农业几乎占到撒哈拉以南非洲劳动力的三分之二，2003年非洲联盟雄心勃勃地呼吁各国将农业部门投资提升到所有政府开支的10 % 。
Agriculture comprises almost two-thirds of Sub-Saharan Africa’s workforce, and in 2003 the African Union called for countries to increase their investment in the sector to an ambitious 10% of all government spending.