The Food Crisis in Africa: A Comparative Structural Analysis

Jean-Philippe Platteau

No wp-1988-044, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: A large part of Africa is chronically affected by a severe food crisis which threatens the food security of many of her inhabitants. A peculiarity of this continent is that food production is not only a source of food but also a source of incomes for the numerous smallholder producers who form the most important group exposed to the risk of hunger. Therefore, growing food insecurity is generally associated with a crisis of food production. This paper is an attempt to analyze various structural factors which underlie this production crisis.

Keywords: Agriculture; Famine; Food security; Income distribution; International trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1988
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