Key data - Proparco

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Development
initiatives for
sub-Saharan
agriculture and
food production
industries
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Developing the agri-food and agro-industry sectors in sub-Saharan Africa has become a global
challenge in order to combat food crises and meet the growing needs of a fast-increasing
population. Massive reinvestment in the agricultural sector is therefore imperative –
for governments, producers and private investors.
The agribusiness sector in Africa
Farming systems
Irrigated
Tree crop
Forest-based
Global yields 1961-2009
Use of technology designed to improve
agricultural productivity, 2001 – 2003
Fertiliser
Irrigated land
consumption (kg/
(percentage of
ha of agricultural
cultivated land)
area)
REGION
America
5
Tractors per
100 km2 of
agricultural
area
East Asia & Pacific
N.A.
N.A.
89
Eastern Europe &
central Asia
11.2
34.7
185
Latin America & the
Caribbean
11.4
89.6
123
Middle East & North
Africa
32.7
83.3
142
South Asia
38.9
106.7
129
Sub-Saharan Africa
3.6
12.5
13
Europe (monetary
union)
17
205.9
1 002
Tonnes per hectare
per continent
4
Europe
Asia
World
3
2
Oceania
Africa
1
Source: World Bank data cited in UNECA & African Union, 2009
Rice-tree crop
1961
Highland perennial
Highland temperate mixed
Root crops
15 % of the total portfolio
Irrigated areas
for rain-fed crops
14.6
12.35
12
12
1980
1990
2000
2009
15
Cereal-root crop mixed
Maize mixed
1970
Source: FAO, 2009
Share of commercial bank lending
to the agricultural sector, 2008
Growth rates in public agricultural
research expenditures, 1976-2000
Large commercial and smallholder
9
Agro-pastoral millet/sorghum
8.17
Sparse (arid)
6
5.88
5.53
Coastal artisanal fishing
4.28
Lakes
3
2.95
2
2
4
3.6
3
1981-1991
1991-2000
Sub-Saharan Africa
1.02
-0.15
Asia-Pacific
4.67
3.35
Latin America & the Caribbean
1.86
0.32
West Asia & North Africa
4.12
2.93
High income
2.43
0.52
8.05
Pastoral
2
1.37
0.68
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Sources: Nomathemba Mhlanga, Les investissements du secteur privé dans l’agrobusiness en
Afrique Subsaharienne, FAO, 2010
CIA - world-factbook, Central bank of Congo, Central bank of Nigeria, Central bank of Kenya,
Central bank of South Africa; BCEAO, 2008
Source: Beintema and Elliott, 2009
Expected increase
in intra-African demand 2000-2030
Potential Availability
of Uncultivated Land in Different Regions
150
2000
120
Notes: Projection = geographical (lat/long)
Source: J. Dixon and A. Gulliver with D. Gibbon, Farming Systems and
Poverty : improving Farmers’ Livehoods in a Changing World, 2001.
> 13 companies
10-12 companies
7-9 companies
4-6 companies
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Sub-saharan Africa
47% - 53%
Latin America and Caribbean
76% - 24%
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
150
in billion dollars
2030
Potential income for smallholders
in response to this demand
90
83% - 17%
60
East and South Asia
50
23% - 77%
Middle East and North Africa
87% - 13%
Share of land
with travel time
to market < 6 hours
Share of land
with travel time
to market > 6 hours
30
30
1-3 companies
No companies
0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
Total area (1,000 ha)
Note: Figures include headquarters and target market
Source: OECD Development Centre (2008); based on
“Les 500 premières entreprises africaines” (Jeune Afrique, 2007) and companies' annual reports.
www.proparco.fr
Note: Data identify uncultivated land with high agro-ecological potential in areas with population density of less than 25 persons /km²
Source: Fisher and Shah, 2010
10
250,000
3
2,9
8
10,5
1,6
0
High value-added exports
Goods
Urban food products
Source: NEPAD secretariat, 2005
Private Sector & Development