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G
GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY RESPONSE:
WEST AFRICA RICE VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS
microREPORT #161
OCTOBER 2009
 This report was produced by review for the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by RuthCampbell, Hannah Schiff and Donald Snodgrass of ACDI/VOCA; David Neven of DAI; Jeanne Downing of USAID andDavid Sturza of EcoVentures International. This report was produced with funding from the Accelerated Microenterprise Advancement Project.
 
 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 The authors would like to recognize the invaluable contributions of the field study and desk research teams to thisreport. The desk study team includes Melissa Creek, Lucy Creevey, Samina Jain, Amy Wares and Jason Wares. Fieldresearchers include Dan Charette, Salifou Diarra, Emmanuel Dormon, Mike Field, William Grant, Carlton Jones, Olaf Kula, Tom Lenaghan Chris Reynolds and Jason Wolfe. Thanks are also due to the many rice experts who providedfeedback and advice on this work.Cover photo: Elisabeth Farmer 
 
 
CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY................................................................................................................... iI.
 
INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 1
 
A.
 
BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................... 1
 
B. FOCUS ON FOOD SECURITY ........................................................................................ 1
 
C. APPROACH AND METHODS ......................................................................................... 3
 
II.
 
RICE IN WEST AFRICA ........................................................................................................... 6
 
A. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 6
 
B. RICE CONSUMPTION ....................................................................................................... 8
 
C. RICE PRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 12
 
D. RICE TRADE ....................................................................................................................... 19
 
III. RICE MARKETS IN WEST AFRICA ...................................................................................... 27
 
A. OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................................... 27
 
B. CONSUMER PREFERENCES AND MARKET SEGMENTS FOR RICE ................... 29
 
C. TRADE STRUCTURE
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RETAILERS AND WHOLESALERS ................................... 30
 
D. COMPETITIVE POSITION OF WEST AFRICAN RICE ............................................ 31
 
E. POLICY IMPACTS ON RICE MARKETS IN WEST AFRICA .................................... 33
 
IV. RICE VALUE CHAINS IN WEST AFRICA .......................................................................... 34
 
A. VALUE CHAIN STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS ...................................................... 34
 
B. SYSTEMIC CONSTRAINTS TO INDUSTRY COMPETITIVENESS ........................ 40
 
V. STRATEGY FOR UPGRADING AND RECOMMENDATIONS ..................................... 50
 
A. TEN-YEAR VISION ............................................................................................................ 50
 
B. STRATEGY FOR REALIZING THIS VISION ................................................................ 50
 
C. SUSTAINABILITY OF THE STRATEGY ....................................................................... 57
 

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