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Agricultural development and food security in Africa [[electronic resource] ] : the impact of Chinese, Indian & Brazilian Investments / / edited by Fantu Cheru and Renu Modi
| Agricultural development and food security in Africa [[electronic resource] ] : the impact of Chinese, Indian & Brazilian Investments / / edited by Fantu Cheru and Renu Modi |
| Autore | Cheru Fantu |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Zed Books, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (239 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.1096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ModiRenu |
| Collana | Africa Now |
| Soggetto topico |
Agricultural development projects - Africa
Food security - Africa Food supply - Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-78032-374-3
1-78032-372-7 1-78032-373-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452704203321 |
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Agricultural development and food security in Africa : the impact of Chinese, Indian & Brazilian Investments / / edited by Fantu Cheru and Renu Modi
| Agricultural development and food security in Africa : the impact of Chinese, Indian & Brazilian Investments / / edited by Fantu Cheru and Renu Modi |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (239 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.1096 |
| Collana | Africa Now |
| Soggetto topico |
Agricultural development projects - Africa
Food security - Africa Food supply - Africa Development studies |
| ISBN |
1-350-21833-2
1-78032-374-3 1-78032-372-7 1-78032-373-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Africa Now; About the editors; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables, boxes and figures; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction: peasants, the state and foreign direct investment in African agriculture; Neocolonialism or new opportunity?; The glass is neither 'half full' nor 'half empty': the need for pragmatism; Scope of the book; Changing course: harnessing foreign direct investment to transform African agriculture; PART I Overview; 1 Catalysing an agricultural revolution in Africa: what role for foreign direct investment?; Introduction; Transforming African agriculture: new opportunities.
Box 1.1 CAADP prioritiesAdditional dimensions to consider; Progress in the implementation of CAADP; Attracting Southern FDI to develop productive potential; 1.1 Foreign direct investment inflows by region, 1990-2010 (%); The role of FDI in African agriculture: overcoming the burden of history; Harnessing new partnerships with China, India and Brazil; China, India and Brazil in African agriculture: an overview; Box 1.2 Chinese support for African agriculture; Table 1.1 Chinese-aided agricultural technology: demonstration centres in Africa. Table 1.2 African countries receiving assistance under the FAO South-South Cooperation initiativeBox 1.3 First India-Africa Forum Summit (2008); Box 1.4 Second India-Africa Forum Summit (2011); Measuring the contribution of FDI to African agriculture: technology, finance, knowledge and know-how; Sharing experience on the institutional imperatives of an agricultural revolution; Conclusions; 2 Agrarian transformation in Africa and its decolonisation; Introduction: peasantries and agrarian transformation; Accumulation by dispossession in Africa: historical and contemporary trends. The post-independence experience in agrarian reformsAgrarian reforms in the structural adjustment period of the 1980s; The consequences of neoliberal agricultural reform for food security; Table 2.1 Number of tractors and harvester-threshers in selected African countries; Table 2.2 Value of imports and exports of cereals: world versus Africa; Table 2.3 Consumption of key commodities by sub-regions of Africa in 2004; Capitalist crisis, 'third-wave' 'land grabbing' and peasant incorporation; Table 2.4 Agricultural land acquisitions in Africa (2011). Agrarian resistance to neoliberalism: the case of ZimbabweTable 2.5 Estimated landholdings by farmer groups in Zimbabwe (1980, 2000 and 2010); Conclusion; PART II India; 3 India and Africa: new trends in sustainable agricultural development; Introduction; India-Africa cooperation in agriculture: scope and content; Table 3.1 Proposed locations of agriculture-related institutes in Africa (2012); Table 3.2 Africa-India trade growth in eight main agricultural commodities; Table 3.3 Beneficiaries of India's DFTP scheme (2012). |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910525669003321 |
| London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2013 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Biofuels, land grabbing and food security in Africa [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Prosper B. Matondi, Kjell Havnevik and Atakilte Beyene
