What do we know about the future of food systems in West and Central Africa?
Food systems in West and Central Africa (WCA) are challenged by slow growth in productivity and incomes and by climate change. Urbanization and related trends are creating new opportunities for the region’s agricultural value chains to meet nutrition and employment needs, including those of women a...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2025
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| author | Enahoro, Dolapo K. Mensah, Charles Gbegbelegbe, Sika |
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| description | Food systems in West and Central Africa (WCA) are challenged by slow growth in productivity and incomes and by climate change.
Urbanization and related trends are creating new opportunities for the region’s agricultural value chains to meet nutrition and employment needs, including those of women and young people.
Climate change poses a significant threat to future agricultural production in the region, and dependence on food imports is mostly projected to increase.
Foresight studies that account for the future can help guide the transformation of food, land, and water systems in WCA in response to climate change. However, new analyses are needed to address the multidimensional nature of the region’s challenges. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1754542025-11-06T04:15:03Z What do we know about the future of food systems in West and Central Africa? Enahoro, Dolapo K. Mensah, Charles Gbegbelegbe, Sika food systems productivity climate change urbanization trade imports employment forecasting Food systems in West and Central Africa (WCA) are challenged by slow growth in productivity and incomes and by climate change. Urbanization and related trends are creating new opportunities for the region’s agricultural value chains to meet nutrition and employment needs, including those of women and young people. Climate change poses a significant threat to future agricultural production in the region, and dependence on food imports is mostly projected to increase. Foresight studies that account for the future can help guide the transformation of food, land, and water systems in WCA in response to climate change. However, new analyses are needed to address the multidimensional nature of the region’s challenges. 2025-07-21 2025-07-02T19:55:57Z 2025-07-02T19:55:57Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175454 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175019 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Enahoro, Dolapo K.; Mensah, Charles; and Gbegbelegbe, Sika. 2025. What do we know about the future of food systems in West and Central Africa? In What do we know about the future of food systems? eds. Keith Wiebe and Elisabetta Gotor. Part Two: What Do We Know About the Future of Food System in Selected Regions? Chapter 17, Pp. 98-102. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175454 |
| spellingShingle | food systems productivity climate change urbanization trade imports employment forecasting Enahoro, Dolapo K. Mensah, Charles Gbegbelegbe, Sika What do we know about the future of food systems in West and Central Africa? |
| title | What do we know about the future of food systems in West and Central Africa? |
| title_full | What do we know about the future of food systems in West and Central Africa? |
| title_fullStr | What do we know about the future of food systems in West and Central Africa? |
| title_full_unstemmed | What do we know about the future of food systems in West and Central Africa? |
| title_short | What do we know about the future of food systems in West and Central Africa? |
| title_sort | what do we know about the future of food systems in west and central africa |
| topic | food systems productivity climate change urbanization trade imports employment forecasting |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175454 |
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