TY - BOOK AU - Asante,S.K.B. AU - Bates,Robert P. AU - Berry,Sara AU - Browne,Robert S. AU - Cohen,Ronald AU - Cummings,Robert J. AU - Davis,R.Hunt AU - Eicher,Carl K. AU - Fox,Charles AU - Fresco,Louise O. AU - Goldsmith,Paul AU - Guthrie,Charles AU - Hansen,Art AU - Herdt,Robert W. AU - Hiebsch,Clifton AU - Lemarchand,René AU - McGee,Daniel AU - McMillan,Della E. AU - Mcdowell,Robert E. AU - Mcglothlen,Michael E. AU - Mcmillan,Della E AU - Nicholson,Sharon E. AU - O’Hair,Stephen K. AU - Plucknett,Donald L. AU - Poats,Susan V. AU - Popenoe,Hugh AU - Simpson,James R. AU - Smith,Nigel J.H. AU - Spring,Anita AU - Staatz,John M. AU - Wagner,Patricia A. AU - Webley,Olivia TI - Food in Sub-Saharan Africa SN - 9780931477591 PY - 2023///] CY - Boulder : PB - Lynne Rienner Publishers, KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy (see also SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food) KW - bisacsh N1 - 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; restricted access N2 - Presents an integrated multidisciplinary perspective on contemporary food issues in Sub-Saharan Africa UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685852917 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781685852917 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781685852917/original ER -