Presentation made by Philipp Heinrigs (SWAC/OECD) during the SWAC webinar on agriculture, food and jobs in West Africa which took place on 28 June 2018. http://www.oecd.org/swac/events/webinar-food-employment-west-africa-june-2018.htm

1. Webinar
Agriculture, food and jobs in West Africa
Philipp Heinrigs, Senior Economist
OECD / Sahel and West Africa Club Secretariat
28 June 2018
ClubSAHEL AND
WEST AFRICA
Secretariat

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WEST AFRICA
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Why food economy and employment?
100 %
63% of
total employment
100 %
The region’s largest private sector
85
million jobs
(2015)
260
USD billion
(2015)
39% of
regional GDP

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WEST AFRICA
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Drivers of food economy transformations
Population growth,
urbanisation and income
growth have driven
changes in the size and
structure of the food
economy (and will
continue to do so).
Changing consumer
habits: demand for
diversity and convenience

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WEST AFRICA
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A transforming food economy - and jobs
25% of food economy
jobs outside
agriculture.
31% of all non-
agricultural jobs in
food economy.
In many countries the
food processing
largest manufacturing
sub-sector.
85
million jobs
(2015)
Agriculture 75%
Processing 5%
Marketing 17%
Catering 3%
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Strong differences across countries

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From producers to consumers - from rural to urban
74% of all food jobs in
rural areas - including
39% of all off-farm jobs.
35% of total employment
in urban areas are in the
food economy

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Diversifying rural economies
Emerging off-farm opportunities in rural areas

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...diversifying, but not everywhere
Share of off-farm employment in total rural food employment

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Zoom on Senegal, local context (and data)

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Women in food employment
68% of employed
women work in the
food economy.
1 out of 3 women in
urban areas work in
fast growing off-farm
food jobs.

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WEST AFRICA
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Implications and what it means for development
• Food system transformations create large and new
employment opportunities - large market
opportunities in regional food demand (beyond
export crops and beyond staples)
• From producer to consumer, from rural to urban -
developing economic and employment potential
depends on linkages across activities and
environments
• Not all areas and actors have same potential,
constraints - national and regional / local strategies,
(information and data)