IIITable of Contents
Foreword V
Editor’s note and acknowledgments VII
List of tables, figures and boxes IX
List of acronyms and abbreviations XIX
Rebuilding West Africa’s food potential: Synthesis and recommendations
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General introduction and book content
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PART 1: POLICIES, PRIVATE INITIATIVES AND ROLE OF PRODUCER ORGANISATIONS IN FOOD
CHAIN STRATEGIES
Chapter 1. West Africa food systems: An overview of trends and indicators
of demand, supply, and trade 1
Aziz ELBEHRI, Jonathan KAMINSKI, Suffyan KOROMA, Massimo IAFRATE, and Marwan BENALI
Chapter 2. A historical comparative analysis of commodity development models
in West Africa and implications for staple food value chains
Aziz ELBEHRI and Marwan BENALI 43
Chapter 3. Analytical review of national investment strategies and agricultural
policies for the promotion of staple food value chains in West Africa
Bio Goura SOULE 83
Chapter 4. Review and analysis of national investment strategies
for agricultural policies in Central Africa: The Case of Cameroon
Valantine ACHANCHO 115
Chapter 5. Impact of Mali’s food and agricultural policies: an assessment
of public expenditure and incentives to production from 2005 to 2010
Alban MAS APARISI, Jean BALIE, Fatoumata DIALLO, Joanna KOMOROWSKA and Naman KEITA 151
Chapter 6. The role of the private sector and the engagement of smallholder farmers
in food value chains: initiatives and successful cases from Nigeria, Senegal, and Ghana
Ndidi NWUNELI, Arona DIAW, Festus KWADZOKPO, and Aziz ELBEHRI 187
Chapter 7. GAIN methodology to enhance producer organizations’ capacity
for market integration: Applications to West Africa
Aziz ELBEHRI, Maria LEE, Carina HIRSCH, and Marwan BENALI 211