Global Food Security Response: West Africa Rice Value Chain Analysis
This detailed report discusses rice value chains in West Africa in the post-2008 rice price crisis context. It is based on a regional market study and on a set of five country studies which are available as separate documents. These countries are Senegal, Nigeria, Liberia, Mali and Ghana.
The report highlights the need for: (1) national value chain competitiveness strategies that focus on both quantity and quality; (2) national rural rice food security strategies that focus on improving productivity for subsistence rice producers; (3) a regional food security strategy focused on facilitating rice flows and learning through-out the region; and (4) efforts by all stakeholders to rationalize the goals of food security and food self-sufficiency with the design of many government and donor investments.
