An African Niche Economy : : Farming to Feed Ibadan / / Jane L Guyer.
Of the several forces reshaping West African rural societies and economies in the post-colonial period, one of the most pervasive is the rapid growth of urban demand. This book studies a Yoruba community in the supply hinterland of Ibadan over twenty years. It tells the social and agricultural histo...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©1997 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | International African Library : IAL
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- List of Maps, Tables and Figures
- Preface
- Maps
- Part 1: Locations
- 1. Urban Hinterlands and Competitive Economies
- 2. The Challenges and Methods of a Restudy
- 3. Idere: An Invented Community
- Part II: Narratives
- 4. Newcomers and Novelties of the 1960s: Migrant Labour, Contract Farming and Other Innovations
- 5. Farming in the Peripheral Hinterland, 1968
- 6. The Oil Boom: Transporters, Tractors and New Sources of Hired Labour
- 7. The Mid-scale Farmers
- 8. The Foothold of Corporate Agribusiness
- 9. Women's Entry into Farming
- 10. The Younger Generation of Men
- 11. The Small-scale Male Farmers in 1988
- Part III: Synergies
- 12. 'Everybody's Farming Now': Agro-ecology in the Late 1980s
- 13. Collective Dynamics
- 14. The Niche Economy and Hinterland Change
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Bibliography
- Index