Food and Dependency
P.L. 480 Aid to Black Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10143629 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Vengroff (Texas Tech University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 27-43 |
| Publication date | 1982-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022278x00000045 |
| OpenAlex | W2090990422 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 4 |
In a recent study of 90 developing countries by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation, 52 of them were found to have more than 15 per cent of their populations undernourished. This figure was determined using the F.A.O. minimum intake of 1,600 calories per day, only about half of that of the average diet of citizens in the ‘First World’. In Black Africa, 29 of the 33 independent nations included in the F.A.O. study fall into the category of undernourished. Contributions of aid in the form of food and food-production technology are therefore extremely important to this region. Obtaining an adequate supply of food for their people must be high on the priority list for governments in sub-Saharan Africa, and is the focus of this article
Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Biology · Calorie · Dependency (UML · Developing country · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Food aid · Food processing · Food security · Food supply · Geography · Political science · Socioeconomics · Engineering · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1984 - 1987 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |