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Soil carbon for food security and climate change mitigation and adaptation

Author(s) -

O. I. Oladele,

Ademola K. Braimoh

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

italian journal of agronomy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.509

H-Index - 24

eISSN - 2039-6805

pISSN - 1125-4718

DOI - 10.4081/ija.2011.e38

Subject(s) - agriculture , food security , earnings , purchasing power , agricultural economics , business , population , foreign exchange , economics , natural resource economics , currency , geography , monetary economics , demography , accounting , archaeology , sociology , keynesian economics

Agriculture constitutes the backbone of most African economies. It is the largest contributor to GDP; the biggest source of foreign exchange, accounting for about 40% of the continent’s foreign currency earnings; and the main generator of savings and tax revenues. In addition, about two-thirds of manufacturing value-added is based on agricultural raw materials. Agriculture remains crucial for pro-poor economic growth in most African countries, as rural areas sup¬port 70-80% of the total population. More than in any other sector, improvements in agricultural performance have the potential to increase rural incomes and purchasing power for large numbers of people to lift them out of poverty

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