Settlement, market and food security
Series: West African studies; West African studies (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
Publisher: Sahel and West Africa Club Secretariat, OECD
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9789264187443; 9789264187436
Subjects: Agriculture and state; Food security; Emigration and immigration; Economic aspects; Economic conditions; Economic history
Description: Settlement dynamics have been reshaping West Africa's social and economic geography. These spatial transformations - high urbanisation and economic concentration - favour the development of market-oriented agriculture. With the population of West Africa set to double by 2050, agricultural production systems will undergo far-reaching transformations. To support these transformations, policies need to be spatially targeted, improve availability of market information and broaden the field of food security to policy domains beyond agriculture. They need to rely on homogeneous and reliable data - n.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

English.
Table of contents: title: Foreword and acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations and acronyms; Editorial; Executive summary; Part IIntegrating Spatial Dynamics and Food Security Issues; Chapter 1 A review of past trends on settlement, agriculture and food insecurity; Chapter 2Economic geography and settlement dynamics; Part IIPeople, Places and Transformation Dynamics; Chapter 3 Spatial restructuring and economictransformations; Chapter 4Market dynamics and regional integration; Part IIIForward-looking Scenarios for Settlement and Agricultural Transformations to 2050; Chapter 5Population settlement projec.; title: Chapter 6The future of agricultural systemsAnnexes; Glossary.