Abstract:

In a large part of the African continent, life is becoming more difficult from day to day, and life in the region is a bit shorter before the eyes of wealthy countries. The efforts of organizations such as UNEP, UNIDO, UNDP, UNECA and the IMF-World Bank, which have been in the region for many years in various forms of so-called aid activities, appear to be very unfavourable at this point. Africa has had to deal with many problems, including mainly poverty, hunger and the problem of access to healthy water, domestic conflicts and the problem of immigrants and refugees, health problems such as tuberculosis, tuberculosis and HIV-AIDS, and dramatically deteriorating economic performance in recent years. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), since 2002, hunger, drought and poor health conditions have affected 12-14 million people per day in southern Africa, children’s deaths due to poor health conditions and poor nutrition have increased by 50 percent. On the other hand, environmental disturbances resulting from the destruction of natural resources and the ecosystem are also increasing. Africa is losing its natural resources much faster compared to other parts of the world. For example, in Africa, an average of 1.3 million hectares of forest is estimated to disappear annually, 39 million hectares of tropical forest have been destroyed in the 1980s. Since the 1950s, estimated 500 million hectares of land, including 65 percent of agricultural land, have been affected by land erosion. Africa, which has been under pressure and exploitation of many countries, including some mainly European countries for more than a hundred years, has to deal with the problems it is trying to overcome today. Unfortunately, the demanded amount and support not provided in the desired form is not sufficient to solve the problems. As it fails to the necessary development, especially in agricultural areas, because there is no sufficient sub-structure, serious problems in the point of self-sufficiency and people’s saturation cannot be overcome. This article will discuss the situation in the agricultural and rural areas of the African continent in general.

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