Food in Sub-Saharan Africa

Published by Lynne Rienner Publishers 1986

Food in Sub-Saharan Africa

Edited by: Art Hansen and Della E. McMillan

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685852917

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Presents an integrated multidisciplinary perspective on contemporary food issues in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Tables and Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	XV
1 Overview: Food in Sub-Saharan Africa Della E. McMillan and Art Hansen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART 1 OVERVIEW
2 Food as a Focus of National and Regional Policies in Contemporary Africa S. K. B. Asante Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
3 The Political Economy of Food Issues René Lemarchand Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
4 Agricultural Development Ideas in Historical Perspective John M. Staatz and Carl K. Eicher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
5 Social Science Perspectives on Food in Africa Sara Berry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
PART 2 ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN BACKGROUND
6 The African Environment Charles Guthrie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
7 Climate, Drought, and Famine in Africa Sharon E. Nicholson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
8 Subsistence Strategies and Systems of Land Use in Africa Daniel McGee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
9 Traditional Social Formations Ronald Cohen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
10 Agriculture, Food, and the Colonial Period R. Hunt Davis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
PART 3 FOOD PRODUCTION
11 African Soils: Opportunities and Constraints Hugh Popenoe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
12 Major Domesticated Food Crops Clifton Hiebsch and Stephen K. O’Hair Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
13 Livestock in the Economies of Sub-Saharan Africa James R. Simpson and Robert E. Mcdowell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
14 Undomesticated Animals and Plants Michael E. Mcglothlen, Paul Goldsmith and Charles Fox Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
PART 4 POSTHARVEST TECHNOLOGY, DISTRIBUTION, AND NUTRITION
15 Postharvest Considerations in the Food Chain Robert P. Bates Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
16 Fuelwood Olivia Webley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	254
17 Distribution of Resources and Products in Mossi Households Della E Mcmillan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	260
18 Meeting Human Nutritional Needs Patricia A. Wagner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	274
PART 5 WORKING TOWARD SOLUTIONS
19 The Role of International Agricultural Research Centers in Africa Donald L. Plucknett, Nigel J. H. Smith and Robert W. Herdt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	292
20 Farming Systems Research and Extension: An Approach to Solving Food Problems in Africa Louise O. Fresco and Susan V. Poats Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
21 Women Farmers and Food in Africa: Some Considerations and Suggested Solutions Anita Spring Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	332
22 Prospects for Long-Term African Change: The Lagos Plan of Action Versus the Berg Report Robert S. Browne and Robert J. Cummings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	349
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	364
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	397
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	401

Language: English
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 375

eBook

Published: April 24, 2023
ISBN: 9781685852917