Ghana is recognized as a leading African country in its efforts to reduce poverty and boost economic growth. A key component of success is the government’s forward-thinking long-term policies that have paved the way for short-, mid-term and cross-sec...

Rwanda has developed an extensive institutional framework that supports effective coordination between different stakeholders in the development and implementation of activities and interventions in its food systems. The government’s approach centers...

Malawi is among the top African countries that are on course to achieve continental agricultural policy reform and budget allocation targets. Recent institutional, policy and programmatic interventions demonstrate a comprehensive approach to transfor...

Morocco’s commitment to sustainably develop its agriculture sector and agri-food industries to meet its food and nutritional demands from domestic production has significantly contributed to building a sustainable food system. Through the Ministry of...

The initiative Food System Transformative Integrated Policy (FS-TIP) initiative supports African governments that demonstrate robust integrative leadership and capacity the development and implementation of transformative and integrated food systems...

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 ins...

This policy brief aims at providing analysis on the status of key factors that shape food system in Malawi by focusing mainly on the recent performance (2010 – 2019). The drivers covered includes environmental and climatic conditions, global trade, a...

This report aims at inspiring strategic thinking and actions to transform agrifood systems towards a sustainable, resilient and inclusive future, by building on both previous reports in the same series as well as on a comprehensive corporate strategi...

Mali is increasingly exposed to climate change impacts, including droughts, floods, and extreme temperature and precipitation variations which in turn have led to reduced agricultural productivity, food insecurity, conflict, and migration. Over the l...

Over the last decade, the combined impact of multiple drivers and shocks including food demand growth, stagnant crop yields, climate change, rising insecurity, and, more recently, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in worsening food and nutrition ins...

This book provides a thorough introduction to and examination of agricultural value chains in Sub-Saharan Africa. First, the authors introduce the economic theory of agri-food value chains and value chain governance, focusing on domestic and regional...

This report describes: (i) policy measures enacted by Zimbabwe to contain the spread of the virus; (ii) policies and measures to stabilize the functioning of agri-food systems; (iii) potential effects of policies on agri-food systems and vulnerable g...