Governments Farmers And Seeds In A Changing Africa

Author : E. Cromwell
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105018369889

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Governments, Farmers and Seeds in a Changing Africa by E. Cromwell Pdf

Within the international community there is a growing awareness of the need for a broader and deeper understanding of the relationship between governments and farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Nowhere in the agricultural sector is this awareness growing more rapidly than in the seed sub-sector. Here the quest for alternatives to the large-scale government seed supply organizations of the 1970s and 1980s is becoming more urgent in the face of Africa's stagnating crop yields and mounting food deficits. This book presents the results of the first study to investigate the African seed sector in detail, using case study material from Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It provides a new conceptual approach to analysing structural and organizational issues in the seed sector. The author assesses the likely impact on the seed sector of the two trends of structural adjustment and greater emphasis on community participation. The book also explains the policy lessons for organising the delivery of inputs such as seeds. It will be of interest to economists, other social scientists and policy makers concerned with agriculture and development.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : CIMMYT
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Corn
ISBN : 9789706480750

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Farmers' Maize Seed Systems in Western Oromia, Ethiopia by Anonim Pdf

Author : Timothy A. Wise
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-02-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781620974230

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Eating Tomorrow by Timothy A. Wise Pdf

"A powerful polemic against agricultural technology." —Nature A major new book that shows the world already has the tools to feed itself, without expanding industrial agriculture or adopting genetically modified seeds, from the Small Planet Institute expert Few challenges are more daunting than feeding a global population projected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050—at a time when climate change is making it increasingly difficult to successfully grow crops. In response, corporate and philanthropic leaders have called for major investments in industrial agriculture, including genetically modified seed technologies. Reporting from Africa, Mexico, India, and the United States, Timothy A. Wise's Eating Tomorrow discovers how in country after country agribusiness and its well-heeled philanthropic promoters have hijacked food policies to feed corporate interests. Most of the world, Wise reveals, is fed by hundreds of millions of small-scale farmers, people with few resources and simple tools but a keen understanding of what and how to grow food. These same farmers—who already grow more than 70 percent of the food eaten in developing countries—can show the way forward as the world warms and population increases. Wise takes readers to remote villages to see how farmers are rebuilding soils with ecologically sound practices and nourishing a diversity of native crops without chemicals or imported seeds. They are growing more and healthier food; in the process, they are not just victims in the climate drama but protagonists who have much to teach us all.

Author : Cyndi Spindell Berck,Peter Berck,Salvatore Di Falco
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-05
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781351369510

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Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in Africa by Cyndi Spindell Berck,Peter Berck,Salvatore Di Falco Pdf

A changing climate is likely to have a drastic impact on crop yields in Africa. The purpose of this book is to document the effects of climate change on agriculture in Africa and to discuss strategies for adaptation to hotter weather and less predictable rainfall. These strategies include promoting opportunities for farmers to adopt technologies that produce optimal results in terms of crop yield and income under local agro-ecological and socioeconomic conditions. The focus is on sub-Saharan Africa, an area that is already affected by changing patterns of heat and rainfall. Because of the high prevalence of subsistence farming, food insecurity, and extreme poverty in this region, there is a great need for practical adaptation strategies. The book includes empirical research in Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, and other Sub-Saharan countries, and the conclusion summarizes policy-relevant findings from the chapters. It is aimed at advanced students, researchers, extension and development practitioners, and officials of government agencies, NGOs, and funding agencies. It also will provide supplementary reading for courses in environment and development and in agricultural economics.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 925104323X

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Seed Policy and Programmes for Sub-Saharan Africa by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

One of the major challenges facing most countries in sub-Saharan Africa is the need to invest significant resources into strengthening their capacity to increase the availability of good-quality seeds of a wider range of plant varieties. This publication presents the proceedings of the Regional Technical Meeting on Seed Policy and Programmes for sub-Saharan Africa.

Author : Devra I. Jarvis,L.. Myer,H. Klemick
Publisher : Bioversity International
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Agricultural conservation
ISBN : 9789290434528

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A Training Guide for in Situ Conservation On-farm by Devra I. Jarvis,L.. Myer,H. Klemick Pdf

Author : Venkatachalam Venkatesan
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821330861

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Seed Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa by Venkatachalam Venkatesan Pdf

World Bank Discussion Paper No. 266. Seed production and distribution are important factors in determining the pace of agricultural development. For a seed system to be effective, it must satisfy the different requirements of each crop. Presently

Author : Sukhpal Singh
Publisher : Gyan Publishing House
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 8178355116

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Contract Farming and the State by Sukhpal Singh Pdf

The book examines the contract farming systems in Thailand and India with focus on the role of the State in these two countries. The study is based on case studies of four agri-Business firms and their farmers in Northern Thailand in potato and sweet corn crops. This study also attempts to look out the larger impacts of contracting on the local economy in these two countries. The book will he highly useful for stake holders in contract farming-policy makers, academics, agri-business firms etc.

