Taken together, African politics, demography, and the delayed arrival of new technologies imposed severe headwinds against per-capita growth of agricultural output in the last quarter of the twentieth century. But, looking forward, as these headwinds fade, faster growth and poverty alleviation are becoming easier to achieve.
总的来讲，非洲政局、人口分布和对新技术的延迟应用在二十世纪的最后二十五年为人均农业产量的增长造成了严重的障碍。 但从长远来看，随着这些阻力的逐渐消退，实现脱贫和快速增长难度正在减小。