Policy options for mitigating impacts of COVID-19 on domestic rice value chains and food security in West Africa
2020
Arouna, Aminou | Soullier, Guillaume | Mendez del Villar, Patricio | Demont, Matty | Africa Rice Center [Bénin] (AfricaRice) ; Africa Rice Center [Côte d'Ivoire] (AfricaRice) ; Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR] (CGIAR)-Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR] (CGIAR) | Acteurs, Ressources et Territoires dans le Développement (UMR ART-Dev) ; Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | Département Environnements et Sociétés (Cirad-ES) ; Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad) | Territoires, Environnement, Télédétection et Information Spatiale (UMR TETIS) ; Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-AgroParisTech-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) | Int Rice Res Inst, Los Banos, Philippines ; Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7) | CGIAR | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - OPP1194925
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Mostrar más [+] Menos [-]Inglés. Rice plays a strategic role in food security in West Africa. However, the region increasingly relies on rice imports due to a growing and structural deficit, and domestic value chains face constraints in technology, finance and coordination. As a result, West Africa is very vulnerable to international and local trade disruptions, such as the ones currently inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic. We build on evidence of the current state of domestic rice value chain upgrading in West Africa to anticipate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on rice value chains’ resilience and their capacity to sustain food security in the region. Several policy options are proposed to help West African governments mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on food security.
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