Food strategies in the African least developed countries: an assessment

Abstract

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), the Lagos Plan of Action (1980), and the Substantial New Programme of Action (1981) incorporating the Programme of Action adopted by the world Conference of Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (WCARRD - 1979).