Back to the future: reversing recent trends for food security in Eastern Africa
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 drama...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2006
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| author | Omamo, Steven Were |
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| description | 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? |
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| spelling | CGSpace1604262025-11-06T04:30:50Z Back to the future: reversing recent trends for food security in Eastern Africa Omamo, Steven Were agricultural growth livelihoods poverty food security rural areas nutrition regional development poverty alleviation 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? 2006 2024-11-21T09:50:46Z 2024-11-21T09:50:46Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160426 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Eastern and Central Africa Programme for Agricultural Policy Analysis Omamo, Steven Were. Back to the future: reversing recent trends for food security in Eastern Africa. Issue Brief. 45. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Eastern and Central Africa Programme for Agricultural Policy Analysis (ECAPAPA). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160426 |
| spellingShingle | agricultural growth livelihoods poverty food security rural areas nutrition regional development poverty alleviation Omamo, Steven Were Back to the future: reversing recent trends for food security in Eastern Africa |
| title | Back to the future: reversing recent trends for food security in Eastern Africa |
| title_full | Back to the future: reversing recent trends for food security in Eastern Africa |
| title_fullStr | Back to the future: reversing recent trends for food security in Eastern Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Back to the future: reversing recent trends for food security in Eastern Africa |
| title_short | Back to the future: reversing recent trends for food security in Eastern Africa |
| title_sort | back to the future reversing recent trends for food security in eastern africa |
| topic | agricultural growth livelihoods poverty food security rural areas nutrition regional development poverty alleviation |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160426 |
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