Least developed countries - the case of Burundi

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

Agricultural Economics, 2015, vol. 61, issue 5, 234-247

Abstract: The contribution is focused on the food problem in the least developed countries, on the chosen areas where the overall situation is the most problematic. It deals with Burundi, 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 the global connection, representing a wide complex of economic, social, demographic, technologic and political aspects of production, distribution, shift and consumption of foodstuffs. The inter-related causes of food insecurity are mainly the long lasting civil wars, a limited access to land, environmental degradation, climatic shocks and the rapid population growth resulting from the high birth rates and the return of refugees. Subsistence crops and livestock products represent the main source of income for most households. The performance of these subsectors is very low, and generates chronic food deficits. Agriculture is thus the key sector in the predominantly rural economies and there is still a significant room for growth, diversification, increasing productivity and improving competitiveness.

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