West Africa countries in the Sahel zone are worried about increases in their imports of cereals, which according to some slows the development of their national agricultures. A proposal for a Regional Protected Area for Cereals (RPAC) was made in a symposium (Mindelo, 1986), and this paper attempts to lay out the key issues raised. The main question is to determine whether it is possible to find a price for rice that would be incentive enough for peasants in the region, and affordable to consumers. But it is also necessary to prompt these farmers to increase their total supply of cereals, cash-crops to providce the States with foreign exchange, and animal products. Finally, the critical problem of sharing out the eventual benefits of the R...
The analysis of the situation and perspectives on food security in Sub-Saharan Africa shows a growin...
Agricultural exports and food deficit in Africa - The comparative advantage of a set of products can...
To improve national food security, successive Mali governments have always focused on expanding and ...
Ouvrage en libre accès, document disponible en ligne : http://www.afd.fr/webdav/site/afd/shared/PUBL...
Présentation de l'éditeur : Rice is a strategic and political crop in many African countries. The hi...
Cassava, maize, rice, groundnuts and plantains constitute the main food crops in Zaire. Rice is a s...
Spanish version available in IDRC Digital Library: Africa Occidental producirá mas arro
Despite good crop yields the Sahel continues to import cereals to the detriment of its own farming. ...
L'agriculture africaine a profité d'un contexte international favorable jusqu'au début des années 19...
Jean-Pierre Ouedraogo is currently coordinating the PROCELOS programme at CILSS. For ten years previ...
La crise alimentaire de 2008 a suscité un regain d’intérêt pour les questions agricoles et de sécuri...
Le prix offre un cas à part parmi les variables économiques, car il est à la fois cause et effet et ...
There is a consensus that African development confronts several challenges, which include alleviatin...
This study examines transportation alternatives for moving cereals into position for storage under t...
West African agriculture rice production represents only 50% of consumers' needs in the sub-region. ...
The analysis of the situation and perspectives on food security in Sub-Saharan Africa shows a growin...
Agricultural exports and food deficit in Africa - The comparative advantage of a set of products can...
To improve national food security, successive Mali governments have always focused on expanding and ...
Ouvrage en libre accès, document disponible en ligne : http://www.afd.fr/webdav/site/afd/shared/PUBL...
Présentation de l'éditeur : Rice is a strategic and political crop in many African countries. The hi...
Cassava, maize, rice, groundnuts and plantains constitute the main food crops in Zaire. Rice is a s...
Spanish version available in IDRC Digital Library: Africa Occidental producirá mas arro
Despite good crop yields the Sahel continues to import cereals to the detriment of its own farming. ...
L'agriculture africaine a profité d'un contexte international favorable jusqu'au début des années 19...
Jean-Pierre Ouedraogo is currently coordinating the PROCELOS programme at CILSS. For ten years previ...
La crise alimentaire de 2008 a suscité un regain d’intérêt pour les questions agricoles et de sécuri...
Le prix offre un cas à part parmi les variables économiques, car il est à la fois cause et effet et ...
There is a consensus that African development confronts several challenges, which include alleviatin...
This study examines transportation alternatives for moving cereals into position for storage under t...
West African agriculture rice production represents only 50% of consumers' needs in the sub-region. ...
The analysis of the situation and perspectives on food security in Sub-Saharan Africa shows a growin...
Agricultural exports and food deficit in Africa - The comparative advantage of a set of products can...
To improve national food security, successive Mali governments have always focused on expanding and ...