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Land issues top October development agenda as ECA, partners launch multiple studies across Africa

Institutional & promotional materials
October, 2012
Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
development
agricultural land management
land policies
food security
sustainable land management
land administration
land
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Food strategies in the African least developed countries: an assessment

Reports & Research
December, 1985
Africa
Land & Food Security
agricultural land management
food security
rural development
agricultural and rural legislation
assessment
This study, which is part of in-depth studies on the economies of African least developed countries envisaged in the ECA Medium-term Plan for the period 1984—1989, underscores the objective of the attainment of food self—sufficiency as a priority area called for in such key documents, as Freetown Declaration (November 1976) of Ministers of Agriculture, the Regional Food Plan for Africa (l978) the Monrovia Declaration of Commitment on Guidelines and Measures for National and Collective self-reliance in social and Economic Development for the Establishment of a New Economic Order (July 1979),
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Report on the development and promotion of regional strategic food and agricultural commodities value chains in Africa

Reports & Research
August, 2011
Africa
Land & Food Security
development
food security
land-use planning
farming systems
rural development
agriculture
This paper presents an update on an initiative by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), on the development and promotion of regional strategic food and agricultural commodities value chains in Africa. The cornerstone of the approach to the implementation of this initiative is a pilot scheme in two Regional Economic Communities (RECs), the Common Market for Eastern
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Summary report of main activities of the FAO/ECA advisory group on Food and Agricultural Industries Development in Africa (AGFI) 1980-81

Reports & Research
October, 1981
Africa
Land & Food Security
development
agricultural land management
food security
agriculture
With the goal of stimulating the production and utilisation of indigenous cereals, rootss tubers and legumes in particular sorghum in composite flours for bakery products in traditional, new and modified food products it will have the following objectives^

a) ensure better understanding of the importance and potential

for industrial application of sorghums etc. and the technologies

available for milling and baking coarse grains'

b) ascertain the status and plans of existing 'national composite
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Année internationale de la mobilisation de ressources financières et techniques destinées à accroitre la production alimentaire et agricole en Afrique

Reports & Research
March, 1987
Africa
Land & Food Security
agricultural land management
food security
rural development
agriculture
Au cours des deux dernières décennies, l'Afrique a graduellement perdu les moyens qu'elle avait de nourrir sa population et de financer ses investissements dans le secteur agricole. Elle dépend de plus en plus des pays industrialisés pour la satisfaction des besoins. La question logique est par conséquent de savoir s'il existe un quelconque espoir pour les populations d'Afrique.
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Food and agriculture in Africa: ECA/FAO Agriculture Division

Reports & Research
December, 1994
Africa
Land & Food Security
agricultural land management
food security
agriculture
rural development
The paper suggests a way forward to increase considerably the food-production in the Sub-Saharan African countries which have perpetually been suffering from acute shortage of food grains. Contrary to observed trends in most parts of the world, food production in Sub-Saharan Africa has failed miserably to keep pace with the growing population. Consequently, the region has been one of the most famine-prone regions on the planet. There is a lot to be learnt from the experience of many of the Asian countries who have made it on the food front inspite of equally difficult population pressures.
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Improving Agricultural productivity and natural resource management in the Great Lakes region of East and Central Africa : enhancing poverty reduction and guewth prospects in East Africa

Reports & Research
January, 2005
Africa
Land & Food Security
food security
poverty
farmers
farming systems
This paper examines managing the nexus between poverty, declining agricultural productivity and natural resources requires an approach that integrates appropriate technologies, institutional innovation, and an enabling policy environment.
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Regional and subregional intergovernmental organizations in Africa partially or wholly devoted to the development of the agricultural sector

Reports & Research
June, 1978
Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
development
agricultural land management
food security
rural development
sustainable land management
The objective of the OCAM, established en the basis of the solidarity existing between its member States is, in keeping with the spirit of the OAU, to strengthen co-operation and solidarity between African States and Mauritius, in order to accelerate their economic, social, technological and cultural development.
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Land tenure systems and their impacts on food security and sustainable development in Africa

Reports & Research
December, 2004
Africa
Land & Food Security
development
food security
sustainable development
land economics
land
land tenure
land reform
land tenure systems
This report is the first in a series of research studies that the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will produce with a view to improving the understanding of the links between land tenure systems and sustainable development in Africa. In a continent where 80 percent of the population relies on agriculture for their livelihood, the formulation and implementation of appropriate land policies is a paramount factor in poverty reduction strategies. Research is therefore needed to help policymakers take learned decisions when addressing land tenure issues.
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Regional and subregional intergovernmental organizations in Africa for the development of food and agriculture (including fisheries and forestry)

Conference Papers & Reports
July, 1977
Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Land & Food Security
development
agricultural land management
food security
sustainable land management
forestry
fisheries
rural development
agriculture
This document focuses on the regional and sub regional intergovernmental organizations in Africa for the development of food and agriculture. There are about 50 sub regional and regional African intergovernmental organizations engaged wholly or partially in the development of food and agriculture. Some of these organizations have in turn sponsored interstate enterprises or organizations, which are run either under their own jurisdiction or independently.