@article{Fofana:332560,
      recid = {332560},
      author = {Fofana, Ismael and Goundan, Anatole and Magne, Léa},
      title = {Simulation des impacts de la politique d’autosuffisance en  riz de l’Afrique de l’ouest},
      address = {2014},
      pages = {39},
      year = {2014},
      note = {Presented at the 17th Annual Conference on Global Economic  Analysis, Dakar, Senegal},
      abstract = {Rice is a strategic commodity for West Africa in terms of  its contribution to food security strategy. Its consumption  has grown over time in the eating habits of West African  households. From 32 kg per capita consumed in 1990 in the  region, the level of the rice consumption per capita  increased to 34 kg in 2000 and got 49 kg in 2012. It’s to  note that this consumption is quite heterogeneous among  countries. We distinguish some large consumers such as  Sierra Leone (97.9 kg/capita), Guinea- Bissau (93.2  kg/capita), Liberia (89 kg/capita) and Guinea (84.2  kg/capita) one hand. On the other hand, we have countries  like Ghana (17.5 kg/capita), Benin (15.4 kg/capita),  Burkina Faso (13.8 kg/capita) and Niger (10.1 kg/capita)  that consume less. Achieving self-sufficiency in rice by  2025 is a priority for the regional authorities. Thus, the  contribution of this analysis is to provide a better  understanding of the demand for rice for planning  self-sufficiency and food security policies. This analysis  also seeks to assess the potential impact of the rice  self-sufficiency policy. After investigation, the income  elasticity of rice consumption is estimated at 0.527 in  ECOWAS. This means that a 1% increase in income would cause  an increase in demand for rice 0.527 %. The projected  demand in the sub-region would be between 20 and 24 million  tons in 2025 against a demand of 15.67 million in 2012.  Thus, achieving self-sufficiency in rice ECOWAS 2025 will  be a major challenge for the authorities in that it implies  an average annual production growth of over 8 %. In terms  of economic and social impact, the implementation of the  Rice Policy would increase GDP by 0.1 percentage point  relative to the baseline, create 4.3 million jobs in the  agricultural sector and 3.9 million in the non-agricultural  sector in 2025. Moreover, food security gradually increase  to 4% in 2025 and 14% for rice and all food products.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/332560},
}