List of Tables............................................................................................................................................................ ii

List of Figures .......................................................................................................................................................... ii

List of Annexes .......................................................................................................................................................iii

Acronyms and Abbreviations ........................................................................................................................... iv

Introduction............................................................................................................................................................. 1

1. Macro Agricultural Indicators ...................................................................................................................... 2

1.1.

Agricultural Value Added.......................................................................................................................................................... 2

1.2.

Agricultural

Growth Rates..................................................................................................................................................... 7

1.3.

Population ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 8

1.4.

Agricultural Employment ...................................................................................................................................................... 10

1.5.

Agricultural Trade ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11

2.

Sectoral Indicators .........................................................................................................................................14

2.1.

Land Use ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 14

2.2.

Productions................................................................................................................................................................................... 16

2.3.

Agricultural Productivity ....................................................................................................................................................... 18

2.3.1.

Land Productivity

........................................................................................................................................19

2.3.2.

Labor Productivity

......................................................................................................................................20

2.3.3.

Crop Yields

...................................................................................................................................................22

2.4.

Water ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 24

2.5.

Fertilizer......................................................................................................................................................................................... 28

2.6.

Mechanization ............................................................................................................................................................................. 29

3.

The State of Food Insecurity .......................................................................................................................30

3.1.

Availability .................................................................................................................................................................................... 30

3.2.

Access .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 35

3.3.

Utilization ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 37

3.4.

Stability........................................................................................................................................................................................... 39

3.5.

EIU Food Security Index ......................................................................................................................................................... 40

4.

Agricultural Cooperation under the COMCEC ......................................................................................42

Conclusion ..............................................................................................................................................................46

References ..............................................................................................................................................................48

Annexes ...................................................................................................................................................................50