Agricultural productivity and natural resource use in southern Africa

被引：24

作者：

Abalu, G ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UN, Econ Commiss Africa, Food Secur & Sustainable Dev Div, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

[2] Univ Pretoria, Dept Agr Econ, ZA-0002 Pretoria, South Africa

来源：

FOOD POLICY | 1998年 / 23卷 / 06期

关键词：

food security; poverty; rural incomes; environmental degradation;

D O I：

10.1016/S0306-9192(98)00056-6

中图分类号：

F3 [农业经济];

学科分类号：

0202 ; 020205 ; 1203 ;

摘要：

This paper examines the natural resource status of southern Africa and analyzes the critical linkages between the performance of southern African agriculture and natural resource use patterns, The implication of on-going natural resource use trends on poverty, food insecurity, and environmental degradation are also analyzed. The challenges that must be addressed including, how best to intensify agricultural production, the types of technologies to promote and the imperatives of production efficiency and intra-regional trade are examined. The paper concludes with some suggestions on how best to proceed in the future to be able to successfully address the challenges identified. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：477 / 490

页数：14