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   Report on measures to be taken to improve basic statistics on women in agriculture in Africa

   Reports & Research

   March, 1989

   Africa

   Land & Gender

   farmers

   farming systems

   agricultural and rural legislation

   agriculture

   women

   In Africa, agriculture is the most important sector in national economies. About 80 per cent of the active population works in agriculture. Further, apart from few exceptions, agriculture makes up more than 50 percent of gross national product. Nevertheless, Africa remains the only region in the world in which agricultural production declined between 1970 and 1980, when the growth rate was less than 2 per cent and moreover the gross national product (GNP) per head is one of the lowest in the world.