Food Sub-sector Research Articles

L'émergence du surplus dans le sous-secteur vivrier et son affectation : le cas de l'agriculture ivoirienne.

The emergence of surplus in the food subsector and it allocation The case of Côte d'Ivoire agriculture. The importance of agriculture in african countries is generally seen through the performance of export cultures which generate a great part of ressources necessary to finance growth. However, a fine analysis of the primary sector allows to see that foodcrops are essential in the dynamization of the economy. Within the case studied in Côte d'Ivoire, this paper shows the importance of foodcrops in satisfying foodneeds and in contributing to the growth of the economy by a range of transfers of this surplus..

Government expenditures on imported inputs and the goals of food self-sufficiency and food security in the Southern African Development Co-ordination Conference

Food security and food self-sufficiency are important regional goals for the Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC). In the long run, success in these areas would reduce the incidence of drought-related mass starvation and the epidemic of malnutrition and undernutrition that exists among some tribal groups. For food production to improve, the governments must commit themselves to increasing the access of peasant farmers to critical agricultural inputs. If they do not take proper action in this area of development planning, domestic food production is likely to stagnate or decline. This study is a broad examination of the relationship between government expenditures on imported inputs and the performance of the domestic food subsector. Because much data on government spending and agricultural production in Africa are unavailable, and those in published form are of suspect validity, the study is undertaken largely as a conceptual overview. The empirical analyses are conducted, therefore, largely to provide a staging ground for the conceptual arguments.

Filières agro-industrielles et développement: le cas de la viande bovine dans les pays sahéliens

ABSTRACT The study of the food subsector permits an integrated approach to the problems linked to the development of food production in Third World countries. The author, after defining various concepts related to the subsector notion, explains how successful agro-industrial systems can be developed in Third World countries and outlines the various steps in the meat production network of Sahelian countries. Food subsectors, he concludes, create a link between producers and consumers and, as such, are instrumental in ensuring a balance between production, commercialization and markets.