Unscrambling Africa: Regional Requirements for Achieving Food Security

Steven Haggblade ()

No 97030, Food Security International Development Working Papers from Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

Abstract: Africa has inherited highly arbitrary political borders that vastly complicate current efforts to accelerate agricultural growth and reduce hunger. Because Africa’s inherited political borders arbitrarily partition agro-ecological zones and natural market sheds, current country borders serve as barriers, hampering agricultural technology transfer, hindering agricultural trade and dampening incentives for farmers and agribusinesses to invest in Africa’s many regional breadbasket zones. Feasible solutions revolve around neutralizing these deleterious effects through regional scientific networks and regional corridor development programs.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Marketing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35
Date: 2010-10
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Journal Article: Unscrambling Africa: Regional Requirements for Achieving Food Security (2013)
Working Paper: Unscrambling Africa: Regional Requirements for Achieving Food Security (2011)
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.97030

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