Digging deeper : inside Africa's agricultural, food and nutrition dynamics / edited by Akinyinka Akinyoade [and three others] ; contributors, Sheu-Usman Akanbi [and nineteen others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Akinyoade, Akinyinka, editor.

Akanbi, Sheu-Usman, contributor.

Series:

African dynamics ; Volume 13.

African Dynamics, 1568-1777 ; Volume 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agricultural productivity--Africa.

Agricultural productivity.

Food security--Africa.

Food security.

Food consumption--Africa.

Food consumption.

Agriculture--Africa.

Agriculture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (380 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2014.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-28269-6

OCLC:

895256977

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004282698 DOI