Drivers of Agrifood System Transformation: Lessons from Feed-the-Future Country Studies
As countries develop, their agrifood systems transform, with more incomes and job creation generated beyond the farm. Eventually, downstream agrifood system sectors, like food processing and services become even more important than primary agriculture itself. This transformation process is strongly associated with broader economic development. In a series of case studies, IFPRI and its research partners have studied the pace and pattern of agricultural transformation within USAID’s Feed-the-Future (FTF) countries. The studies use a novel indicator of agrifood system incomes and employment, and further decompose these across major agricultural value chains. Four lessons emerge from the analysis: First, off-farm growth
