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The papers and commentaries of the Bamako workshop are available for download as a complete document or by chapter. Please note that some papers are available only in English or only in French. All summaries have been translated so that both English and French versions are included, whereas background papers and commentaries are included in the language in which they were submitted. To request a hard copy of the proceedings, please contact Djhoanna Cruz at d.cruz@cgiar.org.

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Table of Contents

Setting Priorities for Food and Nutrition Policy Research in West Africa
Joachim von Braun
Executive Summary of the Bamako Regional Workshop
Achi Atsain
Chapter 1: Regional Issues and Strategies to Assure Food and Nutrition Security

Regional Problems and Strategies to Guarantee Food Security in West Africa
Achi Atsain

Summary Note (English)  |  Résumé (Français)
Background Paper (Français)
Commentary by Jean-François Belières (Français)

An Overview on the State of Nutrition Security in West Africa
Isatou Jallow

Summary Note (English)  |  Résumé (Français)
Background Paper (English)

Chapter 2: Rural Development and Food Security in West Africa: Conflicts and Migration
Margarita Flores

Chapter 3: Migration, Rural Development, and Food Security in West Africa
Adama Konseiga

Chapter 4: Natural Resource Management and Food Security
Tidiane Ngaido

Chapter 5: Public Investment and the Poor: Initial Evidence from East Africa and Policy Implications for West Africa
Shenggen Fan

Chapter 6: Some Technological, Institutional, and Political Options to Improve Food Security
Michel Benoit-Cattin and Kako Nubukpo
Annexes