Abstract
The Onions market in Africa is growing each year, showing economic potential. However, there has been no research on the growth patterns (acceleration, deceleration, stagnation) in onion production (yield, harvested area, and output) consumption and trade (export, export value, import, and import value) in the African market. Understanding these patterns can help investors and other market stakeholders make better informed production, consumption and trade decisions. This study analyzed 62 years of data (1961-2022) from faostat database across the various African regions: East Africa, West Africa, Southern Africa, North Africa, and Middle Africa using a log-quadratic model. The findings show that West Africa and Africa overall had stagnant growth in harvested area. East Africa, Middle Africa, North Africa, and West Africa experienced rapid yield growth, while Southern Africa’s growth was slow. Middle Africa, Southern Africa, and West Africa had stagnated output growth. Southern Africa also saw slow import growth and West Africa had slow export value growth. Middle Africa faced stagnant import value, and Southern Africa had slow consumption growth. The study suggests investing in areas with slow growth in yield, output, exports and consumption.
Key words: Acceleration, Deceleration, Stagnation, North Africa, Middle Africa, Southern ,Africa, East Africa, West Africa
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