Africa's evolving food systems - drivers of change and the scope for influencing them

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English
Published: October 2014
ISBN: 9781784310882
Product code:14637IIED

This paper investigates the ‘megatrends’ shaping African economic, political and social landscapes and asks which ones depend endogenously on processes that are within the realm of policy influence and which ones are indeed exogenous. Based on this analysis, it sketches four plausible scenarios for African food systems and discusses how policy choices will influence which of these scenarios is manifested in the next decades. The authors hope to raise society’s awareness of the potential to shape future outcomes and argue that the state can play a major role to engage the public in determining what a ‘good society’ looks like.

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, ., Meyer, F. and Traub, L. (2014). Africa's evolving food systems - drivers of change and the scope for influencing them. .
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