AGRICUTURAL TRANSFORMATION IN AFRICA: LINKING SOCIAL PROTECTION TO AGRICULTURE FOR EMPLOYMENT
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Africanfarmersandagriculturalbusinessesarethemajordriversofthecontinent’seconomicgrowthanddevelopment(Kehinde,2017).Agricultureaccountsformorethan32%ofGDPandemploys65%ofthelabourforceinAfrica(Sennhauser&Janane,2015).
Insomecountries,itcontributesover80%oftradevolumeandmorethan50%ofrawmaterialstoindustries(Sennhauser&Janane,2015).
Despitebeingacrucialsector,agriculturalproductivityinAfricahasdeclinedinrecentyears
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H Social Sciences (General), HB Economic Theory