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Title Digging deeper : inside Africa's agricultural, food and nutrition dynamics / edited by Akinyinka Akinyoade, Wijnand Klaver, Sebastiaan Soeters, Dick Foeken
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014

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Description 1 online resource
Series African dynamics ; volume 13
African dynamics ; 13.
Contents Digging Deeper: Inside Africa's Agricultural, Food and Nutrition Dynamics; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures, Maps, Photos and Tables; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; List of Contributors; 1 Introduction; Section 1: Mapping the Evidence; 2 Mapping the Food Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa; 3 Agricultural Pockets of Effectiveness in Africa: A Comparative Inventory of Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda since 2000; 4 Food Production and Consumption in Relation to Food Insecurity and Undernutrition in Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda; Section 2: Agricultural Production and Effectiveness
5 Dairy Clustering in Kenya6 Biofuel Feedstock Production in Ethiopia: Status, Challenges and Contributions; 7 Local Careers and Mixed Fortunes in Africa's Globalizing Food Exports: The Case of Nile Perch from Lake Victoria, Uganda; Section 3: Drivers of Food Production; 8 Pressures and Incentives: Urban Growth and Food Production at Tamale's Rural-Urban Interface; 9 The Dynamics of Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture; 10 From Suitcase Farmers to Telephone Farmers: Agriculture and Diversified Livelihoods among Urban Professionals; Section 4: Institutional Issues
11 National Agricultural Research Systems in Africa12 Contributions of Small- and Large-Scale Farms and Foreign and Local Investments to Agricultural Growth: The Nigerian Example; 13 Loss and Damage from Droughts and Floods in Rural Africa; 14 Agriculture and Nutrition: Linkages and Complementarities; Appendix A: Selected Statistics of Major World Regions and Selected Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa; Appendix B: Fifty Years of Agricultural and Food Dynamics in Africa -- Statistical Data
Summary "This volume attempts to dig deeper into what is currently happening in Africa's agricultural and rural sector and to convince policymakers and others that it is important to look at the current African rural dynamics in ways that connect metropolitan demands for food with value chain improvements and agro-food cluster innovations. It is essential to go beyond a 'development bureaucracy' and a state-based approach to rural transformation, such as the one that often dominates policy debate in African government circles, organizations like the African Union and the UN, and donor agencies."-- Publisher's Web site
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
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Subject Agricultural productivity -- Africa
Food security -- Africa
Food consumption -- Africa
Agriculture -- Africa
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Agricultural productivity
Agriculture
Food consumption
Food security
Agrarproduktion
Ländliche Entwicklung
Verstädterung
Ernährungssicherung
Livsmedelskonsumtion.
Livsmedelsförsörjning.
Lantbruksekonomi.
Jordbruk.
Jordbrukspolitik.
Produktivitet.
Africa
Subsaharisches Afrika
Form Electronic book
Author Akinyoade, Akinyinka, editor.
Klaver, Wijnand, editor.
Soeters, Sebastiaan, editor
Foeken, D., editor.
ISBN 9789004282698
9004282696
Other Titles Inside Africa's agricultural, food and nutrition dynamics