| Biofuels, land grabbing and food security in Africa [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Prosper B. Matondi, Kjell Havnevik and Atakilte Beyene |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Zed Books, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | xii, 230 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 363.8096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MatondiProsper B
HavenevikKjell Atakilte Beyene |
| Collana | Africa Now |
| Soggetto topico |
Biomass energy - Africa
Land use - Africa Food security - Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-84813-881-4
1-283-17200-3 9786613172006 1-84813-880-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461497703321 |
| London, : Zed Books, 2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Biofuels, land grabbing and food security in Africa / / edited by Prosper B. Matondi, Kjell Havnevik and Atakilte Beyene
| Biofuels, land grabbing and food security in Africa / / edited by Prosper B. Matondi, Kjell Havnevik and Atakilte Beyene |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | xii, 230 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 307.720967 |
| Collana | Africa now |
| Soggetto topico |
Energy crops industry - Social aspects - Africa
Land use, Rural - Africa Food security - Africa Development studies |
| ISBN |
1-350-21867-7
1-84813-881-4 1-283-17200-3 9786613172006 1-84813-880-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Grabbing of African lands for energy and food : implications for land rights, food security and smallholders / Kjell Havnevik -- Biofuel governance : a matter of discursive and actor intermesh / Marie Widengård -- Peak oil and climate change : triggers of the drive for biofuel production / Rune Skarstein -- Attracting foreign direct investment in Africa in the context of land grabbing for biofuels and food security / Prosper B. Matondi and Patience Mutopo -- Smallholder-led transformation towards biofuel production in Ethiopia / Atakilte Beyene -- Biofuel, land and environmental issues : the case of SEKAB's biofuel plans in Tanzania / Kjell Havnevik and Hanne Haaland -- Agro-investments in Zimbabwe at a time of redistributive land reforms / Prosper B. Matondi -- Competition between biofuel and food? : evidence from a jatropha biodiesel project in Northern Ghana / Festus Boamah -- Conclusion : land grabbing, smallholder farmers and the meaning of agro-investor-driven agrarian change in Africa / Prosper B. Matondi, Kjell Havnevik and Atakilte Beyene. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910540328303321 |
| London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Digging deeper : inside Africa's agricultural, food and nutrition dynamics / / edited by Akinyinka Akinyoade [and three others] ; contributors, Sheu-Usman Akanbi [and nineteen others]
| Digging deeper : inside Africa's agricultural, food and nutrition dynamics / / edited by Akinyinka Akinyoade [and three others] ; contributors, Sheu-Usman Akanbi [and nineteen others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (380 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.1/6096 |
| Collana | African Dynamics |
| Soggetto topico |
Agricultural productivity - Africa
Food security - Africa Food consumption - Africa Agriculture - Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 90-04-28269-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material / Akinyinka Akinyoade , Wijnand Klaver , Sebastiaan Soeters and Dick Foeken -- Introduction / Akinyinka Akinyoade , Ton Dietz , Dick Foeken and Wijnand Klaver -- Mapping the Food Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa / Lia van Wesenbeeck -- Agricultural Pockets of Effectiveness in Africa: A Comparative Inventory of Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda since 2000 / Jean-François Courtine -- Food Production and Consumption in Relation to Food Insecurity and Undernutrition in Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda / Wijnand Klaver -- Dairy Clustering in Kenya / Diederik de Boer and Jackson Langat -- Biofuel Feedstock Production in Ethiopia: Status, Challenges and Contributions / Maru Shete and Marcel Rutten -- Local Careers and Mixed Fortunes in Africa’s Globalizing Food Exports: The Case of Nile Perch from Lake Victoria, Uganda / Joost Beuving -- Pressures and Incentives: Urban Growth and Food Production at Tamale’s Rural-Urban Interface / Sebastiaan Soeters -- The Dynamics of Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture / Diana Lee-Smith -- From Suitcase Farmers to Telephone Farmers: Agriculture and Diversified Livelihoods among Urban Professionals / Melle Leenstra -- National Agricultural Research Systems in Africa / Olubunmi Abayomi Omotesho and Abraham Falola -- Contributions of Small- and Large-Scale Farms and Foreign and Local Investments to Agricultural Growth: The Nigerian Example / Sheu-Usman Akanbi and Akinyinka Akinyoade -- Loss and Damage from Droughts and Floods in Rural Africa / Kees van der Geest and Koko Warner -- Agriculture and Nutrition: Linkages and Complementarities / Inge D. Brouwer -- Appendix A: Selected Statistics of Major World Regions and Selected Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa / Akinyinka Akinyoade , Wijnand Klaver , Sebastiaan Soeters and Dick Foeken -- Appendix B: Fifty Years of Agricultural and Food Dynamics in Africa – Statistical Data / Akinyinka Akinyoade , Wijnand Klaver , Sebastiaan Soeters and Dick Foeken. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910467154203321 |
| Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Digging deeper : inside Africa's agricultural, food and nutrition dynamics / / edited by Akinyinka Akinyoade [and three others] ; contributors, Sheu-Usman Akanbi [and nineteen others]
| Digging deeper : inside Africa's agricultural, food and nutrition dynamics / / edited by Akinyinka Akinyoade [and three others] ; contributors, Sheu-Usman Akanbi [and nineteen others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (380 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.1/6096 |
| Collana | African Dynamics |
| Soggetto topico |
Agricultural productivity - Africa
Food security - Africa Food consumption - Africa Agriculture - Africa |
| ISBN | 90-04-28269-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material / Akinyinka Akinyoade , Wijnand Klaver , Sebastiaan Soeters and Dick Foeken -- Introduction / Akinyinka Akinyoade , Ton Dietz , Dick Foeken and Wijnand Klaver -- Mapping the Food Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa / Lia van Wesenbeeck -- Agricultural Pockets of Effectiveness in Africa: A Comparative Inventory of Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda since 2000 / Jean-François Courtine -- Food Production and Consumption in Relation to Food Insecurity and Undernutrition in Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda / Wijnand Klaver -- Dairy Clustering in Kenya / Diederik de Boer and Jackson Langat -- Biofuel Feedstock Production in Ethiopia: Status, Challenges and Contributions / Maru Shete and Marcel Rutten -- Local Careers and Mixed Fortunes in Africa’s Globalizing Food Exports: The Case of Nile Perch from Lake Victoria, Uganda / Joost Beuving -- Pressures and Incentives: Urban Growth and Food Production at Tamale’s Rural-Urban Interface / Sebastiaan Soeters -- The Dynamics of Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture / Diana Lee-Smith -- From Suitcase Farmers to Telephone Farmers: Agriculture and Diversified Livelihoods among Urban Professionals / Melle Leenstra -- National Agricultural Research Systems in Africa / Olubunmi Abayomi Omotesho and Abraham Falola -- Contributions of Small- and Large-Scale Farms and Foreign and Local Investments to Agricultural Growth: The Nigerian Example / Sheu-Usman Akanbi and Akinyinka Akinyoade -- Loss and Damage from Droughts and Floods in Rural Africa / Kees van der Geest and Koko Warner -- Agriculture and Nutrition: Linkages and Complementarities / Inge D. Brouwer -- Appendix A: Selected Statistics of Major World Regions and Selected Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa / Akinyinka Akinyoade , Wijnand Klaver , Sebastiaan Soeters and Dick Foeken -- Appendix B: Fifty Years of Agricultural and Food Dynamics in Africa – Statistical Data / Akinyinka Akinyoade , Wijnand Klaver , Sebastiaan Soeters and Dick Foeken. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796478603321 |
| Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Digging deeper : inside Africa's agricultural, food and nutrition dynamics / / edited by Akinyinka Akinyoade [and three others] ; contributors, Sheu-Usman Akanbi [and nineteen others]
| Digging deeper : inside Africa's agricultural, food and nutrition dynamics / / edited by Akinyinka Akinyoade [and three others] ; contributors, Sheu-Usman Akanbi [and nineteen others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (380 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.1/6096 |
| Collana | African Dynamics |
| Soggetto topico |
Agricultural productivity - Africa
Food security - Africa Food consumption - Africa Agriculture - Africa |
| ISBN | 90-04-28269-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material / Akinyinka Akinyoade , Wijnand Klaver , Sebastiaan Soeters and Dick Foeken -- Introduction / Akinyinka Akinyoade , Ton Dietz , Dick Foeken and Wijnand Klaver -- Mapping the Food Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa / Lia van Wesenbeeck -- Agricultural Pockets of Effectiveness in Africa: A Comparative Inventory of Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda since 2000 / Jean-François Courtine -- Food Production and Consumption in Relation to Food Insecurity and Undernutrition in Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda / Wijnand Klaver -- Dairy Clustering in Kenya / Diederik de Boer and Jackson Langat -- Biofuel Feedstock Production in Ethiopia: Status, Challenges and Contributions / Maru Shete and Marcel Rutten -- Local Careers and Mixed Fortunes in Africa’s Globalizing Food Exports: The Case of Nile Perch from Lake Victoria, Uganda / Joost