Using a representative sample of the various types of households in the city of Ouagadougou, the authors analyzed the potential effects of a price rise for imported rice on food consumption. The inquiry contradicted their initial hypotheses which deemed that such a rise would boost the consumption of traditional cereals (millet and sorghum). This result is due to the low price elasticity of the demand for rice by the poorest households, which are compelled by their usual jobs to buy, for lunch, prepared rice from street vendors. Consequently the substitution is likely to be oriented to imported wheat rather than to the long to prepare traditional cereals which require considerable preparation time. However, a development can be foreseen for...
Rice is one of the major food crop produced and consumed in Togo. Although it has the potential to p...
The growth of food import in Ivory Coast, especially rice, took place thanks to low prices in the wo...
Rice is among the most important cereals for African countries which absorb more than half of worldw...
Using a representative sample of the various types of households in the city of Ouagadougou, the aut...
Chronic food production deficits since the early 1970s have prompted policymakers of Burkina Faso to...
Jean-Pierre Ouedraogo is currently coordinating the PROCELOS programme at CILSS. For ten years previ...
With a population increasing rapidly and agricultural yields almost stagnant over the years, access ...
With a population increasing rapidly and agricultural yields stagnant over the years, access to food...
• In Senegal, rural households consume less rice than urban households, but demand for rice is incre...
Résumé Le riz au Burkina Faso occupe une place importante dans la consommation des ménages. Cependa...
Rice (Oryza sativa, L.) is considered staple food for nearly one half of the world’s population. The...
The Burkinabè agriculture is struggling to respond to the increasing demand for rice from its urban ...
Malnutrition is an important public health issue in Burkina Faso where 30 % of children are underwei...
The effects of key agricultural policies on Senegalese farmers are analysed through a survey combini...
As in almost all sub-Saharan African countries, agriculture plays an important role in the economic ...
Rice is one of the major food crop produced and consumed in Togo. Although it has the potential to p...
The growth of food import in Ivory Coast, especially rice, took place thanks to low prices in the wo...
Rice is among the most important cereals for African countries which absorb more than half of worldw...
Using a representative sample of the various types of households in the city of Ouagadougou, the aut...
Chronic food production deficits since the early 1970s have prompted policymakers of Burkina Faso to...
Jean-Pierre Ouedraogo is currently coordinating the PROCELOS programme at CILSS. For ten years previ...
With a population increasing rapidly and agricultural yields almost stagnant over the years, access ...
With a population increasing rapidly and agricultural yields stagnant over the years, access to food...
• In Senegal, rural households consume less rice than urban households, but demand for rice is incre...
Résumé Le riz au Burkina Faso occupe une place importante dans la consommation des ménages. Cependa...
Rice (Oryza sativa, L.) is considered staple food for nearly one half of the world’s population. The...
The Burkinabè agriculture is struggling to respond to the increasing demand for rice from its urban ...
Malnutrition is an important public health issue in Burkina Faso where 30 % of children are underwei...
The effects of key agricultural policies on Senegalese farmers are analysed through a survey combini...
As in almost all sub-Saharan African countries, agriculture plays an important role in the economic ...
Rice is one of the major food crop produced and consumed in Togo. Although it has the potential to p...
The growth of food import in Ivory Coast, especially rice, took place thanks to low prices in the wo...
Rice is among the most important cereals for African countries which absorb more than half of worldw...