Digging deeper : : inside Africa's agricultural, food and nutrition dynamics / / edited by Akinyinka Akinyoade [and three others] ; contributors, Sheu-Usman Akanbi [and nineteen others].

• Superior document: African Dynamics, Volume 13
• TeilnehmendeR: Akinyoade, Akinyinka,; Akanbi, Sheu-Usman,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: African dynamics ; Volume 13.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (380 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; Mapping the Food Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa /; Agricultural Pockets of Effectiveness in Africa: A Comparative Inventory of Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda since 2000 /; Food Production and Consumption in Relation to Food Insecurity and Undernutrition in Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda /; Dairy Clustering in Kenya /; Biofuel Feedstock Production in Ethiopia: Status, Challenges and Contributions /; Local Careers and Mixed Fortunes in Africa’s Globalizing Food Exports: The Case of Nile Perch from Lake Victoria, Uganda /; Pressures and Incentives: Urban Growth and Food Production at Tamale’s Rural-Urban Interface /; The Dynamics of Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture /; From Suitcase Farmers to Telephone Farmers: Agriculture and Diversified Livelihoods among Urban Professionals /; National Agricultural Research Systems in Africa /; Contributions of Small- and Large-Scale Farms and Foreign and Local Investments to Agricultural Growth: The Nigerian Example /; Loss and Damage from Droughts and Floods in Rural Africa /; 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 Data /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• ISBN: 9004282696
• ISSN: 1568-1777
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Akinyinka Akinyoade [and three others] ; contributors, Sheu-Usman Akanbi [and nineteen others].

This 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.