by Thomas Allen, SWAC Consultant, 2nd Working Group meeting, West African Futures: settlement, market and food security, 27-28 October 2011.

1. Regional Trade and Food Security
Sahel and West Africa Club Secretariat (SWAC/OECD)
West African Futures: settlement, market and food security
by T. Allen, October 2011
www.oecd.org/swac/waf
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2. Markets and food supply
Markets have come to play an essential role
with changes in settlement patterns:
• Increasing ratio between urban and rural
populations;
• Growing proportion of non-producers in
agriculture.
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3. Markets and food supply
Markets have come to play an essential role
with changes in settlement patterns:
• Increasing ratio between urban and rural
populations;
• Growing proportion of non-producers in
agriculture.
Markets must be viewed from a regional
perspective.
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4. Market supply and urbanisation
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5. Market supply and urbanisation
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6. Market supply and urbanisation
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7. Food balance sheets
= Food available for human consumption
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8. Food balance sheets
Production
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9. Food balance sheets
Production
- [Exports- Imports]
- Changes in stocks
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10. Food balance sheets
Production
- [Exports- Imports]
- Changes in stocks
= Domestic Supply
- Livestock feed
All utilisations other than
- Seeds
human consumption
- Losses, etc.
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11. Food balance sheets
Production
- [Exports- Imports]
- Changes in stocks
= Domestic Supply
- Livestock feed
All utilisations other than
- Seeds
human consumption
- Losses, etc.
= Food Supply
(available for human consumption)
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12. Food balance sheets
Production
- [Exports- Imports] Informal nature of much of this trade
- Changes in stocks
= Domestic Food Supply
- Livestock feed
All utilisations other than
- Seeds
human consumption
- Losses, etc.
= Food Supply
(available for human consumption)
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13. Food supply and consumption
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14. Food supply and consumption
Macroeconomic data
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15. Food supply and consumption
Macroeconomic data Microeconomic data
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16. Food supply and consumption
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17. Food supply and consumption
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18. Food supply and consumption
Burkina Faso is known to be a major producer:
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19. Food supply and consumption
Burkina Faso is known to be a major producer:
- Sorghum
- Millet
- Maize
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20. Food supply and consumption
Burkina Faso is known to be a net importer:
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21. Food supply and consumption
Burkina Faso is known to be a net importer:
- Rice
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22. Food production and supply
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23. Food production and supply
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24. Food production and supply
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25. Food production and supply
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26. Food production and supply
2003
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27. Food production and supply
+27%
+25%
+21%
2003
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28. Cross-border flows
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29. Cross-border flows
Major maize
farming area
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30. Cross-border flows
Major maize
demand areas
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31. Conclusion
It is essential to account for...
• regional...
• and informal...
...food flows to design food security policies.
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