Agricultural Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa

Development Constraints and Policy Problems

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4639490
AutoresWilliam B Morgan, Jerzy A Solarz
Ano1994
Volume160
Fascículo1
Páginas57
Data de publicação1994-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGeographical Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0016-7398 • E-ISSN: 1475-4959
EditoraJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3060142
OpenAlexW1993172454
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas22

The agricultural production 'crisis' in Sub-Saharan Africa is manifested mainly in a fall in export crop and commercial food production, apart from food supply problems in individual countries as a result of drought, war or civil unrest. Major constraints include limited use of modern agricultural inputs, land tenure problems, seasonal production bottlenecks, poverty and lack of capital, the risks of depending on the market, lack of government financial support, government indifference and high levels of taxation, low food produce prices, competition of cheap food imports and food Aid, world recession, declining agricultural terms of trade and international debt. Attempts to promote rural development and investment in smallholder production by the World Bank have not, on the whole, succeeded and have been followed by the structural adjustment programmes of the Bank and the IMF which have done little for agriculture. Few African countries can achieve food security by reliance on imports. Most need to increase production and reduce costs. Unfortunately, in the present political and economic situation it is hard to see how the required agricultural transformation can be achieved

Agricultural development · Agriculture · Development economics · Economics · Geography · Natural resource economics · Political science · Agricultural Economics and Practices · Agricultural Innovations and Practices · Agricultural risk and resilience