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The African food crisis [[electronic resource] ] : lessons from the Asian Green Revolution / / edited by Göran Djurfeldt ... [et al.]
| The African food crisis [[electronic resource] ] : lessons from the Asian Green Revolution / / edited by Göran Djurfeldt ... [et al.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wallingford, England ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (276 p.) |
| Disciplina | 630/.96 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | DjurfeldtGöran <1945-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Agriculture - Asia
Green Revolution - Asia Food supply - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-280-73578-3
9786610735785 1-84593-097-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""1 African Food Crisis � the Relevance of Asian Experiences""; ""2 Global Perspectives on Agricultural Development""; ""3 The State and Green Revolutions in East Asia""; ""4 The Puzzle of the Policy Shift � the Early Green Revolution in India, Indonesia and the Philippines""; ""5 Spurts in Production � Africa�s Limping Green Revolution""; ""6 The State and Agricultural Intensification in Sub-Saharan Africa""; ""7 Crisis and Potential in Smallholder Food Production � Evidence from Micro Level""
""8 From Roller Coasters to Rocket Ships: the Role of Technology in African Agricultural Successes""""9 The Role of the State in the Nigerian Green Revolution""; ""10 Why the Early Promise for Rapid Increases in Maize Productivity in Kenya was not Sustained: Lessons for Sustainable Investment in Agriculture""; ""11 From Ujamaa to Structural Adjustment � Agricultural Intensification in Tanzania""; ""12 Smallholders and Structural Adjustment in Ghana""; ""13 Green Revolution and Regional Inequality: Implications of Asian Experience for Africa""; ""14 Conclusions and a Look Ahead""; ""Index"" ""A""""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""Z"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783575003321 |
| Wallingford, England ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., c2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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African smallholders [[electronic resource] ] : food crops, markets and policy / / edited by Göran Djurfeldt, Ernest Aryeetey and Aida C. Isinika
| African smallholders [[electronic resource] ] : food crops, markets and policy / / edited by Göran Djurfeldt, Ernest Aryeetey and Aida C. Isinika |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : CABI, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (396 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.10967 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
DjurfeldtGöran <1945->
AryeeteyErnest <1955-> IsinikaAida C. <1951-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Agriculture - Economic aspects - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Agriculture and state - Africa, Sub-Saharan Agricultural development projects - Africa, Sub-Saharan Food supply - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
| ISBN |
1-282-98702-X
9786612987021 1-84593-717-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910446350703321 |
| Cambridge, Mass., : CABI, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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