Nutrition and food consumption levels in Africa

Abstract

As has appeared from reviews of the food and agricultural situation in Africa published by the FAO^ this region is characterized by a largely subsistence agricultural noctor which employs over three quarters of the population, generally with very low levels of productivity. Although four fifths of the land and manpower employed in agriculture are devoted to food production, great importance attaches to the remaining one fifth which is engaged, in. production of industrial crops largely for export. From the view point of economic development the capacity to export is a key factor which continues to deserve high priority in national programmes.