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Author : Hinderink
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317848516
First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Alan de Brauw,Erwin Bulte
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030886936
This book provides a thorough introduction to and examination of agricultural value chains in Sub-Saharan Africa. First, the authors introduce the economic theory of agri-food value chains and value chain governance, focusing on domestic and regional trade in (and consumption of) food crops in a low-income country context. In addition to mainstream and heterodox thinking about value chain development, the book pays attention to political economy considerations. The book also reviews the empirical evidence on value chain development and performance in Africa. It adopts multiple lenses to examine agricultural value chains, zooming out from the micro level (e.g., relational contracting in a context of market imperfections) to the meso level (e.g., distributional implications of various value chain interventions, inclusion of specific social groups) and the macro level (underlying income, population and urbanization trends, volumes and prices, etc.).Furthermore, this book places value chain development in the context of a process the authors refer to as structural transformation 2.0, which refers to a process where production factors (labor, land and capital) move from low-productivity agriculture to high-productivity agriculture. Finally, throughout the book the authors interpret the evidence in light of three important debates: (i) how competitive are rural factor and product markets, and what does this imply for distribution and innovation? (ii) what role do foreign investment and factor proportions play in the development of agri-food value chains in Africa? (iii) what complementary government policies can help facilitate a process of agricultural value chain transformation, towards high-productive activities and enhancing the capacity of value chains to generate employment opportunities and food security for a growing population.
Author : Robert H. Bates,Robert Hinrichs Bates
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1981-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0520042530
Most Africans live in rural areas and derive their incomes from farming; but because African governments follow policies that are adverse to most farmers' interests, these countries fail to produce enough food to feed their populations. "Markets and States in Tropical Africa "analyzes these and other paradoxical features of development in modern Africa and explores how governments have intervened and diverted resources from farmers to other sectors of society. A classic of the field since its publication in 1981, this edition includes a new preface by the author.
Author : Robert H. Bates,Michael F. Lofchie
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UCAL:B4381334
Essays on agricultural development and agricultural policy in Africa - discusses historical trends in agricultural product trade, agricultural price, agricultural marketing, cash crop and food production, strategies for small farm development, agricultural taxes, impact of colonialism and interest groups, land tenure, rural development, social stratification, etc.; includes case studies of Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania. Bibliography, graphs, maps, references and statistical tables.
Author : J. E. Sumberg
Publisher : Cabi
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Africa
ISBN : 1789249821
This book brings together recent findings from quantitative and qualitative research from across Africa to illuminate how young men and women engage with the rural economy, imagine their futures and how development policies and interventions find traction (or not) with these realities. Through framing, overview and evidence-based chapters, it provides a critical perspective on current discourse, research and development interventions around youth and rural development. It is organised around commonly-made foundational claims: that large numbers of young people are leaving rural areas; have no interest in agriculture; cannot access land; are stuck in permanent waithood; that the rural economy provides (or can provide) a wealth of opportunity; and that they can be the engine of rural transformation. It draws from existing literature and new analysis arising from several multi-country and multi-disciplinary studies, focusing on gender and other aspects of social difference. It is a major contribution to current debates and development policy about youth, agriculture and employment in rural Africa.
Author : Michael L. Morris,Hans P. Binswanger-Mikhize,Derek Byerlee
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821379424
Awakening Africa's Sleeping Giant' explores the feasibility of restoring international competitiveness and growth in African agriculture through the identification of products and production systems that can underpin rapid development of a competitive commercial agriculture. Based on a careful examination of the factors that contributed to the successes achieved in Brazil and Thailand, as well as comparative analysis of evidence obtained through detailed case studies of three African countries--Mozambique, Nigeria, and Zambia--the authors argue that opportunities abound for farmers in Africa to.
Author : J. J. Sterkenburg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Agriculture and state
ISBN : UOM:39015015531307
Author : Joachim Von Braun,Eileen T. Kennedy
Publisher : International Food Policy Research Insitute
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105009693388
Subsistence production: a sign of market failure. Commercialization cannot be left to the market. Household effects of commercialization. Nutrition effects of commercialization. Policy action needed.
Author : Alan K. Smith,Claude Emerson Welch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UCSC:32106000894383
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,African Union
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789251308714
This framework presents ten interrelated principles/elements to guide Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization in Africa (SAMA). Further, it presents the technical issues to be considered under SAMA and the options to be analysed at the country and sub regional levels. The ten key elements required in a framework for SAMA are as follows: The analysis in the framework calls for a specific approach, involving learning from other parts of the world where significant transformation of the agricultural mechanization sector has already occurred within a three-to-four decade time frame, and developing policies and programmes to realize Africa’s aspirations of Zero Hunger by 2025. This approach entails the identification and prioritization of relevant and interrelated elements to help countries develop strategies and practical development plans that create synergies in line with their agricultural transformation plans. Given the unique characteristics of each country and the diverse needs of Africa due to the ecological heterogeneity and the wide range of farm sizes, the framework avoids being prescriptive.
Author : OECD,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264253230
The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2016-2025 provides an assessment of prospects for the coming decade of the agricultural commodity markets across 41 countries and 12 regions, including OECD countries and key agricultural producers, such as India, China, Brazil, the Russian Federation and Argentina.
Author : Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt,Fred Mawunyo Dzanku,Aida Cuthbert Isinika
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780198799283
This book contributes to the understanding of smallholder agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa through addressing the dynamics of intensification and diversification within and outside agriculture in contexts where women have much poorer access to agrarian resources than men.
Author : Calestous Juma
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780190237233
African agriculture is currently at a crossroads, at which persistent food shortages are compounded by threats from climate change. But, as this book argues, Africa can feed itself in a generation and can help contribute to global food security. To achieve this Africa has to define agriculture as a force in economic growth by advancing scientific and technological research, investing in infrastructure, fostering higher technical training, and creating regional markets.
Author : Berhanu Gebremedhin
Publisher : ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
The literature on commercial transformation of smallholders makes little distinction between market orientation (production decision based on market signals) and market participation (sale of output). This paper analyzes the determinants of market orientation and market participation in Ethiopia separately and examines if market orientation translates into market participation. Empirical results show that market orientation translates strongly into market participation. The key implication of this study is that policy, technological, organizational and institutional interventions aimed at promoting commercial transformation of subsistence agriculture should follow two-pronged approach: improving market orientation of smallholders at production level, and facilitating market entry and participation of households in output and input markets. Focusing on either may not be as effective in achieving the transformation.
Author : A. Ker,International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Agricultural systems
ISBN : 9780889367937
Farming Systems of the African Savanna: A continent in crisis