The Challenges of Agricultural Production and Food Security in Africa

ISBN-13: 9781138991088 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 200 str.

Olusegun Obasanjo

Opis

The agricultural and rural crisis besetting Africa is the result of both policy failures and inadequacies and the product of structural rigidities inhibiting access to and control of vital resources. The challenge of leadership in the agricultural sector is how to design and implement policies which would help induce growth and development in this sector. It is against this background that the Africa Leadership Forum convened in Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria in July of 1989 to explore a broad range of parameters to be addressed in the formulation of successful policies. This volume is derived from papers submitted and presentations made. The book provides the main conclusions and recommendations which emanated from the conference. They highlight a series of actions which must be taken in such areas as women in agriculture, small-scale farmers, agribusiness, subsidies, human capital, and linkages between international and national research anbd energy. Other topics include - Africa's security situation; social and economic factors, ecology, and social engineering; dietary patterns in Africa; pest management; agricultural practice; and international organizations. It is aimed at economists, anthropologists, ecologists, agriculturalists, social and political scientists, and all those interested or involved in agricultural production in Africa and other underdeveloped countries.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction, Olusegun Obasanjo; Part 1 Overview; Chapter 2 Agricultural Production in Africa, M. S. Swaminathan; Chapter 3 Food Security in Africa; Chapter 4 Dietary Patterns in Africa, Idris M. Nur; Part 2 The Practice of Agriculture in Africa; Chapter 5 Problems and Prospects fn5_a/ “Visions for IPM in Africa.” Address first given in its substantial content at the Final Plenary Session at a Conference on Pest Management and the African Farmer. Duduville, Nairobi, Kenya, May 21–26, 1989., Thomas R. Odhiambo; Chapter 6 The Farmer's Viewpoint, Mark Chona; Chapter 7 The Zimbabwean Viewpoint; Chapter 8 The Women's Viewpoint, Mary Okelo; Chapter 9 Agribusiness, George Moody-Stuart; Chapter 10 The Needs of African Agriculture, M. Pierre-Victor Mpoyo; Part 3 International Cooperation and Food Security; Chapter 11 The World Food Program Perspective, Ketema Yifru; Chapter 12 The Food and Agricultural Organization's Approach to Formulating National Food Security Programs in Developing Countries, Leopold Wantisse Siry; Chapter 13 Rice in West Africa: The Role of WARDA, Eugene R. Terry; Part 4 Future Directions; Chapter 14 Beyond the Crisis in African Agriculture: Balancing Conservation and Development * Reprinted from CERES, The FAO Review 117 (20:3), May-June, 1987., Edward S. Ayensu; Chapter 15 What is Going Right with African Agriculture, Paul Harrison; Chapter 16 Development, Food, and Agricultural Sufficiency: The Korean Experience, Jai-Suk Chung; afterword Afterword: Presentation by Jimmy Carter and Discussion;

O autorze

Olusegun Obasanjo, Hans D'orville