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Abstract
In this paper a household economics theory of farm‐household production in the Southern African context is presented which (a) places a new interpretation on the causes of low productivity per person and unit of land in the African farming sector, (b) demonstrates that even where improved food crop technology is widely adopted it may have a very limited impact on marketed production, and (c) contributes to an understanding of why Africa's food production per person continues to fall despite per capita aid inflows which have exceeded those for any other continent over the last decade.
Notes
Regional economist, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Swaziland. The views expressed in this paper are the author's alone and do not represent those of CIMMYT. This paper is a revised version of a paper presented to the Perspectives on development in South Africa conference by the Development Society, Bloemfontein, August, 30‐31, 1984.