Beintema, N. M.Stads, G.-J.2016-04-192016-04-1920042020 Africa Conference Brief 8http://hdl.handle.net/10919/66637Metadata only recordAs a region, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) relies heavily on agriculture. The sector accounts for close to 20 percent of total gross domestic product and about 60 percent of the total labor force -- though many SSA countries depend on agriculture to a much greater extent than these regional averages indicate. Small-scale farmers predominate in a climate of increasing population pressure, food insecurity, very low (and declining) levels of agricultural productivity, and rapid natural-resource degradation.text/plainen-USIn CopyrightResearch planningAgricultureAgricultural researchSub-Saharan AfricaInvestmentsEcosystem GovernanceAbstractCopyright 2004 International Food Policy Research Institute