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1998 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
The State and Agriculture in West Africa
Author : Deborah Bräutigam
Published in: Chinese Aid and African Development
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Included in: Professional Book Archive
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Rice shortages are a frequent problem in West Africa. During one of my visits to Sierra Leone, newspaper headlines screamed the panic and anger felt by local residents: ‘Rice … Rice … Rice … Everywhere, Yet Not a Single Grain to See to Buy. There Will NEVER be an End to our Rice “WAHALA” in This Country!’1 In Sierra Leone and the rest of rice-dependent West Africa, rice supplies are a highly political issue, and thus rice projects like China’s have both economic and political importance.