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Author : International Society for Tropical Root Crops. Africa Branch. Symposium
Publisher : International Society for Tropical Root Crops
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Cassava
ISBN : UIUC:30112047857872
Author : Xinshen Diao,Shenggen Fan,Sam Kanyarukiga,Bingxin Yu
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780896291768
Although Rwanda has made considerable progress in recovering politically and economically from the devastating effects of the 1994 genocide, the poverty rate is still higher and the gross domestic product lower than before the genocide. Poverty reduction and economic growth would receive much-needed support from increased agricultural growth. This study assesses alternative agricultural development strategies, identifying areas in which policy reforms, together with public and private investment, can best promote Rwandan agriculture. The authors evaluate the potential of several different agricultural subsectors-grains, root crops, livestock, and others-to contribute to national agricultural growth and poverty reduction. They conclude that growth in staple crops, particularly root crops such as cassava and potatoes, has the greatest potential to encourage economywide growth and poverty reduction. Promoting the necessary staple crop growth will require the allocation of public resources to the agricultural sector to increase significantly, reaching 10 percent of the total government budget. It will also require rethinking Rwanda's earlier emphasis on promoting export crop growth, which has proved inadequate in encouraging poverty reduction while also posing environmental problems. This study makes an important contribution to the debate over the most effective development strategies for Rwanda and other Sub-Saharan African nations.Show More Show Less
Author : Samuel Benin, James Thurlow, Xinshen Diao, Allen Kebba, and Nelson Ofwono
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Michael Lipton
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780896296541
References p. 25-28.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1604560347
Poverty is a social fact of life for billions of people around the world. The developed countries abhor poverty, or seem to, for several reasons. Perhaps it is a blotch on their consciences. Perhaps there is a genuine desire to help those who are not prospering while others around them are. Perhaps they wish to pay lip service to the good cause of eliminating either poverty or the poor, whichever comes first. This new book brings together new economic research on programs and policies related to poverty and its elimination or alleviation around the globe.
Author : James Thurlow, Samuel Benin, Xinshen Diao, Henrietta Kalinda, and Thomson Kalinda
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Ephraim Nkonya
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780896291362
References pp. 123-136.
Author : Hazell, P.B.R.,Poulton, Colin,Wiggins, Steve,Dorward, Andrew
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780896297647
Author : M.L. Narasaiah
Publisher : Discovery Publishing House
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Food supply
ISBN : 8183560628
Will there be enough food to feed 8 billion people who will live on earth in 25 years times? Surprisingly few people, at least in the industrial countries, seems to be overly concerned with this question. Whereas the world conferences on the environment, on women, human rights or social issues, which were held in recent years were preceded and accompanied by intensive public debate, food does not seem to be a burning issue. Don t we have mountains of surplus food, people ask. Do we not have to pay our farmers to leave their land idle in order not to add to the glut on the world markets? And hasn t the Green Revolution ended famine even in countries like India which used to be a synonym for hungry people? So where is the problem? The advance made in agricultural production since beginning against a background of imminent crisis are indeed remarkable. In only 20 years, yields of major crops like rice, maize and wheat in developing countries went up by 80 per cent, outpacing even the rapid increase in population. But this growth in yields has slowed down in recent years, and the aim of food for all is once again becoming elusive. About 800 million people still do not have access to enough food to meet their basic daily needs, nearly 200 million children suffer from protein and energy deficiencies, 88 countries 44 or them in Africa have a deficit in food production.
Author : John A. Dixon,David P. Gibbon,Aidan Gulliver,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9251046271
A joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the main farming systems of the six major developing regions of the world.
Author : Andre Bationo,Boaz Waswa,Jeremiah M. Okeyo,Fredah Maina,Job Kihara,Uzo Mokwunye
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789400715363
Legumes play an important role in the cropping systems of sub Saharan Africa (SSA). Legumes are an important source of nutrition to both humans and livestock by providing the much needed protein, minerals, fibre and vitamins. The sale of legumes seed, leaves and fibre generates income for the marginalized communities especially women. Cultivation of legumes is essential for the regeneration of nutrient-deficient soils. By biologically fixing nitrogen (BNF) in the soil, legumes provide a relatively low-cost method of replacing otherwise expensive inorganic nitrogen in the soil. This enhances soil fertility and boosts subsequent cereal crop yields. Production of legumes in SSA is however; hampered by a number of constraints among them low and declining soil fertility, low soil pH, high salinity, drought and flooding, poor access to improved germplasm, diseases, pests and weeds. Farmers need to learn how to overcome these constraints if the full benefits of legumes are to be gained. This book presents a synthesis of research work on legumes and draws attention to the importance of legumes in integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) and poverty alleviation in SSA.
Author : Gregory J. Scott,Mark W. Rosegrant,Claudia Ringler
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780896296350
Synthesizes a significant amount of data and information on roots and tubers in an effort to provide a clearer vision of their past, present, and future roles in the food systems of developing countries. How the production and use of these commodities have changed and will continue to change over time are all the more important to understand because of the contribution they make to the diets and income-generating activities of the rural and urban poor in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Provides a fuller understanding of the prospects of roots and tubers for food, feed, and other uses in developing countries.
Author : R C Ray
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2006-01-05
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781482280432
The application of microbial biotechnology to horticulture is of great importance, because it has the potential to increase productivity, to enhance quality and shelf-life of the produce and to develop novel techniques in food processing and for conversion of horticultural wastes into renewal energy sources. In addition, a wide array of scientific
Author : Samuel Benin, James Thurlow, Xinshen Diao, Christen McCool, and Franklin Simtowe
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Agriculture employs three-quarters of the population of Malawi. It makes up more than forty percent of the economy and sixty percent of all exports. Yet productivity in agriculture--measured as the amount of output for a given amount of inputs--is considerably lower than it could be, given Malawi's agricultural resources. Efforts to expand the economy and reduce poverty must involve agriculture. Where should the Government of Malawi invest?
Author : Anonim
Publisher : International Potato Center
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9290602023
