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UNINA9910446350703321 |
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Titolo |
African smallholders [[electronic resource] ] : food crops, markets and policy / / edited by Göran Djurfeldt, Ernest Aryeetey and Aida C. Isinika |
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Cambridge, Mass., : CABI, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-98702-X |
9786612987021 |
1-84593-717-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (396 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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DjurfeldtGöran <1945-> |
AryeeteyErnest <1955-> |
IsinikaAida C. <1951-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Agriculture - Economic aspects - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
Agriculture and state - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
Agricultural development projects - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
Food supply - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
Africa, Sub-Saharan Economic conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 ... [et al.] -- 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 |
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Zambia: is government a problem solution? / Hyde Haantuba, Mukata Wamulume and Richard Bwalya -- Has the Nigerian green revolution veered off track? / Tunji Akande ... [et al.] -- 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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 discusses staple food production in sub-Saharan Africa and its response to changing geo-political, macro-economic and agricultural policy, to deepen our understanding of how agricultural development unfolds at farm level. It is a useful resource for all those researching or involved with food security, agri |
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