Agriculture in areas with less land but high population density. (Name the following)
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Population growth is a critical challenge facing sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in the twenty-first century, as the region’s population currently stands at 900 million people, and is projected to double by 2050 (Population Reference Bureau, 2012). The majority of people in SSA live in rural areas, which are experiencing rapid population growth and declining per capita farm sizes. Therefore, the influence of population growth on agriculture will have a large impact on the ability of smallholder farmers to feed themselves and their families. Despite its importance, there is little empirical evidence on how rural population density (RPD) affects African agriculture.Against this backdrop, the objective of this paper is to estimate how RPD impacts agricultural intensification and productivity in the SSA nation of Ethiopia. To do so, we estimate the impact of RPD on: (1) household landholding; (2) factor and output prices including agricultural wage rates, along with maize prices, and teff prices; (3) fertilizer use per hectare; (4) maize and teff yields; and (5) farm income per hectare. With a population of 92 million, that is expected to grow to 160 million by 2050, Ethiopia is an excellent case study to estimate the relationship between RPD and agriculture.Issues of growing population and land constraints are prominent throughout Africa, as most of the rural population resides in densely populated areas (Jayne et al., 2012). On the surface this may suggest an agricultural development.