Abstract
Analysis of the African countries food security demonstrate significant aggravation of the situation in several countries to the south of the Sahara. Conflicts, social inequality, high level of poverty against the background of a rapid population growth, unfavorable climatic conditions as well as ineffective government policy in the field of providing the population with foodstuff were determined as the main causes of population undernourishment. In Africa, due to low incomes of the population, most of the food ration consists of cereals and a small part of meat, fish and dairy products. It was revealed that African countries are the net importers of foodstuff, with cereals accounting for the largest part of imports. It was noted that international experts forecast foodstuff and fodder demand increase in these countries. It was defined the African region can potentially become one of the promising sales markets for Russian producers of grain crops and agricultural products. The results of the study are aimed at overcoming the problem of starvation, economic backwardness and improving the living standards of the African continent population, as well as developing an economic toolkit for the interaction of the Russian Federation with African countries.
Highlights
The food problem in many countries of the world persists, and in some of them it has seriously aggravated, which is associated with wars and conflicts, social inequality, as well as ineffective government policy in the field of providing the population with foodstuff
According to FAO experts, in Africa as a whole, insufficient work has been carried out to meet the hunger targets set by the world community. This is especially evident in the sub-Saharan region, where the level of the population undernourishment increased from 21.7% to 23.2% in 2018 compared with 2010
In 2018, the trade turnover between the Russian Federation and African countries reached 20.4 billion US dollars, while there was a decrease in the growth rates of import and export, which amounted to 18.1% and 11.1%, respectively (Fig. 3), the reason for which is the aggravation of military conflicts on the continent
Summary
The food problem in many countries of the world persists, and in some of them it has seriously aggravated, which is associated with wars and conflicts, social inequality, as well as ineffective government policy in the field of providing the population with foodstuff. It should be noted that the quantity of the world population suffering from undernourishment is increasing. According to FAO experts, in Africa as a whole, insufficient work has been carried out to meet the hunger targets set by the world community. This is especially evident in the sub-Saharan region, where the level of the population undernourishment increased from 21.7% to 23.2% in 2018 compared with 2010. In this regard, it is an increasing demand to analyze the food security of African countries, which will make it possible to determine promising directions for overcoming starvation, economic backwardness and improve the living standards of the population in this region
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