The Office du Niger: an Agropole project for food security in Mali?

Brondeau, Florence

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“…In response to the 2008 crisis, the Call for Capital was launched to encourage PPPs and the development of rice value chains in the area. This is intended to attract foreign and domestic investment to overcome capital shortfalls and develop multiple projects for infrastructure and production such as roads and irrigation(Brondeau, 2018). In 2014, a note was drawn up for the continuity and scaling up of the Call for Capital under the agropole model.…”

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Unpacking policies for the development of agricultural growth poles in West Africa

Soullier

Coulibaly

2023

Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue canadienne d'ét

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This paper investigates what national policies are implemented to foster the development of agricultural growth pole model in West Africa. We hypothesize this model is applied through national public policies centred on market allocation. We conducted case studies in Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali and Senegal. Results show governments implement regulation, fiscal exoneration, business facilitation measures, or reform land tenure and invest in irrigation infrastructure to attract private investments. Measures supporting smallholders inclusion are less common. The ongoing development of the agricultural growth pole model therefore raises concerns regarding both family farmers' land rights and inclusion through vertical coordination.

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Unpacking policies for the development of agricultural growth poles in West Africa

Soullier

Coulibaly

2023

Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue canadienne d'ét

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“…Toward enhanced resilience to sugar cane and/or industrial crops and are often allocated to private or state companies. Households might be involved in these areas as contract farmers(Brondeau 2019).4 Mangrove and floating rice includes mangrove "swamp" rice and deepwater, or floating, rice. Mangrove swamp rice covers 3 percent of total rice area and 3 percent of total rice production, with average yields of 1 to 2.2 tons per hectare.Although West Africa has "approximately 1 million ha of possible cultivable mangroves, the high opportunity andlabour costs and potentially negative environmental effects pose major constraints to area expansion" (GRiSP 2013, 94-95).…”

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“…The Mali Office du Niger is a well-known case.Migration also took place in more recently developed areas with one major difference: Since 2000, national governments have developed a discourse of agribusiness promotion to attract foreign capital investment and new actors supposing to give a boost to agriculture.Irrigation schemes were the most coveted areas for leases of thousands of hectares for those new actors. Until now, these new farmers or agroenterprises partly met expectations: although there are examples of increased productivity, in most cases government policies led to land acquisition and speculation by companies and city-based elites(Brondeau 2019;Deininger et al 2011;Hilhorst and Nelen 2012;Papazian 2012).3 As for rice and vegetables, agroenterprises remain a minority in number and in production volume. The bulk of rice production in West Africa originates from the numerous small-and medium-scale family farms.…”

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West African food system resilience

Piters¹,

Nelen²,

Wennink³

et al. 2021

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Background and understanding food systems resilience Regional drivers of West Africa's food systems Regional organisations Agro-pastoralism-based food systems Grains-and-legumes-based food system Rice-and-horticulture-based food systems Coastal maritime fisheries food system Tropical mixed tree and food crops systems Toward enhanced resilience of West African food systems Background and understanding Regional drivers Regional organisations Agro-pastoralism-based Grains-and-legumes-based Rice-and-horticulture Coastal maritime fisheries Tropical mixed tree and food crops systems Toward enhanced resiliencePreface COVID-19 is an extreme event that we will remember for a lifetime. But it is by no means the only shock of our time that puts global food security under pressure. Climate change, the increase in pandemics due to animal disease transfer and biodiversity loss will further increase pressure on existing food systems. Resilient, sustainable food systems, striking a balance between social, economic and environmental impacts, must be the answer. And that requires a different approach than 'producing more food'; it requires thinking in systems thinking and 'producing food in a better way'.Early 2020 the World Bank and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs approached Wageningen University and Research with the question: How resilient are West African food systems and how to strengthen their resilience? The World Bank was in the process of developing a regional programme for that purpose and expressed its interests to Wageningen University & Research to obtain evidenced-based insights that could be used during its consultations and formulation. Wageningen University & Research quickly set up a dedicated team, and invited experts from the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) and Mr. Joost Nelen to join.Diving into the world of West African food systems and their resilience does not provide one with a univocal answer to the questions raised by the World Bank. The systems prove to be very diverse and respond in very different ways to shocks such as provoked by the COVID-19 pandemic. Whereas some systems show higher levels of resilience, others show important vulnerabilities to specific shocks. Income and power disparities between stakeholders in the systems, such as defined by gender differences, appear to be important, explaining why people's livelihoods are sometimes threatened, while other people have buffers and capacities to respond.

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Coordination work – Tuning and timing rice production in Burkina Faso

Hauer,

Nielsen

2024

Journal of Rural Studies

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The Office du Niger: an Agropole project for food security in Mali?

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Unpacking policies for the development of agricultural growth poles in West Africa

Unpacking policies for the development of agricultural growth poles in West Africa

West African food system resilience

Coordination work – Tuning and timing rice production in Burkina Faso

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