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

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  • Enahoro, Dolapo K.
  • Mensah, Charles
  • Gbegbelegbe, Sika

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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.

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  • Enahoro, Dolapo K. & Mensah, Charles & Gbegbelegbe, Sika, 2025. "What do we know about the future of food systems in West and Central Africa?," IFPRI book chapters, in: What do we know about the future of food systems?, chapter 17, pages p. 98-102, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
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