Sustainable Agriculture and Food Crisis in Sub-Sahara Africa

Abstract

Agriculture was the foundation of economic growth and prosperity in most developed countries. Poverty and food insecurity are high in Sub-Sahara African (SSA). It is therefore unlikely that the time-bound Millennium Development Goals to reduce world hunger and poverty by half by 2015, committed to by governments worldwide, will actually be achieved in SSA. To address the issues of sustainable agriculture and rural development, Food insecurity and poverty must first be tackled. The increasing population’s need for food poses a threat to natural resources, with people further exploiting land that is already being cultivated or encroaching upon untouched land for agricultural use. Climate change has significant international and intergenerational implications in the context of equity and sustainable agricultural development, and therefore needs to be at the core of comprehensive policy planning and an integrated resource allocation and implementation strategy, both spatially and temporally.