Urbanisation, changing tastes and rural transformation in West Africa
Between 1950 and 2000, the total population of West Africa increased fourfold, with almost one third now living in urban centres. Alongside growing urbanisation, many countries in the region increasingly rely on food imports for certain staples. These imports mix with local and regional foods to create a complex food system in terms of how and where food is purchased and consumed. Indeed, imported food may actually be integrated within traditional meals. At a workshop in Dakar, Senegal, participants reviewed current knowledge on these trends and how they affect low-income groups. They agreed that informal actors such as small-scale food processors and producers must develop greater capacity to meet evolving consumer demands, as well as health and safety standards. Decision makers must recognise informal actors as key players in food systems; for their part, informal actors must develop skills to engage more effectively in policy dialogue.
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dig-cirad-fr-5831322022-04-15T14:16:06Z http://agritrop.cirad.fr/583132/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/583132/ Urbanisation, changing tastes and rural transformation in West Africa. Lançon Frédéric, Wade Idrissa. 2016. Londres : IIED, 4 p. (IIED Briefing Papers, 17334IIED) http://pubs.iied.org/17334IIED/ <http://pubs.iied.org/17334IIED/> Researchers Urbanisation, changing tastes and rural transformation in West Africa Lançon, Frédéric Wade, Idrissa eng 2016 IIED E73 - Économie de la consommation E70 - Commerce, commercialisation et distribution E50 - Sociologie rurale S01 - Nutrition humaine - Considérations générales Afrique occidentale http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8355 Between 1950 and 2000, the total population of West Africa increased fourfold, with almost one third now living in urban centres. Alongside growing urbanisation, many countries in the region increasingly rely on food imports for certain staples. These imports mix with local and regional foods to create a complex food system in terms of how and where food is purchased and consumed. Indeed, imported food may actually be integrated within traditional meals. At a workshop in Dakar, Senegal, participants reviewed current knowledge on these trends and how they affect low-income groups. They agreed that informal actors such as small-scale food processors and producers must develop greater capacity to meet evolving consumer demands, as well as health and safety standards. Decision makers must recognise informal actors as key players in food systems; for their part, informal actors must develop skills to engage more effectively in policy dialogue. monograph info:eu-repo/semantics/report Report info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://agritrop.cirad.fr/583132/1/17334IIED.pdf text cc_by_nc_sa info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ http://pubs.iied.org/17334IIED/ info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/purl/http://pubs.iied.org/17334IIED/ |
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Between 1950 and 2000, the total population of West Africa increased fourfold, with almost one third now living in urban centres. Alongside growing urbanisation, many countries in the region increasingly rely on food imports for certain staples. These imports mix with local and regional foods to create a complex food system in terms of how and where food is purchased and consumed. Indeed, imported food may actually be integrated within traditional meals. At a workshop in Dakar, Senegal, participants reviewed current knowledge on these trends and how they affect low-income groups. They agreed that informal actors such as small-scale food processors and producers must develop greater capacity to meet evolving consumer demands, as well as health and safety standards. Decision makers must recognise informal actors as key players in food systems; for their part, informal actors must develop skills to engage more effectively in policy dialogue. |
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