Digging Deeper Inside Africa's Agricultural, Food and Nutrition Dynamics

Abstract

This book takes a closer look at the surprising increase in agricultural production in African countries since 2000, which appear to be keeping pace with population growth, and the translation to Africa how to feed the increasingly urbanized and growing populations in the coming decades.Intro -- Digging Deeper: Inside Africa's Agricultural, Food and Nutrition Dynamics -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures, Maps, Photos and Tables -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- List of Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- Section 1: Mapping the Evidence -- 2 Mapping the Food Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa -- 3 Agricultural Pockets of Effectiveness in Africa: A Comparative Inventory of Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda since 2000 -- 4 Food Production and Consumption in Relation to Food Insecurity and Undernutrition in Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda -- Section 2: Agricultural Production and Effectiveness -- 5 Dairy Clustering in Kenya -- 6 Biofuel Feedstock Production in Ethiopia: Status, Challenges and Contributions -- 7 Local Careers and Mixed Fortunes in Africa's Globalizing Food Exports: The Case of Nile Perch from Lake Victoria, Uganda -- Section 3: Drivers of Food Production -- 8 Pressures and Incentives: Urban Growth and Food Production at Tamale's Rural-Urban Interface -- 9 The Dynamics of Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture -- 10 From Suitcase Farmers to Telephone Farmers: Agriculture and Diversified Livelihoods among Urban Professionals -- Section 4: Institutional Issues -- 11 National Agricultural Research Systems in Africa -- 12 Contributions of Small- and Large-Scale Farms and Foreign and Local Investments to Agricultural Growth: The Nigerian Example -- 13 Loss and Damage from Droughts and Floods in Rural Africa -- 14 Agriculture and Nutrition: Linkages and Complementarities -- 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 DataThis book takes a closer look at the surprising increase in agricultural production in African countries since 2000, which appear to be keeping pace with population growth, and the translation to Africa how to feed the increasingly urbanized and growing populations in the coming decades.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries