A paradigm shift in food safety for Africa

dc.creatorAyalew, Amare
dc.creatorKareem, Fatima Olanike
dc.creatorGrace, Delia
dc.date2023-11-29
dc.date2023-12-07T11:38:48Z
dc.date2023-12-07T11:38:48Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:13:37Z
dc.descriptionFood safety systems globally, and more so in Africa, have not kept pace with the complexity of food safety challenges. In Africa, these challenges include, inter alia, fragmented food safety management and mandate, and poor investment and budgetary finances on sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS)related quality infrastructures (Jaffee and Henson 2004; Czubala, Shepherd, and Wilson 2009; PAQI 2020). The challenges are further aggravated by the poor food safety culture in the continent. These challenges of unsafe food have undermined the pace and state of food system transformation in the continent. This is because unsafe foods adversely impact public health but also thwart efforts at boosting trade in food and agricultural commodities and reduce agricultural trade (Jaffee et al. 2019; Kareem, Martínez-Zarzoso, and Brümmer 2022), thereby leading to loss of earnings and income (Kareem, Martínez-Zarzoso, and Brümmer 2022; Kareem and Martínez-Zarzoso 2020). In addition, unsafe food undermines the potential and actual gains in improving food security and nutrition.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/135104
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/98228
dc.languageen
dc.publisherAKADEMIYA2063
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.54067/9781737916482
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceAyalew, Amare; Kareem, Fatima Olanike; and Grace, Delia. 2023. A paradigm shift in food safety for Africa. In African Food Systems Transformation and the Post-Malabo Agenda, eds. John M. Ulimwengu, Ebenezer M. Kwofie, and Julia Collins. Chapter 6, Pp. 106-120. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/135104
dc.subjectfood safety
dc.titleA paradigm shift in food safety for Africa
dc.typeBook Chapter

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