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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Bibliographic Details
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
Table of Contents:
  • 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