The African Food Crisis: Lessons from the Asian Green Revolution

The African Food Crisis: Lessons from the Asian Green Revolution

ISBN-10:
0851999980
ISBN-13:
9780851999982
Pub. Date:
05/27/2005
Publisher:
CABI
ISBN-10:
0851999980
ISBN-13:
9780851999982
Pub. Date:
05/27/2005
Publisher:
CABI
The African Food Crisis: Lessons from the Asian Green Revolution

The African Food Crisis: Lessons from the Asian Green Revolution

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Overview

This book is the outcome of a three-year project coordinated by a group of Swedish researchers and with collaborating scholars from Africa and Asia. It provides a comparative study between Asian agricultural development during the Green Revolution in food production and the current problematic agricultural situation in sub-Saharan Africa. Case studies of eight African and eight Asian countries (focusing on the early part of the Green Revolution) were carried out. Based on these studies the book presents a causal and explanatory model of Asian green revolutions and discusses why it has occurred in Asia, but not in Africa.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780851999982
Publisher: CABI
Publication date: 05/27/2005
Series: Cabi Series
Pages: 288
Product dimensions: 6.88(w) x 9.75(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

* African Food Crisis - The Relevance of Asian Experiences, G Djurfeldt, H Holmen, M Jirstrom and R Larsson
* Global Perspectives on Agricultural Development, G Djurfeldt
* The State and Green Revolutions in East Asia, M Jirström
* The Puzzle of the Policy Shift - The Early Green Revolution in India, Indonesia and the Philippines, G Djurfeldt and M Jirström
* Spurts in Production - Africa's Limping Green Revolution, H Holmén
* The State and Agricultural Intensification in Sub-Saharan Africa, H Holmén
* Crisis and Potential in Smallholder Food Production - Evidence from Micro Level, R Larsson
* From Roller Coasters to Rocket Ships: The Role of Technology in African Agricultural Successes, S Haggblade, IFPRI, Zambia
* The Role of the State in the Nigerian Green Revolution, T Akande, Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research, Nigeria
* Why the Early Promise for Rapid Increases in Maize Productivity in Kenya Was Not Sustained, W Oluoch-Kosura and J T Karugia, University of Nairobi, Kenya
* From Ujamaa to Structural Adjustment - Agricultural Intensification in Tanzania, A C Isinika, G C Ashimogo and J E D Mlangwa, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
* Smallholders and Structural Adjustment in Ghana, A W Seini and V K Nyanteng, University of Ghana, Ghana
* Green Revolution and Regional Inequality: Implications of Asian Experience for Africa, K Otsuka, and T Yamano, Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development, Japan
* Conclusions and a look ahead, T Akande, G Djurfeldt, H Holmén and A Isinika
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