Land in Africa : rethinking its role in growth, investment and poverty reduction
Cousins, Ben
Agriculture and natural resources are centrally important to NEPAD and other initiatives to kick-start pro-poor economic growth in Africa. This is appropriate, given their large contributions to income at present and the high proportion of people still living in rural areas in most African countries. Agriculture and natural resources are clearly not the sole answer, given processes of urbanization and de-agrarianisation, the impacts of globalisation on agro-food regimes, and the continuing need for development in secondary and tertiary sectors of African economies, but they remain central to poverty reduction policies.
Event: Conference on Land in Africa : Market Asset or Livelihood Security?
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