Beuving -- Pressures and Incentives: Urban Growth and Food Production at Tamale’s Rural-Urban Interface / Sebastiaan Soeters -- The Dynamics of Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture / Diana Lee-Smith -- From Suitcase Farmers to Telephone Farmers: Agriculture and Diversified Livelihoods among Urban Professionals / Melle Leenstra -- National Agricultural Research Systems in Africa / Olubunmi Abayomi Omotesho and Abraham Falola -- Contributions of Small- and Large-Scale Farms and Foreign and Local Investments to Agricultural Growth: The Nigerian Example / Sheu-Usman Akanbi and Akinyinka Akinyoade -- Loss and Damage from Droughts and Floods in Rural Africa / Kees van der Geest and Koko Warner -- Agriculture and Nutrition: Linkages and Complementarities / Inge D. Brouwer -- Appendix A: Selected Statistics of Major World Regions and Selected Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa / Akinyinka Akinyoade , Wijnand Klaver , Sebastiaan Soeters and Dick Foeken -- Appendix B: Fifty Years of Agricultural and Food Dynamics in Africa – Statistical Data / Akinyinka Akinyoade , Wijnand Klaver , Sebastiaan Soeters and Dick Foeken. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821554603321 |
| Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Food remittances : migration and food security in Africa / / Jonathan Crush and Mary Caesar
| Food remittances : migration and food security in Africa / / Jonathan Crush and Mary Caesar |
| Autore | Crush Jonathan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Waterloo, Ontario : , : Southern African Migration Programme (SAMP), , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (57 pages) : illustrations, tables |
| Disciplina | 338.195 |
| Collana | SAMP Migration Policy Series |
| Soggetto topico | Food security - Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-920596-25-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Executive summary -- Introduction -- Cross-border migration and food remittances -- International migration and food remittances -- Food remitters in rural areas -- Case study one : food remitting in a state of crisis : Zimbabwe -- Case study two : reciprocal urban-rural remitting : Namibia -- Conclusions. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910466292703321 |
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| Waterloo, Ontario : , : Southern African Migration Programme (SAMP), , 2016 | ||
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Food remittances : migration and food security in Africa / / Jonathan Crush and Mary Caesar
| Food remittances : migration and food security in Africa / / Jonathan Crush and Mary Caesar |
| Autore | Crush Jonathan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Waterloo, Ontario : , : Southern African Migration Programme (SAMP), , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (57 pages) : illustrations, tables |
| Disciplina | 338.195 |
| Collana | SAMP Migration Policy Series |
| Soggetto topico | Food security - Africa |
| ISBN | 1-920596-25-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Executive summary -- Introduction -- Cross-border migration and food remittances -- International migration and food remittances -- Food remitters in rural areas -- Case study one : food remitting in a state of crisis : Zimbabwe -- Case study two : reciprocal urban-rural remitting : Namibia -- Conclusions. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792750303321 |
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Crush Jonathan
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| Waterloo, Ontario : , : Southern African Migration Programme (SAMP), , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Food remittances : migration and food security in Africa / / Jonathan Crush and Mary Caesar
| Food remittances : migration and food security in Africa / / Jonathan Crush and Mary Caesar |
| Autore | Crush Jonathan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Waterloo, Ontario : , : Southern African Migration Programme (SAMP), , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (57 pages) : illustrations, tables |
| Disciplina | 338.195 |
| Collana | SAMP Migration Policy Series |
| Soggetto topico | Food security - Africa |
| ISBN | 1-920596-25-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Executive summary -- Introduction -- Cross-border migration and food remittances -- International migration and food remittances -- Food remitters in rural areas -- Case study one : food remitting in a state of crisis : Zimbabwe -- Case study two : reciprocal urban-rural remitting : Namibia -- Conclusions. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826497703321 |
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Crush Jonathan
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| Waterloo, Ontario : , : Southern African Migration Programme (SAMP), , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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