Connecting The Dots: Policy Innovations for Food Systems Transformation in Africa

Abstract

This report—Connecting the Dots: Policy Innovations for Food Systems Transformation in Africa—draws on the experience and at times visionary leadership of four African countries: Ghana, Malawi, Morocco, and Rwanda. It focuses on their policy and institutional innovations, which have moved the needle toward systems-level change and transformation.

Editorial: Transformative food value chains for local development

“…Transformative capacity and good governance are essential for food value chain coordination (Abel et al, 2019;Malabo Montpellier Panel, 2021;Resnick and Swinnen, 2023). While there is a considerable body of literature on smallholder farming participation and their inclusion in more coordinated value chains (Donovan et al, 2020;Diao et al, 2023), there is little evidence on the functioning and strengthening of the interlinkages between the different value chain actors.…”