implementation, including assisting inthemobilization ofthenecessary external resources fromtheinternational community. Progress willbefurther reviewed in thisfieldatthetwelfth session oftheCouncilatwhichwehopethatbetterdata willbepresented onthetrendsandlevelsofdomestic investments inagriculture, bothinabsolute termsandasashareofnational budgets. --4-17.Tasolve recovery progr ta23below. 18.First,ef strateqies as applyinq impro Thesestrateqi programmes. 19.Second, w emphasis must forproducers, balanced food­ small-scale ir withruralpov 20.Third,th moreattention andmanagerial objectives. 21.Fourth, A restructur ing capacity tade 22.Fifth,po individual cou 23.Sixth,ca netcaptial in shouldunderli increase food recipient coun management and receivinqthat $US1billion $US1.2billio 24.Declining needforrecov situation affe payments, whic over$US12bi commitments, a to$US3.4bil 25.TheCounc a11itsformsB.Majorfoodandeconomic recovery programme 17.Tosolveitscrisis, Africawillneedtoundertake amajorfoodandeconomic recovery programme, whichwouldinclude theelements mentioned inparagraphs 18 to23below. 18.First,efforts mustberedoubled toimplement national foodpolicies and strateqies asaninstrument forestablishing priorities, co-ordinating investment, applyinq improved technoloqy andinteqratinq emergency anddevelopment assistance. Thesestrategies mustconstitute anintegral partoflonq-term economic plansand programmes. 19.Second, withinthecontext ofnational foodstrategies andprogrammes, emphasis mustbeplaced onpolicies andreforms whichprovide improved incentives forproducers, especially smallfarmers andherdersi whtchprovide formore balanced food-crop andexport-crop policiesi whichintensif yinvestment in small-scale irrigation; andwhichadjustnational priorities todealmorebroadly withruralpoverty. 20.Third, theimportance ofhumanresource buildinq mustbefullyrecognized and moreattention mustbegiventostepped-up investment intheupgrading oftechnical andmanagerial skiIls,affectinq thereali::ation offoodproduction andnutrition objectives. 21.Fourth, African institutions andadministration mustbestrengthened including restructuring theroleofparastatals andstrengthening theAfrican rnanaqerial capacity todesign andimplement projects andprogrammes. 22.Fifth,population issuesshouldreceive increased attention inthecontext of individual countries' social andeconomic conditions. 23.Sixth,careful planning andprogramming, asweIlassustained higherlevelsof netcaptial in-flows, withlongerperiods toachieve structural policyadjustment, shouldunderlie thenecessary reforrnofAf~ican pricinq andmarketinq policies to increase foodproduction. Thiswillreauire commitments bybathdonorand recipient countries, whichcanbemonitored within animproved framework fordebt management andadjustment, withdueregardtothesover~ign rightsofthecountries receivinq thataid.Intheopinion ftheExecutive Director, atleast $US1billion moreannually inconcessionary aid,overandabovetheWorldBank's $US1.2billion special fund,willbeneededuntiltradeearnings recover. 24.Declining annualnetexternal resources toAfricaarenotconsistent withthe needforrecovery ofitsfoodsectors andnational economies. Yetthislsthe situation affecting sub-Saharn Africaasaresu1tofsteadily risingdebtservice payments, whichthisyearamounted to$US8.9billion andareexpected toriseto over$US12billion by1987.Without further debtadjustments andnewcapital commitments, annua1netresource transfers totheregionwillcontinue todec1ine to$US3.4billion in1987,oraboutonehalfthe19841eve1. 25.TheCouncil reiterates itsunconditiona1 rejection ofracialdiscrimination in aIlitsformsandparticularly thehateful systemofapartheid.s 3 e d a t P P r t oIII.EFFECTlVENESS OFAIDINSUPPORT OFFOODSTRATEGIES 26.Africa's crisis, comingafterovertwodecades ofdevelopment aid,hasalso
**Analysis**
The text primarily focuses on the economic crisis in Africa, specifically in the agricultural sector, and proposes a solution through a major food and economic recovery program. The document also touches on themes such as debt management, international aid, and economic development. Given the emphasis on economic recovery and development, it is likely that the text falls under categories related to economic development and agriculture.

**Category**
Economic development, Agriculture, forestry and fishing