O55 - Economywide Country Studies: AfricaNávrat zpět

The author thinks about food problem of the Sub-Saharian Africa's countries. Among factors contributing to the food crisis there are demographic development with a sharp rise of population, degradation of natural environment, also political instability and military conflicts. Solving of the unfavourable nutrition situation will have a long-term character and advanced states will have to partake in it. In the paper, a special air transport activity of the UNO in Sub-Saharian Africa is characterized which is unsubstitutable in places hardly accessible with land transportation or in areas with a strained safety situation. After good experience with planes Let L-410 in the service of the UNO other opportunities for Czech aircraft industry are outlined.