employment opportunities in west african food systems
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Strengthening rural livelihoods in the face of rapid urbanisation in Africa
Employment opportunities in West African food systems
Thomas Allen
Brussels, Belgium, 20 March 2017
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ClubSAHEL ANDWEST AFRICA
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3 The regional opportunities
4 Key messages
2 Food: The largest private sector
1 Changing demand
17 %
37 %
2 %
16 %
27 %
Fruits & Vegetables Meat & Fish Dairy Cereals Others
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17 %
26 %
4 % 22 %
31 %
Urban Rural
Processed foods39 %
Unprocessed foods30 %
Cereals27 %
Beverages4 %
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Urban
36%
Rural
41%
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3 The regional opportunities
4 Key messages
1 Changing demand
2 Food: The largest private sector
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Secretariat Size of the food economy
100 %c
178 USD billion
(2010)
36% of regional GDP
100 %32 USD billion
(2010)
GDP Ghana
The region’s largest private sector
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Imports7 %
Domestic production93 %
178 USD billion
(2010)
The domestic food economy is 16x bigger than the agricultural export sector
11 USD billion
(2010)
Agricultural exports
In U
SD -
curre
nt p
rices
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4 Key messages
1 Changing demand
2 Food: The largest private sector
3 The regional opportunities
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Non agricultural40 %
Agriculture60 %
178 USD billion
(2010)
Increasingly
non agricultural
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Food catering2 %
Transport, marketing and retail30 %
Food processing8 %
Farming60 %
13 m FTE jobs
19 m FTE jobs
Source: Tchirley et al. (2016) and author’s calculations
Nigeria in 2016
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0
22,5
45
67,5
90
Farming Farm labor Food processing Food marketing Food catering
15-24 25-40 Women
Source: Tchirley et al. (2016)
%Nigeria in 2016
Shar
e of
age
gro
up b
y se
gmen
t
No youth-specific activities
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Sour
ce: K
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l. (2
016)
Concentration of urban demand
Ouagadougou
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1 Changing demand
2 Food: The largest private sector
3 The regional opportunities
4 Key messages
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• Emerging opportunities in the West African food economy
• Post-harvest segments of the food value chains will experience the fastest growth
• Need to better understand the local contexts and spatial dimensions of job creation
Key messages
Thank you for your attention
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