LEADER 03156oam 22004695 450 001 9910794455603321 005 20221004165536.0 010 $a1-4648-1589-5 024 7 $a10.1596/978-1-4648-1588-1 035 $a(CKB)4100000011706045 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6451161 035 $a(The World Bank)211588 035 $a(US-djbf)211588 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011706045 100 $a20160311d2021 uf 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFood Systems in Africa : $eRethinking the Role of Markets /$fGaelle Balineau 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cThe World Bank,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (164 pages) 225 1 $aAfrica Development Forum 311 1 $a1-4648-1588-7 330 3 $aRapid population growth, poorly planned urbanization, and evolving agricultural production and distribution practices are changing foodways in African cities and creating challenges: Africans are increasingly facing hunger, undernutrition, and malnutrition. Yet change also creates new opportunities. The food economy currently is the main source of jobs on the continent, promising more employment in the near future in farming, food processing, and food product distribution. These opportunities are undermined, however, by inefficient links among farmers, intermediaries, and consumers, leading to the loss of one-third of all food produced. This volume is an in-depth analysis of food system shortcomings in three West African cities: Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire; Rabat, Morocco; and Niamey, Niger. Using the lens of geographical economics and sociology, the authors draw on quantitative and qualitative field surveys and case studies to offer insightful analyses of political institutions. They show the importance of "hard" physical infrastructure, such as transport, storage, and wholesale and retail market facilities. They also describe the "soft" infrastructure of institutions that facilitate trade, such as interpersonal trust, market information systems, and business climates. The authors find that the vague mandates and limited capacities of national trade and agriculture ministries, regional and urban authorities, neighborhood councils, and market cooperatives often hamper policy interventions. This volume comes to a simple conclusion: international development policy makers and their financial and technical partners have neglected urban markets for far too long, and now is the time to rethink and reinvest in this complex yet crucial subject. 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 606 $aFood industry and trade$zAfrica, West 606 $aFood supply$zAfrica, West 615 0$aFood industry and trade 615 0$aFood supply 676 $a338.76640025673 700 $aBalineau$b Gaelle$01509265 701 $aBauer$b Arthur$0234296 701 $aKessler$b Martin$01509266 701 $aMadariaga$b Nicole$01509267 801 0$bDJBF 801 1$bDJBF 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910794455603321 996 $aFood Systems in Africa$93741010 997 $aUNINA