Africa agriculture and the future of biobased technologies
Agricultural growth was the precursor to the industrial revolutions that range across the Europe and Asia, from England in 18 th century, to Japan in 19 th century. The demand for agriculture outcomes triggered efforts towards better understanding of the use of soil, development of technology (e.g. irrigation and machinery use in the fields), development of biology and chemistry (from the need to know how to manipualte seed and to manage crop yields, for higher productivity and productivity). African Continent did not pass through a similar historical period. Causes are complex, but they are generally related to the landplots fragmentation and later, to the conflict between international market demand and local agricultural specificity. Even worse, only few African Nations managed to manage the agricultural growth to drive a decrease in…
