C urrent status of poverty, food security and agricultural growth in southern Africa Pius Chilonda Sub-Regional Coordinator, SAKSS-SA IWMI/ICRISAT
Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Southern Africa (SAKSS-SA) Stagnating agriculture growth NEPAD/CAADP vision by 2015: “Improve productivity of agriculture to attain an average annual growth rate of 6%” SADC RISDP calls for similar growth Source: World Bank (2005)
Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Southern Africa (SAKSS-SA) Population in increasing Source: FAOSTAT (2006)
Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Southern Africa (SAKSS-SA) Agriculture employs still employs more people Source: FAOSTAT (2006)
Poverty trends
Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Southern Africa (SAKSS-SA) Poverty situation: Per capita incomes by country (2004) Source: World Bank (2005)
Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Southern Africa (SAKSS-SA) Trends - persistence of poverty Source: SADC (2005)
Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Southern Africa (SAKSS-SA) National poverty lines - Urban & rural poverty rates CountryRuralUrban Overall Malawi (1998) Mozambique (1997) Tanzania (1997) Zambia (1998) Source: World Bank (2005)
Status of food security
Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Southern Africa (SAKSS-SA) Southern Africa among highest under nourished populations
Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Southern Africa (SAKSS-SA) Agriculture production indices – annual growth rates – Source: FAO/GLIPHA (2006)
Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Southern Africa (SAKSS-SA) Agriculture production indices – annual growth rates – Source: FAO/GLIPHA (2006)
Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Southern Africa (SAKSS-SA) Calories per caput per day Source: FAO/GLIPHA (2006)
Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Southern Africa (SAKSS-SA) Declining per capita cereal production Source: FAOSTAT (2006)
Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Southern Africa (SAKSS-SA) Population growth Versus maize production per capita in Zambia _ Source: FAOSTAT (2006)
Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Southern Africa (SAKSS-SA) Agriculture value added per worker per year Source: FAOSTAT (2006)
Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Southern Africa (SAKSS-SA) Agricultural GDP as Percentage of total – SADC Versus Rest Source: FAOSTAT (2006)
Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Southern Africa (SAKSS-SA) Share of agriculture GDP in SADC Source: World Bank (2006)
Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Southern Africa (SAKSS-SA) Productivity Maize yields (kg/ha) – SADC Versus Rest Source: FAOSTAT (2006)
Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Southern Africa (SAKSS-SA) Productivity Sorghum yields (kg/ha) – SADC Versus Rest Source: FAOSTAT (2006)
Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Southern Africa (SAKSS-SA) Beef productivity among lowest - Kg/animal Source: FAO/GLIPHA (2006)
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