African agriculture can drive development – even if the continent is currently unable to feed its own populations, says the study “Food, Jobs and Sustainability” published by Berlin Institute for Population and Development in August 2018. For this to happen, farmers must use modern methods to achieve better yields, and they must avoid repeating the mistakes that were made elsewhere as agricultural production intensified. If the region can then succeed in creating agricultural-processing-sector jobs in rural areas and in gaining access to markets, an important development step will have been taken.
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