The African food crisis : lessons from the Asian Green Revolution /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2005.
• Subjects: Green revolution > Asia.; Agriculture > Asia.; Food supply > Africa.; Agricultural Economics.; Food Economics, (New March 2000); Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000); Agricultural development.; Agricultural economics.; Agricultural production.; Food production.; Food security.; Green revolution.; Rural development.; Sociology.; Electronic books.
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A comparative study between Asian agricultural development during the Green Revolution in food production and the current problematic agricultural situation in sub-Saharan Africa is presented. Case studies of eight African (viz. Ghana, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda and Zambia) a...

Table of Contents:

• African Food Crisis : the Relevance of Asian Experiences / Göran Djurfeldt, Hans Holmén, Magnus Jirström and Rolf Larsson
• Global Perspectives on Agricultural Development / Göran Djurfeldt
• The State and Green Revolutions in East Asia / Magnus Jirström
• The Puzzle of the Policy Shift : the Early Green Revolution in India, Indonesia and the Philippines / Göran Djurfeldt and Magnus Jirström
• Spurts in Production : Africa's Limping Green Revolution / Hans Holmén
• The State and Agricultural Intensification in Sub-Saharan Africa / Hans Holmén
• Crisis and Potential in Smallholder Food Production : Evidence from Micro Level / Rolf Larsson
• From Roller Coasters to Rocket Ships : the Role of Technology in African Agricultural Successes / Steven Haggblade
• The Role of the State in the Nigerian Green Revolution / Tunji Akande
• Why the Early Promise for Rapid Increases in Maize Productivity in Kenya was not Sustained : Lessons for Sustainable Investment in Agriculture / Willis Oluoch-Kosura and Joseph T. Karugia
• From Ujamaa to Structural Adjustment : Agricultural Intensification in Tanzania / Aida C. Isinika, Gasper C. Ashimogo and James E.D. Mlangwa
• Smallholders and Structural Adjustment in Ghana / A. Wayo Seini and V. Kwame Nyanteng
• Green Revolution and Regional Inequality : Implications of Asian Experience for Africa / Keijiro Otsuka and Takashi Yamano
• Conclusions and a Look Ahead / Tunji Akande, Göran Djurfeldt, Hans Holmén, and Aida C. Isinika.