African smallholders : food crops, markets and policy /

Based on highly topical international research in a high-priority area, this book documents the farm-level effects of the reorientation of agricultural policies with different themes for the different countries such as micro-credit, infrastructure, cash crop production and food security. It discusse...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Djurfeldt, Göran, 1945-, Aryeetey, Ernest, 1955-, Isinika, Aida C., 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : CABI, 2011.
Temas:
Agriculture > Economic aspects > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Agriculture and state > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Food supply > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Agriculture > Aspect économique > Afrique subsaharienne.
Politique agricole > Afrique subsaharienne.
Aliments > Approvisionnement > Afrique subsaharienne.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Agribusiness.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Sustainable Agriculture.
Agriculture and state
Agriculture > Economic aspects
Economic history
Food supply
Africa, Sub-Saharan > Economic conditions.
Afrique subsaharienne > Conditions économiques.
Sub-Saharan Africa
plattelandsontwikkeling
rural development
landbouwbeleid
agricultural policy
overheidsbeleid
government policy
dorpen
villages
kleine landbouwbedrijven
small farms
afrika
africa
ethiopia
ghana
kenya
malawi
mozambique
nigeria
tanzania
uganda
zambia
Rural Development
Plattelandsontwikkeling
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • African agriculture: from crisis to development? / Hans Holmen and Goran Hyden
  • The millennium goals, the state and macro level performance: an overview / Hans Holmen
  • Smallholders caught in poverty: flickering signs of agricultural dynamism / Magnus Jirstrom, Agnes Andersson and Goran Djurfeldt
  • A new era for Sub-Saharan African agriculture? Changing drivers of maize production / Agnes Andersson [and others]
  • Maize remittances, market participation and consumption among smallholders in Africa / Agnes Andersson
  • Meeting the financial needs of smallholder farmers in Ethiopia / Wolday Amha
  • Agricultural diversification, food self sufficiency and food security in Ghana: the role of infrastructure and institutions / Fred M. Dzanku and Daniel Sarpong
  • Conditions for achieving sustained agricultural intensification in Africa: evidence from Kenya / Stephen k. Wambugu, Joseph T. Karugia and Willis Oluoch-Kosura
  • The fertilizer support programme and the millennium development challenge in Zambia: is government a problem solution? / Hyde Haantuba, Mukata Wamulume and Richard Bwalya
  • Has the Nigerian green revolution veered off track? / Tunji Akande [and others]
  • Addressing food self sufficiency in Tanzania: a balancing act of policy coordination / Aida C. Isinika and Elibariki E. Msuya
  • Focusing on the majority: rethinking agricultural development in Mozambique / Peter E. Coughlin
  • Conclusions: What direction for the future of African agriculture / Ernest Aryeetey, Goran Djurfeldt and Aida C. Isinika.

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