The Poor Agricultural System in Africa, Who Is to Blame?
The Poor Agricultural System in Africa, Who Is to Blame?作者机构：International Center for Tropical Agriculture Nairobi Kenya University of Eastern Finland Joensuu Finland African Plant Nutrition Institute Nairobi Kenya
出 版 物：《Agricultural Sciences》 (农业科学（英文）)
年 卷 期：2021年第12卷第12期
页 面：1375-1403页
学科分类：120301[管理学-农业经济管理] 12[管理学] 1203[管理学-农林经济管理]
主 题：Agricultural Policies Green Revolution Agricultural Transformation Vegetable Farming Northern Ghana
摘 要：Although agriculture is the backbone of the African economy, it has faced considerable challenges in the past sixty years. Africa has moved from being a self-sufficiency continent before the 1960s, to net food importers, with a handful of countries facing severe food shortages from drought, desertification, climate change and wars. In this article, we use the case of Northern Ghana to explore some of the salient dynamics that have resulted in the current crisis in the African agricultural sector over time. Using historical and contemporary evidence gathered from Northern Ghana during several field trips from 2013 to 2015, we argue that practices adopted as a result of colonial influence in combination with socio-economic and biophysical factors and ineffective economic policies have contributed immensely to the poor state of agriculture in Africa. Note should be taken that most of these economic policies have origins from the Structural Adjustment Policies and the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers. We conclude that our agricultural systems can be improved if policies are inclusive, equitable and sustainable and also if there are synergies between international or government organisations implementing agricultural projects over time and space.
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