Author: Professor Peter Hazell

Is agricultural development still relevant for sub-Saharan Africa?

Professor Peter Hazell
Introduction The situation in Africa is dire. Even before the recent world food crisis, a stag- gering one in three people and a third of all children were undernourished and more than one half of all Africans (about 300 mil- lion people) lived on less than one dollar per day, and the continent was becoming increasingly dependent on relief aid from abroad. As a result of the recent food price increases, the FAO estimates an addition- al 100 million Africans were driven further …

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