Food in Sub-Saharan Africa / / ed. by Della E. McMillan, Art Hansen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Asante, S. K. B.,; Bates, Robert P.,; Berry, Sara,; Browne, Robert S.,; Cohen, Ronald,; Cummings, Robert J.,; Davis, R. Hunt,; Eicher, Carl K.,; Fox, Charles,; Fresco, Louise O.,; Goldsmith, Paul,; Guthrie, Charles,; Hansen, Art,; Herdt, Robert W.,; Hiebsch, Clifton,; Lemarchand, René,; McGee, Daniel,; McMillan, Della E.,; Mcdowell, Robert E.,; Mcglothlen, Michael E.,; Mcmillan, Della E,; Nicholson, Sharon E.,; O’Hair, Stephen K.,; Plucknett, Donald L.,; Poats, Susan V.,; Popenoe, Hugh,; Simpson, James R.,; Smith, Nigel J. H.,; Spring, Anita,; Staatz, John M.,; Wagner, Patricia A.,; Webley, Olivia,
• HerausgeberIn: Hansen, Art,; McMillan, Della E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1986
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (375 p.)

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

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Tables and Figures
• Preface
• 1 Overview: Food in Sub-Saharan Africa
• PART 1 OVERVIEW
• 2 Food as a Focus of National and Regional Policies in Contemporary Africa
• 3 The Political Economy of Food Issues
• 4 Agricultural Development Ideas in Historical Perspective
• 5 Social Science Perspectives on Food in Africa
• PART 2 ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN BACKGROUND
• 6 The African Environment
• 7 Climate, Drought, and Famine in Africa
• 8 Subsistence Strategies and Systems of Land Use in Africa
• 9 Traditional Social Formations
• 10 Agriculture, Food, and the Colonial Period
• PART 3 FOOD PRODUCTION
• 11 African Soils: Opportunities and Constraints
• 12 Major Domesticated Food Crops
• 13 Livestock in the Economies of Sub-Saharan Africa
• 14 Undomesticated Animals and Plants
• PART 4 POSTHARVEST TECHNOLOGY, DISTRIBUTION, AND NUTRITION
• 15 Postharvest Considerations in the Food Chain
• 16 Fuelwood
• 17 Distribution of Resources and Products in Mossi Households
• 18 Meeting Human Nutritional Needs
• PART 5 WORKING TOWARD SOLUTIONS
• 19 The Role of International Agricultural Research Centers in Africa
• 20 Farming Systems Research and Extension: An Approach to Solving Food Problems in Africa
• 21 Women Farmers and Food in Africa: Some Considerations and Suggested Solutions
• 22 Prospects for Long-Term African Change: The Lagos Plan of Action Versus the Berg Report
• References
• Contributors
• Index