Human Resources and Food Insecurity in Africa: Adventure in Africa Solution for African Problems

Many scholars are of the view that the problem of geography contributes in no small measure to food insecurity in Africa. Others tag the problem to lack of relevant technology to transform subsistence form of agriculture to mechanized one where large scale production will bring about self-sufficienc...

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Published in:African Journal of Gender, Society & Development Society & Development, 2019-03, p.65-84
Main Authors: Amusan, Lere, Ajibola, Kolawole Sunday
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural development
Agricultural management
Agricultural production
Agricultural technology
Agriculture
Capacity building approach
Civil service
Constructivism
Cultural values
Empiricism
Farming
Food
Food production
Food security
Foreign exchange
Geography
Government employees
Harvest
Human resources
Imposition
Insecurity
Life sciences
Nutrition
Self sufficiency
Social problems
Society
Sustainable development
Technology
Theory
Trainers
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Summary:Many scholars are of the view that the problem of geography contributes in no small measure to food insecurity in Africa. Others tag the problem to lack of relevant technology to transform subsistence form of agriculture to mechanized one where large scale production will bring about self-sufficiency and means of foreign exchange. To this, in the late 1970s, one-size-fits-all green revolution was introduced to Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Unfortunately, this program failed in Africa for various reasons such as the imposition of the program without capacity building in the form of train the trainers. Also of import is that civil servants that should receive relevant training on how to pilot the programme could not receive such. Added to this is the importation of foreign technology to agricultural practices in Africa where climatic condition and cultural beliefs are not the same, which eventually led to the failure of the programme. It is the intention of this paper to look into how Africa can do it differently to encourage food production from African way, but with an introduction of modern farming for a bumper harvest and encourage postharvest storage to encourage sustainable development. In looking into this, this paper will adopt social constructivism as a theoretical position. Strategic human resource development and responsive agricultural legislative were recommended.
ISSN:2634-3614
2634-3622
DOI:10.31920/2050-4284/2019/s1n1a4