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Increasing Food Production in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Environmental Problems and Inadequate Technological Solutions
Author(s) -
Matlon Peter J.,
Spencer Dunstan S.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1240976
Subject(s) - tropics , arid , principal (computer security) , agriculture , agricultural economics , citation , production (economics) , geography , agricultural productivity , library science , political science , social science , sociology , economics , biology , ecology , archaeology , law , macroeconomics , computer science , operating system
Evaluates the technical and social conditions of agriculture and the technological innovations to increase food production in Sub-Saharan Africa. Environmental constraints to agriculture; Farming system and its technical needs; Problems of irrigation projects; Reason for the limited use of mulches in sorghum and millet production