TEEB for Agriculture and Food in Africa:

It provides employment to around 60% of the workforce and is able to feed half of the population with the remaining half of the food demand met by imports. [...] The report provides a regional analysis and narrative on the economics of the agriculture and food sector by focusing on Sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting the key positive and negative externalities it generates and the national and international policy context. [...] It provides employment to about 60% of the workforce and feeds half of the population, the remaining half of the food demand is met by food imports. [...] The specific objectives of the report are, • To provide a regional analysis and narrative on the economics of the agriculture and food sector by focusing on Sub-Saharan Africa, highlight key positive and negative externalities it generates, and the national and international policy context. [...] The SADC Common Agenda includes the promotion of sustainable and equitable economic growth, of socio-economic development for poverty eradication, of common political values, systems, and other shared values, and of the consolidation and maintenance of democracy, peace and security in the region.