Abstract:
It is appropriate to entrust the agricultural sector with the role of contributing much more significantly to the transformation of the Sub-Saharan African country's economy. This is largely due to the significance of food security to all of the region's economies, the fact that the majority of its residents still live in rural areas, where they are often poor, food insecure, and unemployed, and the fact that agriculture in the region does have the natural resource potential to significantly contribute to economic development and transformation by promoting links between income and employment within individual countries and within the region. Whatever the case, the agriculture industry is receiving unique policy adjustments, sustainable innovation, and investments. Governments need to invest significant resources in agricultural research in their budgets and ensure that every dollar is used effectively for the proper goals to demonstrate their commitment to changing the way agriculture is conducted on the continent. Africa continues to have some of the poorest smallholder farmers in the entire globe. Without contemporary agricultural technologies, enough investment, and a distribution system that is still poorly suited for reaching markets, it is difficult for them to reach their full potential. Nonetheless, this review study highlights a number of closely related strands of economic literature or schools of thought on challenges faced by agriculture in Sub-Sahara Africa.
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