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.

The major agricultural products of Tanganyika are subject to a degree of control under the various commodity boards established for that purpose. The degree of control varies from direct participation in marketing in the case of cotton lint and' seed, to the control of production and intermediary arrangements for marketing in the case of pyrethrum and purely advisory capacity in the case of sisal. The general trend of Government policy is towards more direct participation.

This document deals about the Proposals for inter-regional agricultural planning in Africa.

L'étude sur l'harmonisation des politiques agricoles dans les Etats membres de l'Organisation du Bassin de la Rivière KAGERA répond donne a cette nécessité de fournir une information sur la situation de l'agriculture dans cette sous-région de l'OBK à toute la Communauté internationale (promoteurs/operateurs économiques, bailleurs de fonds bilatéraux et multilatéraux; institutions financières,...) pour lui permettre d'examiner le genre d'assistance et le volume d'intervention en faveur du développement du secteur agricole qui constitue une grande priorité des Etats de cette sous-région.

The objective of this report Is to take a closer look at the first of these two important issues underlying the human resources problem within the agriculture sector, and to suggest a strategy that would lead to a programme of action for guiding member states in their individual and collective efforts to achieving food self-sufficiency in the years ahead. The report begins with an over-view of the manpower situation and requirements within the sector by 1980 and what that picture could look like by the year 2000.

Au cours des deux dernières décennies, la situation alimentaire et

agricole en Afrique s'est radicalement détériorée. En moyenne, pour chaque personne habitant dans la région, l’accès aux produits alimentaires est actuellement beaucoup plus difficile qu'il y a dix ans, et les normes alimentaires moyennes sont tombées en-deçà, des besoins nutritionnels.

Le présent rapport a été élaboré dans le contexte de la crise en Afrique: pénuries alimentaires; institutions inadéquates; et accroissement de la dépendance des gouvernements et des populations du continent à l'égard de décisions prises en dehors de l'Afrique. Le changement est inévitable pour l'Afrique. La question est de savoir s'il peut être modulé ou non, d'où la nécessité de planifier.

Many countries are today confronted with the challenging tasks of improving the level of living and the productive capacities of their people especially in the spheres of agriculture and food production. While governments are mainly concerned with providing structural support the actual implementation lies with the individuals, who in the final analysis are the farmers and the rural population.

Africa produces roughly four-fifths of world' oil palm products and contributes a similar proportion to world exports. The oil palm (Elaois guinoonsis) is thought to be native to West Africa, where it is mainly exploited by small producers. Estate planting is mostly confined to the Congo (Leopoldville), where plantations under European management wore first established around 50 years ago and at present produce about one-third of the Congolese palm oil.

Planificateur et ministres ont la délicate d'établir un ordre de priorités en comparant l’importance respective des objectifs et établissent entre eux un équilibre.

Another basic feature of agricultural planning is the Organization of an agricultural statistical service with the help of the local authorities. Thus it is necessary to organize not only the collection of statistical data regarding crops, but also to make periodical inventories of the types of soil available, the crops for which they can be used, of water and meteorological data, of data on products, income, employment, coefficients of capital, labour productivity, price indices, income and price elasticities of demand, costs, internal and external markets.

La commission économique pour l’Afrique a patronné, en collaboration avec la FAO, un Centre de perfectionnement du crédit agricole en Afrique dont la session a eu lieu du 7 au 17 mai 1962 à la Maison de 1'Afrique, à Addis-Abeba, Ethiopie.