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Burkina Faso’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation

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Title Burkina Faso’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation
 
Creator Pauw, Karl
Randriamamonjy, Josee
Thurlow, James
Diao, Xinshen
Ellis, Mia
 
Subject agrifood systems
value chains
markets
agriculture
labour productivity
off-farm employment
poverty
diet quality
jobs
development
gross national product
root crops
livestock
cattle
rice
 
Description Burkina Faso experienced strong annual economic growth of 6.0 percent between 2009 and 2019 (NISD 2021). However, the global COVID-19 pandemic caused a significant slowdown in economic growth in 2020, while an increase in armed insurgencies by domestic terrorist groups also had an adverse effect on the economy. Burkina Faso’s GDP growth is projected to reach 5.0 percent in 2023 and 5.3 percent in 2024 (World Bank 2023), suggesting the economy is unlikely to return to its pre-pandemic growth trajectory. Agriculture remains an important sector, accounting for one-fifth of GDP and nearly half of employment in Burkina Faso. The agriculture sector also performed well, growing at around 5 percent annually in the 2009 to 2019 period (NISD 2021). In this brief, we look beyond primary agriculture to understand how Burkina Faso’s broader agrifood system (AFS) is contributing to growth and transformation in the country.
 
Date 2023-07-07
2023-08-08T09:32:59Z
2023-08-08T09:32:59Z
 
Type Brief
 
Identifier Pauw, Karl; Randriamamonjy, Josee; Thurlow, James; Ellis, Mia; and Diao, Xinshen. 2023. Burkina Faso’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation. Agrifood System Diagnostics Country Series 2. https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136803
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131440
https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136803
 
Language en
 
Relation Agrifood System Diagnostics Country Series
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 7 pages
application/pdf
 
Publisher International Food Policy Research Institute