04223nam 2200649 a 450 991044635070332120230725020033.01-282-98702-X97866129870211-84593-717-1(CKB)2560000000055696(EBL)668911(OCoLC)706115854(SSID)ssj0000466772(PQKBManifestationID)11314218(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000466772(PQKBWorkID)10465988(PQKB)11103692(MiAaPQ)EBC668911(Au-PeEL)EBL668911(CaPaEBR)ebr10446299(CaONFJC)MIL298702(EXLCZ)99256000000005569620100902d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAfrican smallholders[electronic resource] food crops, markets and policy /edited by Göran Djurfeldt, Ernest Aryeetey and Aida C. IsinikaCambridge, Mass. CABI20111 online resource (396 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84593-716-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 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.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, agriAgricultureEconomic aspectsAfrica, Sub-SaharanAgriculture and stateAfrica, Sub-SaharanAgricultural development projectsAfrica, Sub-SaharanFood supplyAfrica, Sub-SaharanAfrica, Sub-SaharanEconomic conditionsAgricultureEconomic aspectsAgriculture and stateAgricultural development projectsFood supply338.10967Djurfeldt Göran1945-982019Aryeetey Ernest1955-984764Isinika Aida C.1951-1034091MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910446350703321African smallholders2468884UNINA