Food Security And Agricultural Development In Sub Saharan Africa

Author : Weldeghaber Kidane,Materne Maetz,Philippe Dardel,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Sub-Regional Office for Southern and East Africa
Publisher : FAO
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : IND:30000115599387

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Food Security and Agricultural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa by Weldeghaber Kidane,Materne Maetz,Philippe Dardel,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Sub-Regional Office for Southern and East Africa Pdf

"This publication contains the main report of a study championing the case for increased public support to agricultural and food security in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It advances four main reasons why agriculture in SSA deserves more public support. The first is a moral imperative: SSA governments cannot and should not ignore a sector on which about 70 percent of their population directly depend for their livelihoods if they are serious about their commitment to MDG1. Second, in spite of its generally poor performance, SSA countries do not have any realistic strategic option that they can rely upon for achieving sustainable economic development other than agriculture. Third, there is evidence from a number of SSA countries that appropriate policies and direct public sector investment have combined to trigger agriculture sector-led economic growth. This publication argues for countries to build on their success stories and for others to explore such opportunities, taking into account their specific environmental, economic and social conditions. Fourth, on average, agriculture in SSA has generally performed better than most other sectors, except in countries endowed with mineral resources."--Publisher's description.

Author : Stephen Devereux,Simon Maxwell
Publisher : ITDG Publishing
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110194953

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Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa by Stephen Devereux,Simon Maxwell Pdf

Most contributions reflect an evolution of thinking during the 1990s.

Author : Mark W. Rosegrant,Sarah A. Cline,Weibo Li,Timothy B. Sulser,Rowena Valmonte-Santos
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 75 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2005-08-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780896296558

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Looking Ahead by Mark W. Rosegrant,Sarah A. Cline,Weibo Li,Timothy B. Sulser,Rowena Valmonte-Santos Pdf

References p. 52-59.

Author : International Association of Research Scholars and Fellows. Symposium
Publisher : IITA
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
ISBN : 9789781312984

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Facing Up to Food Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa by International Association of Research Scholars and Fellows. Symposium Pdf

Author : Barakat Mahmoud
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781789857337

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Food Security in Africa by Barakat Mahmoud Pdf

This edited volume “Food Security in Africa” is a collection of reviewed and relevant research chapters offering a comprehensive overview of recent developments in the field of food safety and availability, water issues, farming and nutrition. The book comprises single chapters authored by various researchers and edited by an expert active in the public health and food security research area. All chapters are complete in itself but united under a common research study topic. This publication aims at providing a thorough overview of the latest research efforts by international authors on Africa’s food security challenges, quality of water, small-scale farming as well as economic and social challenges that this continent is facing. Hopefully, this volume will open new possible research paths for further novel developments.

Author : Henk Bakker
Publisher : CABI
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1845938429

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Food Security in Africa and Asia by Henk Bakker Pdf

Authored by an experienced agriculturalist with substantial field experience in developing countries, this book adds to the literature on food security by proposing practical measures for improving plant-based food security in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Covering issues affecting food security, this book discusses ways of measuring farmers' resources, strategies for action, and an analysis of the challenges and problems faced, concluding with a discussion of ways in which stakeholders could work better together. This title is suitable for policy makers, international development agencies, NGO.

Author : Kevin M. Cleaver,W. Graeme Donovan
Publisher : Washington, D.C. : World Bank
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105016927829

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Agriculture, Poverty, and Policy Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa by Kevin M. Cleaver,W. Graeme Donovan Pdf

The extent of rural poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa; Lack of agricultural development as a major cause of rural poverty; A program to acelerate agricultural growth; Has the strategy been implemented? Measures of the impact of policy and investment on agriculture; Does agricultural growth benefit the rural poor? Agricultural progress in the "big Ten "Countries.

Author : Ousmane Badiane,Christopher L. Delgado
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2002-12-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780896296114

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A 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture, and the Environment in Sub-Saharan Africa by Ousmane Badiane,Christopher L. Delgado Pdf

The global environment facing Africa's food economy: trends, challenges, and perspectives; Strategic issues facing African Countries.

Author : Kevin M. Cleaver
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821324209

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A Strategy to Develop Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa and a Focus for the World Bank by Kevin M. Cleaver Pdf

For 25 years, population growth has outpaced increases in agricultural production in Sub-Saharan Africa. The lack of food and the degradation of agricultural land have forced policymakers to reassess agricultural strategies for the region. This paper provides such a reassessment by identifying policies and investments that have worked and those that have not. The author sets out the common elements required for agricultural and rural development throughout the region. The strategy presented in this paper comprises elements from several development sectors, including transport, water supply, education, finance, and the environment. The author makes five broad recommendations to promote Region: adoption of policies to promote private sector farming and agricultural marketing, processing, and credit development and distribution of new technologies inclusion of farmers in decisions affecting their livelihood development of infrastructure and social programs in support of agriculture improved management of natural resources Projections of the likely effects of the proposed policies and investments are included. Tables throughout the text present statistics on agricultural growth rates, commodity prices, and deforestation in the region. An annex contains more general tables, with information on population growth and fertility rates, land use, agricultural exports, and droughts. The strategies suggested in this paper will be of interest to policymakers, academics, and to development practitioners involved in African agriculture.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Agricultural assistance
ISBN : 9780821373514

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World Bank Assistance to Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa by Anonim Pdf

Sub-Saharan Africa is a critical development priority-it has some of the world's poorest countries and during the past two decades the number of poor in the Region has doubled, to 300 million-more than 40 percent of the Region's population. Africa remains behind on most of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and is unlikely to reach them by 2015. With some of the world's poorest countries, Africa is a development priority for the donor community. A major drag on Africa's development is the underperformance of the critical agriculture sector, which has been neglected both by donors and governments over the past two decades. The sector faces a variety of constraints that are particular to agriculture in Africa and make its development a complex challenge. Poor governance and conflict in several countries further complicate matters. IEG has assessed the development effectiveness of World Bank assistance in addressing constraints to agricultural development in Africa over the period of fiscal 1991-2006.

