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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Main Authors: Aryeetey, Ernest , 1955- (Author), Djurfeldt, Goran , 1945- (Author), Isinika, Aida C. , 1951- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : CABI , c2011
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Online Access:https://www.cabi.org/cabebooks/FullTextPDF/2011/20113005550.pdf

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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a 1. Introduction -- 2. African agriculture : from crisis to development? -- 3. The millennium goals, the state and macro level performance : an overview -- 4. Smallholders caught in poverty : flickering signs of agricultural dynamism -- 5. A new era for Sub-Saharan African agriculture? changing drivers of maize production -- 6. Maize remittances, market participation and consumption among smallholders in Africa -- 7. Meeting the financial needs of smallholder farmers in Ethiopia -- 8. Agricultural diversification, food self sufficiency and food security in Ghana: the role of infrastructure and institutions -- 9. Conditions for achieving sustained agricultural intensification in Africa : evidence from Kenya -- 10. The fertilizer support programme and the millennium development challenge in Zambia : is government a problem solution? -- 11. Has the Nigerian green revolution veered off track? -- 12. Addressing food self sufficiency in Tanzania : a balancing act of policy coordination -- 13. Focusing on the majority: rethinking agricultural development in Mozambique -- 14. Conclusions : What direction for the future of African agriculture 
520 |a 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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650 0 |a Food supply   |z Africa, Sub-Saharan 
651 0 |a Africa, Sub-Saharan   |x Economic conditions 
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