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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2023]Copyright date: ©1986Description: 1 online resource (375 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780931477591
  • 9781685852917
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  • online - DeGruyter
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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
Summary: Presents an integrated multidisciplinary perspective on contemporary food issues in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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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

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

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mai 2023)