Regional Assessment of Soil Changes in Africa South of the Sahara
Land degradation in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is believed to be expanding at an alarming rate, accompanied by the lowest agriculture and livestock yields of any region in the world. While cereal production has increased marginally over the past two decades, more than 70 percent of this growth is due to area expansion rather than yield increases. The region also suffers from the world’s highest rate of deforestation, with some countries having lost more than 10 percent of their forest cover in the five years up to 2009 (IFAD, 2009) and is most likely continuing at the same rate to this day.
Title of publication: Status of the World’s Soil Resources
Page range: 242-286
Section/Chapter: 9
Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Year: 2015
ISBN: 978-92-5-109004-6
Geographical coverage: Africa, Andean Community (CAN), Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), Asia and the Pacific, Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM), Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC), Central American Agricultural Council (CAC), Central American Integration System (SICA), Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Community of Latin America and Caribbean States (CELAC), Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD), Council of Arab Economic Unity (CAEU), East African Community (EAC), Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), Europe and Central Asia, European Union (European Union), North America, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Land-locked developing country (LLDCs), Latin America and the Caribbean, Least developed countries (LDCs), Low income food deficit countries (LIFDCs), Near East and North Africa, Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), Small island developing States (SIDS), South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), Southern African Development Community (SADC), Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR)
Type: Book part
Full text available at: http://www.fao.org/3/a-bc598e.pdf
Content language: English