Author : Abebe Shimeles,Audrey Verdier-Chouchane,Amadou Boly
Publisher : Springer
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319762227

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Building a Resilient and Sustainable Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa by Abebe Shimeles,Audrey Verdier-Chouchane,Amadou Boly Pdf

What are the challenges and action points for agricultural sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa? This open access collection of papers offers technical analyses, policy recommendations and an overview of success stories to date. Each carefully selected paper provides valuable insights for improved policy making and defines relevant strategic priorities on Africa’s sustainable transformation process, which is in line with the international development agenda. Although agriculture remains the main source of income for Africa’s population, the sector is rain-fed subjecting it to the vagaries of weather and climate change. This volume demonstrates the rationale of developing a competitive, inclusive and sustainable agribusiness sector for Africa’s food security and structural transformation. From the impact of Bioenergy crop adoption and Drought Index Insurance to Agro-Industrialization, this volume is important reading for individual researchers, academic associations and professional bodies interested in African agricultural development.

Author : Christopher L. Delgado
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780896296107

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Africa's Changing Agricultural Development Strategies by Christopher L. Delgado Pdf

Similarities and dominant paradigms; Chronology and elements of the dominant paradigms of agricultural development; Insights for paradigms of African Agricultural Development.

Author : Renu Modi,Fantu Cheru
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781780323749

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Agricultural Development and Food Security in Africa by Renu Modi,Fantu Cheru Pdf

The subject of food security and land issues in Africa has become one of increased importance and contention over recent years. In particular, the focus has shifted to the role new global South donors - especially India, China and Brazil - are playing in shaping African agriculture through their increased involvement and investment in the continent. Approaching the topic through the framework of South-South co-operation, this highly original volume presents a critical analysis of the ways in which Chinese, Indian and Brazilian engagements in African agriculture are structured and implemented. Do these investments have the potential to create new opportunities to improve local living standards, transfer new technology and knowhow to African producers, and reverse the persistent productivity decline in African agriculture? Or will they simply aggravate the problem of food insecurity by accelerating the process of land alienation and displacement of local people from their land? Topical and comprehensive, Agricultural Development and Food Security in Africa offers fresh insight into a set of relationships that will shape both Africa and the world over the coming decades.

Author : Pernechele, V., Fontes, F., Baborska, R., Nkuingoua, J., Pan, X., Tuyishime, C.
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251343449

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Public expenditure on food and agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa by Pernechele, V., Fontes, F., Baborska, R., Nkuingoua, J., Pan, X., Tuyishime, C. Pdf

Monitoring and analysing food and agriculture policies and their effects is crucial to support decision makers in developing countries to shape better policies that drive agricultural and food systems transformation. This report is a technical analysis of government spending data on food and agriculture during 2004–2018 in 13 sub-Saharan African countries – Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania. It analyses the level of public expenditure, including budget execution, source of funding and decentralized spending, as well as the composition of expenditure, including on producer or consumer support, research and development, infrastructure and more to reveal the trends and challenges that countries are facing. It also delves into the relationship between the composition of public expenditure and agricultural performance.As a way forward for future policymaking, the report offers a set of recommendations to strengthen policy monitoring systems and data generation for effective public investments in food and agriculture.The report is produced by the Monitoring and Analysing Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP) programme at FAO in collaboration with MAFAP country partners.

Author : Per Pinstrup-Andersen,United Nations University
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0801476925

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The African Food System and Its Interaction with Human Health and Nutrition by Per Pinstrup-Andersen,United Nations University Pdf

Hunger, malnutrition, poor health, and deficient food systems are widespread in Sub-Saharan Africa. While much is known about African food systems and about African health and nutrition, our understanding of the interaction between food systems and health and nutrition is deficient. Moreover, the potential health gains from changes in the food system are frequently overlooked in policy design and implementation.The authors of The African Food System and its Interactions with Human Health and Nutrition examine how public policy and research aimed at the food system and its interaction with human health and nutrition can improve the well-being of Africans and help achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Several of the MDGs focus on health-related challenges: hunger alleviation; maternal, infant, and child mortality; the control of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria; and the provision of safe water and improved sanitation. These challenges are intensified by problems of low agricultural and food system productivity, gender inequity, lack of basic infrastructure, and environmental degradation, all of which have direct and indirect detrimental effects on health, nutrition, and the food system.Reflecting the complexity and multidisciplinary nature of these problems and their solutions, this book features contributions by world-renowned experts in economics, agriculture, health, nutrition, food science, and demography. Contributors: Harold Alderman, World Bank; Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University; Kathryn J. Boor, Cornell University; Laura K. Cramer, Cornell University; Stuart Gillespie, International Food Policy Research Institute; Anna Herforth, Cornell University; Dorothy Nakimbugwe, Makerere University; Rebecca Nelson, Cornell University, Onesmo K. ole-MoiYoi, Kenyatta University and Kenya Agricultural Research Institute; Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Cornell University and the University of Copenhagen; Marie T. Ruel, International Food Policy Research Institute; David E. Sahn, Cornell University; Barbara Boyle Torrey, Population Reference Bureau; E. Fuller Torrey, Stanley Medical Research Institute; Joachim von Braun, University of Bonn; Speciosa Wandira, Concave International; Derrill D. Watson, Cornell University