ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE: Food security assessment -- Part III of III.

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3 M2 PRESSWIRE-10 December 1998-ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE: Food security assessment -- Part III of III (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD3 RDATE:091298 Improved Food Security Will Require Accelerated Productivity Growth Almost three-quarters of the variation in agricultural productivity in SSA is explained by the use of conventional inputs, and research suggests that there remains significant scope to improve productivity in many countries through increased use of fertilizer, machinery, and livestock.

Analysis elsewhere in this report projects that food production in SSA will grow an average of 2.3 percent per year over the next decade through a combination of area expansion (1.3 percent per year) and yield increases (1 percent per year). This report also...