Technical publication on promotion of R & D on and production and utilization of composite flours in Africa

Abstract

Hunger and malnutrition are among the most devasting global problems of Africa today. While the continent's population grew at an .average annual rate of 2.9 per cent since the 1960 ps, food production grew only by an average of 1". 8 per cent with the result that food self-sufficiency ratio continued to drop from 98 per cent in 1960 to 81 per cent in 1987. This situation was manifested dramatically in the form of food shortages, hunger, malnutrition and massive food imports to meet the shortfall in supply.