Back to the future: reversing recent trends for food security in Eastern Africa

Steven Were Omamo

No 45, Issue briefs from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: "Recent trends in agricultural growth and food security in Eastern and Central Africa (ECA) have been discouraging. With very low labor productivity, yields, and growth rates, agriculture is unable to keep up with population growth or achieve the type of pro-poor growth needed to reduce poverty dramatically.Yet agriculture accounts for about half of the region's gross domestic product (GDP) and is the main source of livelihood for the majority of the population. Behind this gloomy picture, however, lies agriculture's potential to be the engine for growth in ECA. What do the ECA countries need to do to effectively exploit the potential of agriculture and meet the needs of their burgeoning populations?" Author's Summary

Keywords: agricultural growth; livelihoods; poverty; food security; rural areas; nutrition; regional development; poverty alleviation; Africa; Eastern Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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