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GENDER, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND FOOD SECURITY IN AFRICA

Outline of presentation. Food security economic or social development goal??Social and economic correlates of food security in SSALimitations of conceptualization; threat to gender inclusive growthGender transmissions to food security: Policy transformation of the CAADPOther threats to gender

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GENDER, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND FOOD SECURITY IN AFRICA

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    1. GENDER, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND FOOD SECURITY IN AFRICA BOLA O. AKANJI AFRICAN ECONOMIC CONFERENCE, ADDIS ABABA, OCTOBER, 2011

    2. Outline of presentation Food security – economic or social development goal?? Social and economic correlates of food security in SSA Limitations of conceptualization; threat to gender inclusive growth Gender transmissions to food security: Policy transformation of the CAADP Other threats to gender-inclusive growth Emerging Issues and policy implications Policy recommendations Bola Akanji. Food security, Gender and Human development. AEC, Addis, 2011

    3. Stylized facts about Food (in)security in sub-Saharan Africa Structural problems of the agricultural sector remain a major threat to its growth Institutional factors – policy gaffs and poor governance of resources Structural adjustment without structural transformation – macro –micro growth paradox The current food crisis is worsening food insecurity in Africa (statistics are widely documented) The financial crisis is a major factor due to constraint on financial (aid)flows, reduction in remittances, greater speculation in agricultural markets Climate change poses new threats due to decimation of resources, worst hit are agrarian communities of African countries without technologies for adaptation Gender Role Stereotypes Women are central to food security mainly at the subsistence or Small Farmer Commercialization (SFC) level; Resource poor farmers are agents of environmental degradation; are they agents of adaptation and mitigation? Low human development is a symptom of food insecurity – is it also a cause?? Bola Akanji. Food security, Gender and Human development. AEC, Addis, 2011

    4. Evolving phenomena requiring greater research and new levels of conceptualization (empirical and conceptual works) Threats to inclusive growth: Is food security a social or economic goal in Africa – do we have the proper conceptualization Policy transformation is imminent (via CAADP) – greater productivity, commercialization, structural transformation and women farmers?? Greater corporate interest in African agriculture and new threats on domestic food production and prices (and land) Food Security indicators are closely related to both economic and social (human development indicators -MDGs) mainly via the gender transmission. Climate change and conflicts over diminishing resources Other conflicts (political, domestic etc) Bola Akanji. Food security, Gender and Human development. AEC, Addis, 2011

    5. FOOD SECURITY AND INCOME POVERTY (PPP)3

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