Settlement, market and food security

Settlement dynamics have been reshaping West Africa’s social and economic geography. These spatial transformations – high urbanisation and economic concentration – favour the development of market-oriented agriculture. With the population of West Africa set to double by 2050, agricultural production...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Autores Corporativos: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (-), Sahel and West Africa Club
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Paris] : OECD 2013.
Colección:West African studies (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
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Sumario:Settlement dynamics have been reshaping West Africa’s social and economic geography. These spatial transformations – high urbanisation and economic concentration – favour the development of market-oriented agriculture. With the population of West Africa set to double by 2050, agricultural production systems will undergo far-reaching transformations. To support these transformations, policies need to be spatially targeted, improve availability of market information and broaden the field of food security to policy domains beyond agriculture. They need to rely on homogeneous and reliable data – not available at present – particularly for key variables such as non-agricultural and agricultural population, marketed production and regional trade.
Notas:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Descripción Física:1 online resource (200 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9789264187443