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1 online resource : illustrations |
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Section 1. Africas Agricultural Renaissance -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The imperative of investing in agriculture to catalyze national development -- Chapter 3. The Current State of African Agriculture -- Chapter 4. Agriculture-poverty-inequality nexus in Africa: Theory and Evidence -- Chapter 5. Agriculture as a powerhouse of food security in Africa -- Chapter 6. Agriculture as a powerhouse of inclusive development -- Section 2. Towards a Powerhouse: Cases, Actions, and Conclusions -- Chapter 7. Lessons from Asias agricultural transformation -- Chapter 8. A system dynamic approach to African Agriculture -- Chapter 9. Towards an agricultural powerhouse in Africa -- Chapter 10. Summary and conclusions |
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Part I. African agricultures potential, performance, lessons, and challenges -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Agriculture as the fulcrum of inclusive development in Africa -- 3. Africa's agriculture today : performance, challenges, and its political economy -- Part II. Agriculture as the engine of economic transformation and inclusive development : theory, practice, and empirical evidence -- 4. Agriculture as a strategy to operationalize growth-poverty-inequality nexus : theory and evidence -- 5. Agriculture as a powerhouse of food security and economic transformation in Africa -- 6. Agriculture as a powerhouse of inclusive development in Africa -- Part III. Case studies on agricultural transformation from Africa, Asia and Latin America -- 7. Introduction to regional case studies -- 8. Case studies from Africa -- 9. Case studies from Asia -- 10. Case studies from Latin America -- Part IV. Towards an agricultural powerhouse in Africa -- 11. Policies and programmes for an agricultural powerhouse in Africa -- 12. Conclusions |
| Summary |
This book addresses the paradox between preponderance of hunger in a continent that is well endowed with fertile agricultural land, plenty of fresh water and a vibrant labor force. As some statistics show, close to 60% of arable land in the world is located in Africa which also has several rivers flowing in all seasons and plenty of underground water. The bulk of its labor force thrives on agriculture, yet the continents largest import item is food. 23 of 36 the most malnourished countries also belong in Africa. This has caused significant needless human suffering. This book goes beyond providing the traditional framework of supplying policy recommendations to delivering an applied, innovative framework upon which policymakers, the private sector and international institutions can take clear and deliberate action to stimulate Africa's agricultural sector, thus responding to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Agriculture -- Africa
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Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Africa
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Agriculture and state -- Africa
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Agriculture
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Agriculture and state
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Agriculture -- Economic aspects
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Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783030657482 |
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3030657485 |
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