(Download) "Can Africa Feed Itself? the Role of the Woman/L'afrique Peut-Elle Se Nourrir Elle-Meme? Le Role de la Femme" by Femnet News # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Can Africa Feed Itself? the Role of the Woman/L'afrique Peut-Elle Se Nourrir Elle-Meme? Le Role de la Femme
- Author : Femnet News
- Release Date : January 01, 2008
- Genre: Business & Personal Finance,Books,Economics,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
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Agriculture accounts for 30% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and women contribute 60-80% of the labour used to produce food both for household consumption and for sale. In Benin 70% of the female population live in rural areas, where they carry out 60-80% of the agricultural work and furnish up to 44% of the work necessary for household subsistence and in Congo, Women account for 73% of those economically active in agriculture and produce more than 80% of the food crops (IFAD, 1993:6). The number of hungry people in Africa has continually risen despite it being the back bone of many economies in Africa and women are caught in this crisis, an increase of 20% from 176 million in 1993 to 210 million in 2006. Alarming reports of the food crisis and soaring prices have been blamed on lower agricultural production, weather shocks, more meat consumption and shifts to biofuels crops, reports from the World Bank indicate. The wheat prices are up 120%, rice's are up 75% and yet poor families spend up to 80% of their budget on food.
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