Agricultural Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Role of the Multiplier A Literature Review

Donald Snodgrass

No 196825, Food Security International Development Working Papers from Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

Abstract: In the coming decades, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) could see a major humanitarian crisis. If rapid population growth continues and agricultural productivity rises slowly or not at all,large increases in the working-age population and daunting problems of food supply, poverty,and underemployment will result. Lowered population growth, job creation, and higher agricultural productivity are all needed to avert impending disaster. If a way can be found to bring about substantial increases in small farm productivity, the crisis may be averted. Multiplier effects could increase the benefits that accrue to the rural economy.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Food Security and Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 53
Date: 2014-10
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.196825

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