Bibliograph

Africa's Agricultural Renaissance, From Paradox to Powerhouse, by Ayodele Odusola

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Africa's Agricultural Renaissance, From Paradox to Powerhouse, by Ayodele Odusola

Language

eng

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Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Africa's Agricultural Renaissance

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1258117858

Responsibility statement

by Ayodele Odusola

Series statement

Springer eBooks.

Sub title

From Paradox to Powerhouse

Summary

This book addresses the paradox between preponderance of hunger in a continent that is well endowed with fertile agricultural land, plenty of fresh water and a vibrant labor force. As some statistics show, close to 60% of arable land in the world is located in Africa which also has several rivers flowing in all seasons and plenty of underground water. The bulk of its labor force thrives on agriculture, yet the continent's largest import item is food. 23 of 36 the most malnourished countries also belong in Africa. This has caused significant needless human suffering. This book goes beyond providing the traditional framework of supplying policy recommendations to delivering an applied, innovative framework upon which policymakers, the private sector and international institutions can take clear and deliberate action to stimulate Africa's agricultural sector, thus responding to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Section 1. Africa's Agricultural Renaissance -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The imperative of investing in agriculture to catalyze national development -- Chapter 3. The Current State of African Agriculture -- Chapter 4. Agriculture-poverty-inequality nexus in Africa: Theory and Evidence -- Chapter 5. Agriculture as a powerhouse of food security in Africa -- Chapter 6. Agriculture as a powerhouse of inclusive development -- Section 2. Towards a Powerhouse: Cases, Actions, and Conclusions -- Chapter 7. Lessons from Asia's agricultural transformation -- Chapter 8. A system dynamic approach to African Agriculture -- Chapter 9. Towards an agricultural powerhouse in Africa -- Chapter 10. Summary and conclusions

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