The least developed countries - the case of the Congo D.R

Vladimír Jeníček and Šárka Grófová
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Vladimír Jeníček: Faculty of International Relation, University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic
Šárka Grófová: Faculty of International Relation, University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic

Agricultural Economics, 2015, vol. 61, issue 3, 135-148

Abstract: The article is focused on food problem in the least developed countries, on the chosen areas where the overall situation is the most problematic. It deals with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, belonging to the low income food deficit countries with one of the world's lowest rates of the gross domestic product per capita. The paper defines the food security situation in a global connection, representing a wide complex of economic, social, demographic, technologic and political aspects of production, distribution, shift and consumption of foodstuffs. Despite some progresses in the political situation, the effects of the economic crisis and the widespread food insecurity are expected to persist. Te humanitarian assistance is now needed to support the needs of the most vulnerable. In the longer term, the countries have the significant goal of consolidating peace and security and strengthening the overall governance, while at the same time reconstructing and rehabilitating their economy.

Keywords: agriculture; conflict; economic growth; food security; poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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