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| Title: | Southern Africa after the drought: a crisis of social reproduction |
| Editor: | Cliffe, Lionel |
| Year: | 1988 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 73 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Leeds Southern African Studies |
| City of publisher: | Leeds |
| Publisher: | University of Leeds, African Studies Unit/Department of Politics |
| Geographic term: | Southern Africa |
| Subjects: | famine droughts |
| Abstract: | This paper looks back to events of 1983-1985 in Southern Africa and even further back to seek out the roots of famine, and to use this analysis to help figure out what needs to be done after the new crisis in Mozambique and other SADCC countries in 1987. It poses a number of questions. If early warning systems and preventive measures for next time are to be worked out, what are the signs to watch out for? Should 'recovery' in fact be the goal once immediate needs for relief have been met? Is a 'recovery' programme appropriate if it merely takes people back to a 'normal' situation where even in good years and without the disruption of conflict they are poised on the brink of survival? Is 'recovery', in the sense of a return to former conditions, even possible? After an introduction, the author describes the background of the famine in the SADCC countries in section II. Section III includes chapters on: drought and food production in Southern Africa; 'sub-subsistence' peasant production; population pressure and land deterioration; rural inequality and impoverishment; reduced employment opportunities; and family and community disintegration and the deteriorating position of women. In section IV policies of recovery are given. |