The state of agriculture in Africa

The importance of the agriculture sector in Africa, considered "both at production and employment levels is generally fully appreciated; in most African countries, especially in the South of Sahara, the share of agriculture in the GDP accounts for almost 40 per cent, and it is to be pointed out that 80 per cent of the population is living on this activity. Over the period 1968-69, the African agricultural situation was influenced by natural or political events whose consequences may hamper the tendencies towards changes and progress- Therefore, it appears necessary to put the results recently experienced by the African agriculture back into the context of its development for about the last 10 years.