Cities And Agricultural Transformation In Africa

Author : Vandercasteelen, Joachim,Tamru, Seneshaw,Minten, Bart,Swinnen, Johan
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Cities and agricultural transformation in Africa by Vandercasteelen, Joachim,Tamru, Seneshaw,Minten, Bart,Swinnen, Johan Pdf

Due to the rapid growth of cities in Africa, many more farmers are now living in rural hinterlands in relatively close proximity to cities where many provide food to urban residents. However, empirical evidence on how urbanization affects these farmers is scarce. To fill this gap, this paper explores the relationship between proximity to a city and the production behavior of rural staple crop producers. In particular, we analyze data from teff producing farmers in major producing areas around Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital. We find that farmers located closer to Addis Ababa face higher wages and land rental prices, and because they receive higher teff prices they have better incentives to intensify production. Moreover, we observe that modern input use, land and labor productivity, and profitability in teff production improve with urban proximity. This urban proximity has a strong and significant effect on these aspects of teff production, possibly related to the use of more formal factor markets, lower transaction costs in crop production and marketing, and better access to information. In contrast, we do not find a strong and positive relationship between rural population density increases and agricultural transformation – increased population density seems to lead to immiserizing effects in these settings. Our results show that urban proximity should be considered as an important determinant of the process of agricultural intensification and transformation in developing countries.

Author : Xinshen Diao,Peter Hazell,Shashidhara Kolavalli,Danielle Resnick
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780198845348

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Ghana's Economic and Agricultural Transformation by Xinshen Diao,Peter Hazell,Shashidhara Kolavalli,Danielle Resnick Pdf

Using Ghana as a case study, this work integrates economic and political analysis to explore the challenges and opportunities of Africa's growth and transformation.

Author : David William Seckler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : STANFORD:36105016333184

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Agricultural Transformation in Africa by David William Seckler Pdf

Author : T. S. Jayne,Jordan Chamberlin,Rui Benfica
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429833465

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The Transformation of Rural Africa by T. S. Jayne,Jordan Chamberlin,Rui Benfica Pdf

Contemporary discussions of Africa’s recent growth have largely interpreted such growth in terms of structural transformation, based mainly on national- and sectoral-level data. However, the micro-level processes driving this transformation are still unclear and remain the subject of debate. This collection provides a micro economic foundation for understanding the particular growth processes at work within the region’s rural areas, and in so doing provides important insights for policy action. The book provides valuable household- and farm-level evidence about the drivers of rural labour productivity, improvements in access to markets, investment in food value chains, and indeed the role of rural economic growth in Africa’s ongoing rural transformation processes. Some of the features of Africa’s ongoing rural transformation are similar to those of agricultural transformation as experienced in Asia and elsewhere. However, other features of Africa’s rural transformation are unique, and pose important challenges for development policy and planning. Together, the studies compiled in this volume provide an updated, evidence-based, and policy-relevant understanding of where African countries are in their developmental trajectories and the region’s prospects for achieving inclusive forms of development over the next several decades. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Development Studies.

Author : Axumite G. Egziabher
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781552501092

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Cities Feeding People by Axumite G. Egziabher Pdf

Cities Feeding People examines urban agriculture in East Africa and proves that it is a safe, clean, and secure method to feed the world's struggling urban residents. It also collapses the myth that urban agriculture is practiced only by the poor and unemployed. Cities Feeding People provides the hard facts needed to convince governments that urban agriculture should have a larger role in feeding the urban population.

Author : Martin Atela,Abdul Raufu Mustapha
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000580730

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Political Settlements and Agricultural Transformation in Africa by Martin Atela,Abdul Raufu Mustapha Pdf

This book explores the ways in which political settlements can contribute to positive changes in Africa’s agricultural and manufacturing sectors. Contemporary Africa has seen many governments, donors, and commercial private enterprises supporting innovative agricultural and agroprocessing schemes with the purpose of diversifying economies. However, many of the schemes collapse or at best fail to generate the needed jobs. Focusing on case studies in Kenya, Nigeria, and Ethiopia, this book takes an interdisciplinary approach that combines economic analysis, life histories, policy approaches methods, and political economy theory to reframe the field with new questions. The contributors offer alternative explanations for the failure of employment creation schemes in Africa and show how political settlements can bring together stakeholders to settle on win–win approaches to productive employment schemes and inclusive development. Providing new insights on the political economy of agrarian and labour relations in Africa, this book will be of interest to policy actors and development practitioners wishing to support inclusive growth in Africa, as well as to scholars of African politics and economics, public policy, and development.

Author : Thomas S. Jayne
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1590333446

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Perspectives on Agricultural Transformation by Thomas S. Jayne Pdf

Perspectives on Agricultural Transformation - A View From Africa

Author : Gordon Prain
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781441962492

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African Urban Harvest by Gordon Prain Pdf

This book seeks to answer the question of how much urban agriculture helps feed and support people living in towns and cities with evidence and proposals based on studies in Eastern and Central Africa.

Author : United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789210603928

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Economic Report on Africa 2017 by United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Pdf

The 2017 Economic Report on Africa focuses on the linkages between industrialization and urbanization. Urbanization is one of Africa mega trends with profound implications for the social, economic, environmental dimensions of growth and transformation. Theory and experience demonstrate that industrialization and urbanization can be mutually reinforcing processes. It is therefore imperative to explore the linkages between urbanization and industrialization given the profound implications for structural transformation in Africa.

