Fruit and vegetable value chains in Africa
The patterns of Africa’s participation in fruit and vegetable value chains (FVVCs) clearly reflect the continent’s colonial past. The restructuring of African exports around a few commodities to serve European markets during the colonial period largely undermined the farming of local food crops, inc...
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| author | Aboushady, Nora Kornher, Lukas Zaki, Chahir |
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| description | The patterns of Africa’s participation in fruit and vegetable value chains (FVVCs) clearly reflect the continent’s colonial past. The restructuring of African exports around a few commodities to serve European markets during the colonial period largely undermined the farming of local food crops, including indigenous fruits and vegetables. Postcolonial governments focused on cash crops as the main source of foreign exchange earnings, reinforcing the status quo. However, the mid-1980s witnessed a major shift in global demand away from traditional cash crops and toward high-value products, including fruits and vegetables. This shift was an opportunity for developing countries, including those in Africa, to diversify their exports and reduce their vulnerability to global commodity price fluctuations. Participation in FVVCs can also have positive impacts on employment creation, income mobility, and poverty reduction. Yet, Africa’s participation in FVVCs is undermined by a number of structural challenges, some of which are typical of FVVCs, and some related to long-standing issues facing African economies in general, and the agriculture sector in particular. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1519132025-11-06T04:11:27Z Fruit and vegetable value chains in Africa Aboushady, Nora Kornher, Lukas Zaki, Chahir fruits vegetables value chains exports employment poverty agricultural production The patterns of Africa’s participation in fruit and vegetable value chains (FVVCs) clearly reflect the continent’s colonial past. The restructuring of African exports around a few commodities to serve European markets during the colonial period largely undermined the farming of local food crops, including indigenous fruits and vegetables. Postcolonial governments focused on cash crops as the main source of foreign exchange earnings, reinforcing the status quo. However, the mid-1980s witnessed a major shift in global demand away from traditional cash crops and toward high-value products, including fruits and vegetables. This shift was an opportunity for developing countries, including those in Africa, to diversify their exports and reduce their vulnerability to global commodity price fluctuations. Participation in FVVCs can also have positive impacts on employment creation, income mobility, and poverty reduction. Yet, Africa’s participation in FVVCs is undermined by a number of structural challenges, some of which are typical of FVVCs, and some related to long-standing issues facing African economies in general, and the agriculture sector in particular. 2024-08-29 2024-08-29T17:47:25Z 2024-08-29T17:47:25Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151913 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151902 Open Access application/pdf AKADEMIYA2063 International Food Policy Research Institute Aboushady, Nora; Kornher, Lukas; and Zaki, Chahir. 2024. Fruit and vegetable value chains in Africa. In Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor 2024, Odjo, Sunday; Traoré, Fousseini; and Zaki, Chahir, eds. Chapter 4. Kigali and Washington, DC: AKADEMIYA2063 and International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151913 |
| spellingShingle | fruits vegetables value chains exports employment poverty agricultural production Aboushady, Nora Kornher, Lukas Zaki, Chahir Fruit and vegetable value chains in Africa |
| title | Fruit and vegetable value chains in Africa |
| title_full | Fruit and vegetable value chains in Africa |
| title_fullStr | Fruit and vegetable value chains in Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fruit and vegetable value chains in Africa |
| title_short | Fruit and vegetable value chains in Africa |
| title_sort | fruit and vegetable value chains in africa |
| topic | fruits vegetables value chains exports employment poverty agricultural production |
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