Africa's Agrarian Crisis : The Roots of Famine / ed. by Michael F. Lofchie, Stephen K. Commins.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bates, Robert H., Contributor.

Christensen, Cheryl, Contributor.

Commins, Stephen K., Contributor.

Commins, Stephen K., Editor.

Hopkins, Raymond F., Contributor.

Kraus, Jon, Contributor.

Lofchie, Michael F., Contributor.

Lofchie, Michael F., Editor.

Payne, Rhys, Contributor.

Peterson, Stephen, Contributor.

Rummel, Lvnette, Contributor.

Scmyal, Biswapriya, Contributor.

Shao, John, Contributor.

Witucki, Lawrence, Contributor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Examining the roots of Africa's agrarian crisis, the authors look at the structural politico-economic conditions, both external and internal, that have led to continent-wide economic deterioration.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Tables

Preface

PART 1 GENERAL PERSPECTIVES

1 • Africa's Agricultural Crisis: An Overview

2 • Food Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa

3 • The Regulation of Rural Markets in Africa

PART 2 CASE STUDIES

Introduction

4 • Neglecting the Poor: State Policy Toward the Smallholder in Kenya

5 • Politics and the Food Production Crisis in Tanzania

6 • The Political Economy of Agrarian Regression in Ghana

7 • Peasants and Rural Development in Liberia

8 • Food Deficits and Political Legitimacy: The Case of Morocco

PART 3 EXTERNALITIES

9 • Rural Development and Economic Stabilization: Can They Be Attained Simultaneously ?

10 • Food Aid: Solution, Palliative, or Danger for Africa's Food Crisis'.'

African Agricultural Development: A Bibliography of Recent Works

Contributors

Development Institute

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mai 2023)

ISBN:

1-68585-284-X

OCLC:

1378176654