Author : Jeremiah I. Dibua
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351152907

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Modernization and the Crisis of Development in Africa by Jeremiah I. Dibua Pdf

In this book, Jeremiah I. Dibua challenges prevailing notions of Africa's development crisis by drawing attention to the role of modernization as a way of understanding the nature and dynamics of the crisis, and how to overcome the problem of underdevelopment. He specifically focuses on Nigeria and its development trajectory since it exemplifies the crisis of underdevelopment in the continent. He explores various theoretical and empirical issues involved in understanding the crisis, including state, class, gender and culture, often neglected in analysis, from an interdisciplinary, radical political economy perspective. This is the first book to adopt such an approach and to develop a new framework for analyzing Nigeria's and Africa's development crisis. It will influence the debate on the development dilemma of African and Third World societies and will be of interest to scholars and students of race and ethnicity, modern African history, class analysis, gender studies, and development studies.

Author : J. Dibua
Publisher : Springer
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137286659

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Development and Diffusionism by J. Dibua Pdf

This book deconstructs the neopatrimonial paradigm that has dominated analysis of Nigerian and African development. It shows that by denying agency to Nigerian societies and devaluing indigenous culture and local realities, Eurocentric diffusionism played a significant role in the failure of development planning.

Author : Amanda Kennedy,Jonathan Liljeblad
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781317380726

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Food Systems Governance by Amanda Kennedy,Jonathan Liljeblad Pdf

Sustainability and food production represent a major challenge to society, with both consumption and supply sides posing practical and ethical dilemmas. This book shows that food governance issues can occur in many ways and at many points along the food chain. The risks and impacts, particularly with the increasing globalisation of food systems, are often distributed in unequal ways. It is the role of law to form the pivot around which these issues are addressed in society in the form of food governance mechanisms. The chapters in this book address a range of issues in food governance revolving around questions of justice, fairness, equality and human rights. They identify different issues regarding inequality in access and control over food governance. Some address generic governance and institutional issues across a range of international contexts, while others present case studies, including from Argentina, China, India, Indonesia, Thailand, UK and West Africa. The book offers directions for reform of the law and legal institutions to mitigate the dangers of inequality and promote greater fairness in food governance.

Author : K. Vanangamudi,V. Manonmani
Publisher : Scientific Publishers
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789387307803

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Organic Seed : Traditional Varieties And Technologies by K. Vanangamudi,V. Manonmani Pdf

The production and supply of organic seed is the need of the hour to facilitate the organic Agriculture, which ensures the production of the organic food products free from the toxic substances for better human health. But, also to conserve the soil and environmental health for well-beings of the human life including the flora and fauna. Keeping the importance of the organic agriculture, the book on "Organic seed" has been compiled which is first of its kind in India. This book consists of four major parts. Part I deals with the documentation of the indigenous varieties in cereals, pulses, oilseeds and vegetables. In Part II, an overview of organic agriculture, requirements and technologies for organic seed production with special reference to rice and cotton, seed quality treatments, certification, marketing and storage of organic seed are discussed. Part III includes the technologies for production, processing and storage of seed. Role of community seed bank, seed fairs and farmers participatory plant breeding are included in the Part IV.

Author : David Arthur Cleveland,Daniela Soleri
Publisher : CABI
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Agricultural extension work
ISBN : 085199881X

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Farmers, Scientists, and Plant Breeding by David Arthur Cleveland,Daniela Soleri Pdf

The purpose of this book is to examine the nature of and relationship between the knowledge of farmers and of scientists, and how these can be best integrated in plant breeding.

Author : Takeshima, Hiroyuki
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Importance of rice research and development in rice seed policies by Takeshima, Hiroyuki Pdf

First, this paper shows that rice varietal development in Nigeria has been lagging behind that of other developing countries in Asia and Latin America, due partly to insufficient investment in domestic rice R&D. The paper then illustrates using a household model simulation that impacts of certain policies, such as the seed subsidy, may be greater (smaller) if they are applied to good (poor) varieties. The paper concludes by discussing key policy implications and future research needs.

Author : Derek Byerlee,Carl K. Eicher
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1555877761

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Africa's Emerging Maize Revolution by Derek Byerlee,Carl K. Eicher Pdf

Intended for policymakers and scholars, the 15 contributions in this volume are divided into two sections: the first provides six country case studies of the evolving maize economies of Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Kenya, Ghana, and Nigeria. The second part synthesizes major technological, institutional, and policy issues with chapters on research and extension, soil fertility, seed and fertilizer delivery systems, and marketing and price policy. Paper edition (754-0), $29.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR