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Food and agriculture in Africa: ECA/FAO Agriculture Division

Food and agriculture in Africa: ECA/FAO Agriculture Division

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Date of publication
December 1994
Resource Language
ISBN / Resource ID
uneca:10855/15698
Pages
61

The paper suggests a way forward to increase considerably the food-production in the Sub-Saharan African countries which have perpetually been suffering from acute shortage of food grains. Contrary to observed trends in most parts of the world, food production in Sub-Saharan Africa has failed miserably to keep pace with the growing population. Consequently, the region has been one of the most famine-prone regions on the planet. There is a lot to be learnt from the experience of many of the Asian countries who have made it on the food front inspite of equally difficult population pressures. Generally speaking, the main constraint in any developmental efforts in Africa has been so much dependence on foreign aid, technology and expertise that it ultimately lost control over its own destiny.

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