ABSTRACT
The food problem in Sub-Saharan Africa has recently generated a great deal of concern among both policy-makers and analysts. Stagnating or declining trends in food production per capita and an increasing inability to meet shortfalls with imports has created severe problems for a number of countries. The traditional control model is particularly prejudiced against food production. Conditions yield In equilibrium the household will allocate its labour resources in such a way that it obtains the same satisfaction from their use at the margin regardless of whether the time is used for food production, for cash crop production, for wage employment or for leisure. Working OD hours in the production of cash crops would yield an output of OG and working the same number of hours in food production would result in OH units being produced. Incentive policy instruments are a critical part of the policy package that is essential for achieving increased productivity in agriculture.
