The Brussels Development Briefing no. 48 on “Strengthening rural livelihoods in the face of rapid urbanisation in Africa” took place on 20th March 2017 from 14:00 to 18:00, at the ACP Secretariat (Avenue Georges Henri 451, 1200 Brussels, Room C). This Briefing was co-organised by CTA, BMZ/GIZ, the ACP Secretariat, European Commission (DG DEVCO) and Concord

1. Strengthening rural livelihoods
in the face of rapid urbanisation in Africa
Employment opportunities in West African
food systems
Thomas Allen
Brussels, Belgium, 20 March 2017

2. Urbanisation and cities

3. Urbanisation and cities

4. Urbanisation and cities

5. 3 The regional opportunities
4 Key messages
2 Food: The largest private sector
1 Changing demand

6. 27%
16%
2%
37%
17%
Fruits & Vegetables Meat & Fish Dairy Cereals Others
Diversifying diets
31%
22%
4%
26%
17%
Urban Rural

7. Beverages
4%
Cereals
27%
Unprocessed
foods
30%
Processed
foods
39%
Demand for convenience
Urban
36%
Rural
41%

8. 3 The regional opportunities
4 Key messages
1 Changing demand
2 Food: The largest private sector

9. Size of the food economy
c
178
USD billion
(2010)
36% of
regional GDP
32
USD billion
(2010)
GDP Ghana
The region’s largest private sector

10. Food imports = 7%…
Domestic
production
93%
Imports
7%
178
USD billion
(2010)
11
USD billion
(2010)
Agricultural exports

11. 4 Key messages
1 Changing demand
2 Food: The largest private sector
3 The regional opportunities

12. Economic diversification
Agriculture
60%
Non
agricultural
40%

13. Employment structure in the food economy
Farming
60%
Food processing
8%
Transport,
marketing and
retail
30%
Food catering
2%
13 m FTE
jobs 19 m FTE
jobs
Source: Tchirley et al. (2016) and author’s calculations
Nigeria in 2016

14. 0
22.5
45
67.5
90
112.5
Farming Farm labor Food processing Food marketing Food catering
15-24 25-40 Women
Source: Tchirley et al. (2016)
%
Nigeria in 2016
Shareofagegroupbysegment
No youth-specific activities

15. Different regional and local contexts
Concentration
of urban demand

16. Different regional and local contexts
Source:Kargetal.(2016)
Concentration
of urban demand
Ouagadougou

17. 1 Changing demand
2 Food: The largest private sector
3 The regional opportunities
4 Key messages

18. Key messages

19. Thank you for your attention