Format:
1 online resource (276 pages)
ISBN:
9781845930974
Content:
This book is the outcome of a three-year project coordinated by a group of Swedish researchers and with collaborating scholars from Africa and Asia. It provides a comparative study between Asian agricultural development during the Green Revolution in food production and the current problematic agricultural situation in sub-Saharan Africa.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1 African Food Crisis - the Relevance of Asian Experiences -- 2 Global Perspectives on Agricultural Development -- 3 The State and Green Revolutions in East Asia -- 4 The Puzzle of the Policy Shift - the Early Green Revolution in India, Indonesia and the Philippines -- 5 Spurts in Production - Africa's Limping Green Revolution -- 6 The State and Agricultural Intensification in Sub-Saharan Africa -- 7 Crisis and Potential in Smallholder Food Production - Evidence from Micro Level -- 8 From Roller Coasters to Rocket Ships: the Role of Technology in African Agricultural Successes -- 9 The Role of the State in the Nigerian Green Revolution -- 10 Why the Early Promise for Rapid Increases in Maize Productivity in Kenya was not Sustained: Lessons for Sustainable Investment in Agriculture -- 11 From Ujamaa to Structural Adjustment - Agricultural Intensification in Tanzania -- 12 Smallholders and Structural Adjustment in Ghana -- 13 Green Revolution and Regional Inequality: Implications of Asian Experience for Africa -- 14 Conclusions and a Look Ahead -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- Z.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780851999982
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The African food crisis Wallingford [u.a.] : CABI Pub., 2005 ISBN 0851999980
Additional Edition:
Print version The African Food Crisis : Lessons from the Asian Green Revolution
Language:
English
Subjects:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science
Keywords:
Afrika
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Ernährungskrise
;
Ernährungssicherung
;
Asien
;
Landwirtschaftsentwicklung
;
Grüne Revolution
;
Afrika
;
Ernährungskrise
;
Ernährungssicherung
;
Asien
;
Landwirtschaftsentwicklung
;
Grüne Revolution
;
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