Across the developing world, urbanization and income growth are driving massive shifts in consumers’ food preferences and subsequently in the form and functioning of local and regional food value chains. These changes hold great potential for improving livelihoods and food security in developing countries, but they also carry social, economic, environmental, and health risks. A better understanding of how producers and consumers are interacting with modern food value chains can help researchers and policymakers pinpoint interventions to strengthen these chains and ensure that value chain transformation happens in inclusive, healthy, and environmentally sustainable ways.

This webinar will present findings from the recent CGIAR research on food value chains in three regions: West Africa, Mexico City, and Senegal.