What do we know about the future of food systems in West and Central Africa?

Dolapo K. Enahoro, Charles Mensah and Sika Gbegbelegbe

Chapter 17 in What do we know about the future of food systems?, 2025-07-21, pp p. 98-102 from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: food systems; productivity; climate change; urbanization; trade; imports; employment; forecasting; Africa; Middle Africa; Western Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-07-21
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