{"product_id":"digging-deeper-inside-africa-s-agricultural-food-and-nutrition-dynamics-9789004282681","title":"Digging Deeper: Inside Africa’s Agricultural, Food and Nutrition Dynamics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume attempts to dig deeper into what is currently happening in Africa’s agricultural and rural sector and to convince policymakers and others that it is important to look at the current African rural dynamics in ways that connect metropolitan demands for food with value chain improvements and agro-food cluster innovations. It is essential to go beyond a ‘development bureaucracy’ and a state-based approach to rural transformation, such as the one that often dominates policy debate in African government circles, organizations like the African Union and the UN, and donor agencies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures, Maps, Photos and Tables  List of Contributors   1 Introduction  Akinyinka Akinyoade, Ton Dietz, Dick Foeken and Wijnand Klaver  Section 1 Mapping the Evidence  2 Mapping the Food Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa  Lia van Wesenbeeck  3 Agricultural Pockets of Effectiveness in Africa A Comparative Inventory of Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda since 2000  Akinyinka Akinyoade, Ton Dietz and André Leliveld  4 Food Production and Consumption in Relation to Food Insecurity and Undernutrition in Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda Wijnand Klaver  Section 2 Agricultural Production and Effectiveness  5 Dairy Clustering in Kenya  Diederik de Boer and Jackson Langat  6 Biofuel Feedstock Production in Ethiopia Status, Challenges and Contributions Maru Shete Bekele and Marcel Rutten  7 Local Careers and Mixed Fortunes in Africa’s Globalizing Food Exports The Case of Nile Perch from Lake Victoria, Uganda Joost Beuving  Section 3 Drivers of Food Production  8 Pressures and Incentives Urban Growth and Food Production at Tamale’s Rural-Urban Interface Sebastiaan Soeters  9 The Dynamics of Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture Diana Lee-Smith  10 From Suitcase Farmers to Telephone Farmers Agriculture and Diversified Livelihoods among Urban Professionals  Melle Leenstra  Section 4 Institutional Issues  11 National Agricultural Research Systems in Africa Olubunmi Abayomi Omotesho and Abraham Falola  12 Contributions of Small- and Large-Scale Farms and Foreign and Local Investments to Agricultural Growth The Nigerian Example Sheu-Usman Akanbi and Akinyinka Akinyoade  13 Loss and Damage from Droughts and Floods in Rural Africa Kees van der Geest and Koko Warner  14 Agriculture and Nutrition Linkages and Complementarities Inge D. Brouwer  Appendix A Selected Statistics of Major World Regions and Selected Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa Appendix B Fifty Years of Agricultural and Food Dynamics in Africa – Statistical Data","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210656473431,"sku":"9789004282681","price":71.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/digging-deeper-inside-africa-s-agricultural-food-and-nutrition-dynamics-9789004282681","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}