Africas population has been rising rapidly during the past decades and is now projected to reach about 1.1 billion by 2015. Given such population dynamics, and the difficulty with reliance on global food markets, the rate of domestic food production will have to be increased dramatically in order for the region to be able to feed its burgeoning population. An initial step toward this end is deciding how the regions land should be owned and used. Can African countries achieve food security through a strategy of land privatization in which individual holders emphasize cash crop production...
Africas population has been rising rapidly during the past decades and is now projected to reach about 1.1 billion by 2015. Given such population dyna...