Author : Gbadebo O. A. Odularu
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783031195273

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Agricultural Transformation in Africa by Gbadebo O. A. Odularu Pdf

​This book offers new insights into the ongoing agricultural transformation in Africa. Presenting case studies, macro-level simulations, and relevant surveys, it analyzes food crops and agri-food policy challenges and their implications in various African countries. In addition, it discusses how current African agri-food policies could be improved to achieve the continental vision of sustainable development in light of the African Union’s Agenda 2063. The respective contributions address topics such as drivers of technical efficiency among smallholder maize farmers; farm management practices; agri-food infrastructure policies; food security; agricultural growth; and financing for and investment in agricultural production. Accordingly, the book appeals to scholars of economics and agricultural studies and to anyone interested in the agricultural transformation of Africa.

Author : Gordon Prain,Nancy Karanja,Diana Lee-Smith
Publisher : Springer
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1441962514

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African Urban Harvest by Gordon Prain,Nancy Karanja,Diana Lee-Smith Pdf

Over the past two decades, how has urban agriculture changed in sub-Saharan Africa? Is city farming now better integrated into environmental management and city governance? And, looking ahead, how might urban agriculture address the needs of the low-income households and modernizing cities of Africa? In this book, leading specialists in the fields of urban agriculture and urban environment present a unique collection of case studies that examines the growing role of local food production in urban livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa. Amongst many issues, the authors probe the changing role of urban agriculture, the risks and benefits of crop–livestock systems, and the opportunities for making locally produced food more easily available and more profitable. Concluding chapters reflect on the policy and governance implications of greater integration of urban natural resources and the built environment, an expanded role for urban agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa and the crucial role of women in urban food systems. African Urban Harvest will be of interest to decision-makers, development professionals, researchers, academics, and students and educators in urban planning, development studies, African studies, and environmental studies.

Author : Mueller, Valerie,Thurlow, James
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780896296855

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Youth and jobs in rural Africa: Beyond stylized facts: Synopsis by Mueller, Valerie,Thurlow, James Pdf

The rural population in Africa south of the Sahara is growing, and its rural economy is still underdeveloped. The pressure to create jobs in rural areas is therefore particularly acute. There is cause for optimism, however. Evidence suggests that agriculture is transforming in many African countries, albeit slowly, and that youth are often participating in this process. Further research is needed to accelerate this progress.

Author : Imogen Bellwood-Howard,Volker Häring,Hanna Karg,Regina Roessler,Johannes Schlesinger,Martina Shakya
Publisher : International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789290908210

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Characteristics of Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture in West Africa by Imogen Bellwood-Howard,Volker Häring,Hanna Karg,Regina Roessler,Johannes Schlesinger,Martina Shakya Pdf

The report summarizes key results from surveys carried out on urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) in Tamale (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) in 2013. The aim was to provide a broad overview of the state of UPA in the study cities and a basis for future research endeavors. The randomized sampling approach used aerial photography to identify 10 sites in different categories of farm in each city. Farmers provided information on their cropping and livestock-rearing activities. There were similarities between the cities, but the differences in the expression of UPA in Tamale and Ouagadougou were more intriguing, as in farm sizes, crops grown and livestock ownership. Farmers were particularly concerned about diminishing access to land in Tamale, where sales by chiefs to private investors were accelerating. In Ouagadougou, formal reallocation of land to homeowners by the state had similarly decreased available farmland. Water availability was a universal concern, and the quality of water used for irrigation was potentially more questionable in Ouagadougou than in Tamale. The results point to the need for further work on uncontaminated, perennial water sources and soil fertility management, alongside focuses on commercialization of animal production, and the legal, political and institutional context of UPA in different West African cities.

Author : Shogo Kudo,Orleans Mfune,Melissa Hansen,Jackline Nyerere
Publisher : Spears Media Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781942876298

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Rural-Urban Linkages and Sustainable Development in Africa by Shogo Kudo,Orleans Mfune,Melissa Hansen,Jackline Nyerere Pdf

This book highlights the important role of the complex nature of interactions between rural and urban areas in Africa and how this relates to sustainable development on the continent – one with a fast urbanization rate. The volume critiques the widely held assumption of a societal divide where rural areas are mostly agricultural, whilst urban areas engage in industry and services. Contributors provide conceptual arguments and present case studies in Africa which illustrate the complex and multifaceted interdependencies between cities and rural areas, through the flow of natural resources, people, capital, information, goods and services which directly impacts the socio-ecological as well as economic sustainability of these spaces. This volume forms part of an Education for Sustainable Development in Africa (ESDA) book series involving the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability and 8 partner African universities running Master’s Programs in sustainable development. The book series is intended to serve primarily as undergraduate and graduate instruction materials for courses on sustainable development in Africa, as well as policy input to key developmental issues in Africa.

Author : Atakilte Beyene
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781786992215

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Agricultural Transformation in Ethiopia by Atakilte Beyene Pdf

For thousands of years, Ethiopia has depended on its smallholding farmers to provide the bulk of its food needs. But now, such farmers find themselves under threat from environmental degradation, climate change and declining productivity. As a result, smallholder agriculture has increasingly become subsistence-oriented, with many of these farmers trapped in a cycle of poverty. Smallholders have long been marginalised by mainstream development policies, and only more recently has their crucial importance been recognised for addressing rural poverty through agricultural reform. This collection, written by leading Ethiopian scholars, explores the scope and impact of Ethiopia’s policy reforms over the past two decades on the smallholder sector. Focusing on the Lake Tana basin in northwestern Ethiopia, an area with untapped potential for growth, the contributors argue that any effective policy will need to go beyond agriculture to consider the role of health, nutrition and local food customs, as well as including increased safeguards for smallholder’s land rights. They in turn show that smallholders represent a vitally overlooked component of development strategy, not only in Ethiopia but across the global South.