Les Cahiers de l’IFAS #3: Food Security in Southern Africa
Causes and Responses from the Region.
The present food crisis in Southern Africa, with its many correlated aspects among which the impact of HIV-aids appears particularly compelling and is proving to be, as it unfolds, one of the most serious challenges, if not the most fundamental one the sub-region has been confronted with over a long period of time. It can be argued that the present situation, as far as the population’s well being is concerned, belittles the political turmoil around the independences or political liberations, at least in countries which were not devastated by wars: in all countries except South Africa, it questions the very survival of a significant number of the population as both rural and urban communities are affected; these communities will never be the same afterwards, even if they manage to overcome the onslaught of the crisis.
By opening this volume to development practitioners – most contributors belong to development NGOs operating in the sub-region – the authors ensured that the approach would remain practical and nurtured by experience.
Michel Lafon & Scott Drimie,2003,Food Security in Southern Africa. Causes and Responses from the Region, Johannesburg, IFAS, Les Cahiers de l’IFAS N°3.