming the agrifood processing sector in Africa: The role of industrial clusters |
| title_sort | transforming the agrifood processing sector in africa the role of industrial clusters |
| topic | research institutions exports government agrifood systems food systems food processing |
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