The African food crisis : lessons from the Asian Green Revolution /

This book is the outcome of a three-year project coordinated by a group of Swedish researchers and with collaborating scholars from Africa and Asia. It provides a comparative study between Asian agricultural development during the Green Revolution in food production and the current problematic agric...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Djurfeldt, Göran, 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., ©2005.
Temas:
Agriculture > Asia.
Green Revolution > Asia.
Food supply > Africa.
Agriculture > Asie.
Révolution verte > Asie.
Aliments > Approvisionnement > Afrique.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > Crop Science.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > General.
Agricultural development.
Agricultural economics.
Agricultural production.
Food production.
Food security.
Green revolution.
Rural development.
Sociology.
Agriculture
Food supply
Green Revolution
Africa
Asia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • African Food Crisis : the Relevance of Asian Experiences / Göran Djurfeldt, Hans Holmén, Magnus Jirström and Rolf Larsson
  • Global Perspectives on Agricultural Development / Göran Djurfeldt
  • The State and Green Revolutions in East Asia / Magnus Jirström
  • The Puzzle of the Policy Shift : the Early Green Revolution in India, Indonesia and the Philippines / Göran Djurfeldt and Magnus Jirström
  • Spurts in Production : Africa's Limping Green Revolution / Hans Holmén
  • The State and Agricultural Intensification in Sub-Saharan Africa / Hans Holmén
  • Crisis and Potential in Smallholder Food Production : Evidence from Micro Level / Rolf Larsson
  • From Roller Coasters to Rocket Ships : the Role of Technology in African Agricultural Successes / Steven Haggblade
  • The Role of the State in the Nigerian Green Revolution / Tunji Akande
  • Why the Early Promise for Rapid Increases in Maize Productivity in Kenya was not Sustained : Lessons for Sustainable Investment in Agriculture / Willis Oluoch-Kosura and Joseph T. Karugia
  • From Ujamaa to Structural Adjustment : Agricultural Intensification in Tanzania / Aida C. Isinika, Gasper C. Ashimogo and James E.D. Mlangwa
  • Smallholders and Structural Adjustment in Ghana / A. Wayo Seini and V. Kwame Nyanteng
  • Green Revolution and Regional Inequality : Implications of Asian Experience for Africa / Keijiro Otsuka and Takashi Yamano
  • Conclusions and a Look Ahead / Tunji Akande, Göran Djurfeldt, Hans Holmén, and Aida C. Isinika.

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