Agriculture Investment Yields Growth and Nutrition Gains for Africa(opens in new window)
Growth in agriculture is more effective at cutting poverty than growth in other sectors in sub-Saharan Africa because farming is a main source of income for more than 60 percent of the labor force, and will continue to be a major employer in most countries for a decade or more, the report noted.
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
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