This paper summarizes the empirical research results presented and related discussions at the USAID-sponsored Workshop on Food Security and Economic Growth in the Sahel, held in Washington, D.C., September 6-8, 1989. This workshop focused on regional trade and food security policy dialogue in...

The goal of this paper is to provide evidence of shifts in food consumption patterns in the ECOWAS countries of West Africa from 1980 through 2009.1 In particular, the analysis is intended to identify major contributors to diets, changes in the levels as well as in the composition of food supply...