A Comparison of Population Growth Rate and the Rate of Increase in Food Crop Production in Africa
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5352-0.ch035" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5352-0.ch035</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5352-0.ch035" target="_blank" >10.4018/978-1-6684-5352-0.ch035</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
A Comparison of Population Growth Rate and the Rate of Increase in Food Crop Production in Africa
Original language description
Millions of people in Africa require sufficient food for healthy living. However, inefficient farming practices are making a lot more people hungry and poor. Simultaneously, the population keeps on increasing. The legitimate question that this study seeks to address is how the production capacity can meet the needs of the increasing population in the future. The chapter examines the increase in population growth and its consequences on food production with the consideration of the theory of population growth by Thomas Malthus. The result of time series data analyzed shows that population growth is increasing at a high rate whereas food production growth is increasing at a decreasing rate. The trend seems to confirm that the Malthus population theory is still relevant in Africa. The study recommends that stewards and policymakers invest immensely in agriculture to improve technology, skills, methods, and know-how to boost food production and invest in women in adopting family planning to decrease population growth for the solution of food deficiency.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50701 - Cultural and economic geography
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Book/collection name
Research Anthology on Strategies for Achieving Agricultural Sustainability
ISBN
978-1-66845-352-0
Number of pages of the result
21
Pages from-to
681-701
Number of pages of the book
1364
Publisher name
IGI Global
Place of publication
Hershey
UT code for WoS chapter
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