Environment, agriculture and cross-border migrations / edited by Emmanuel Yenshu Vubo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yenshu, Emmanuel, editor.

Series:

Codesria book series.

Africa and the Challenges of the Twenty-first Century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa--Economic conditions.

Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Dakar, Senegal : CODESRIA, 2015.

Summary:

This book brings together contributions on the challenges of the environment, agriculture and cross-border migrations in Africa; key areas that have become critical for the continent's development. The central theme running through these contributions is that Africa's development challenges can be attributed to its human and natural ecology. Contrasted with the Cold War epoch, current developments have ushered us into a world of long and uncertain transitions characterized by a search for new pathways including investment in large-scale agriculture by big finance, attempts to revitalize existing agriculture and reworking of social policy. A major twist relates to environmental questions, especially climate change and its global effects, leading to all forms of cross-border migrations and the emergence of new areas of strategic interest such as sub-regional developments as in the Gulf of Guinea. This book provides some intellectual clues on how to interpret these emerging predicaments and chart a way forward into a new era for Africa.

Contents:

1. The environmental question in Africa : a general statement / Anta Sane

2. Environmental communication and sustainable forest governance management in Cameroon / Victor Ngu Cheo

3. Farmers' perceptions and adaptation to climate change : evidence from Ghana / Henry de-Graft Acquah, Jacob Nunoo and Kwabena Nkansah Darfor

4. Communities, surrounding environments and dam-generated hydroelectric power projects in Cameroon / Emmanuel Yenshu Vubo and Kometa Sunday Shende

5. Transforming African agriculture : challenges, opportunities and the way forward in the twenty-first century / Ntangsi Max Memfi

6. Land grab and the viability of foreign investments in sub-Saharan Africa : the Nigerian experience / Justitia O. Nnabuko and Chibuike U. Uche

7. Land grab in Kenya : risks and opportunities / Samuel Ong'wen Okuro

8. Pastoralism, social protection and vision 2030 in Kenya : possibilities and prospects / Maurice N. Amutabi

9. Cross-border migrations, regional integration and conviviality in the Gulf of Guinea : reality and prospects / Emmanuel Yenshu Vubo and Humphrey Ngala Ndi.

Notes:

"This book is a product of the CODESRIA 13th General Assembly, 2011"--Page before title page.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9782869787322

2869787324

OCLC:

1019641592