Food for cities in Africa is changing under the triple effect of growth demography, urbanization and transformations in agricultural production and trade. These changes create risks: African cities increasingly face the challenges of undernutrition and malnutrition. But they also generate new opportunities: the economy food is the continent’s main source of employment and will remain so in the near future, both to ensure agricultural production, agro-food processing and product distribution. At the center of this economy are the intermediaries market, which link producers and consumers, and whose ineffectiveness explains that about a third of the production evaporates in food losses.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/food-systems-africa-rethinking-role-markets
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Food Systems in Africa.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ga%C3%ABlle-balineau
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/arthur-bauer
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/martin-kessler
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/nicole-madariaga
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/world-bank
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-supply
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-policy
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sustainable-development-goals-sdgs
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/private-sector
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urbanisation