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The African Food Crisis: Lessons from the Asian Green Revolution (Cabi Publishing)

Book information

Publisher
CABI
Year
2005
ISBN
0851999980, 9780851999982
Google Books ID
8MJBUei0ZMQC
Open Library ID
OL15591822M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2759247 bytes)
Edition
First
Pages
277\277
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-17 06:00:00

Description

Why can Asia now feed its rapidly growing population, but Africa continues to experience famine? This book is the outcome of a three-year project coordinated by a group of Swedish researchers with collaborating scholars from Africa and Asia. It provides a comparative study between Asian agricultural development during the Green Revolution in food production and the current problematic agricultural situation in sub-Saharan Africa. Based on case studies of eight African and eight Asian countries (focusing on the early part of the Green Revolution), this book presents a causal and explanatory model of Asian green revolutions. It discusses why such progress has been made in Asia, but has not yet occurred in Africa. It also examines the implications of the case studies for future development in Africa.

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