Osabohien, Romanus and ONANUGA, Olaronke and Aderounmu, Busayo and Matthew, Oluwatoyin (2018) AGRICUTURAL TRANSFORMATION IN AFRICA: LINKING SOCIAL PROTECTION TO AGRICULTURE FOR EMPLOYMENT. In: WIDER Development Conference on 'Transforming Economies-for better jobs.
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Africanfarmersandagriculturalbusinessesarethemajordriversofthecontinent’seconomicgrowthanddevelopment(Kehinde,2017).Agricultureaccountsformorethan32%ofGDPandemploys65%ofthelabourforceinAfrica(Sennhauser&Janane,2015). Insomecountries,itcontributesover80%oftradevolumeandmorethan50%ofrawmaterialstoindustries(Sennhauser&Janane,2015). Despitebeingacrucialsector,agriculturalproductivityinAfricahasdeclinedinrecentyears
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Hannah Akinwumi |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jun 2021 10:13 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jun 2021 10:13 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/15041 |
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