Agrifood System Transformation

FSG documents the rapid changes underway in agrifood systems, from farm to fork. Key drivers of this transformation are rapid growth in per capita incomes and urbanization. These drivers result in the rapid rise in demand for food through markets (as opposed to own production), and the rising demand for processed and perishable foods (as opposed to grains and staple root crops).

The combination of these forces is creating enormous agribusiness opportunities for local entrepreneurs, which promise to make important contributions to continued growth and to employment. Thus, a special focus of work is on the challenges to promoting the ability of small- and medium-size food processing firms to compete in local and regional markets.

Publications and Presentations

The Transformation of Value Chains in Africa: Evidence from the First Large Survey of Maize Traders in Nigeria

Published on January 12, 2018
Saweda Liverpool-Tasie, Thomas Reardon, Awa Sanou, Wale Ogunleye, Iredele Ogunbayo, Bolarin T. Omonona. January 2018. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 56
Rise of Medium-Scale Farms in Africa: Causes and Consequences of Changing Farm Size Distributions

Published on December 6, 2017
T.S. Jayne, Milu Muyanga, Kwame Yeboah, Jordan Chamberlin, Ayala Wineman, Ward Anseeuw, Antony Chapoto, and Nicholas Sitko, Cape Town, South Africa, December 6, 2017
Food Safety in the Rapid Transformation of Food Systems in Africa: Aflatoxins along the Maize Value Chain in Nigeria

Published on December 3, 2017
O. Ademola, S. Liverpool-Tasie and A. Obadina, 2017. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 90
The Rise of Medium-Scale Farms in Africa - 12/3/17

Published on December 3, 2017
Milu Muyanga, T. S. Jayne, Felix Kwame Yeboah, Antony Chapoto, Nicholas Sitko. Cape Town, South Africa, December 3, 2017
The Future of Work in African Agriculture: Trends and Drivers of Change

Published on December 1, 2017
T.S. Jayne, Felix Kwame Yeboah, and Carla Henry, International Labour Office, Working Paper No. 25, December 2017