The Economic Transformation in West Africa: What It Means for Food Security and Poverty Reduction workshop was held on May 15, 2013, in Dakar, Senegal. The workshop was organized by the West and Central Africa Office of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and hosted by the Faculty of Economics and Management of Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar (FASEG/UCAD) and the Senegalese National Agricultural Research Institute (ISRA). It look at the links between economic transformation and agriculture, social protection, food markets, and trade and reflected on research gaps and policy actions for the region. Among speakers and discussants were Senegal's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Equipment H.E. Abdoulaye Baldé, and Sierra Leone’s Minister of Agriculture H.E. Joseph Sam Sesay. Scientists from FASEG, ISRA, IFPRI and from West Africa also attended. For more details on the workshop, agenda, press release, and WCAO Thematic Research Note, click here!