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Challenges for African agriculture [electronic resource] / Jean-Claude Devèze, editor ; preface by Jean-Michel Debrat. - [Paris?] : Washington, DC : Agence Française de Développement ; World Bank, c2011. - xxiii, 267 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Africa development forum series . - Africa development forum. World Bank e-Library. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The demographic challenges -- The need for inclusive agricultural growth at the heart of Africa's economic transition -- Ecosystems : reconciling conservation, production and sustainable management -- Entangled issues in need of clarification -- Agricultural transitions and the weight of government policies -- Land policy : a linchpin of economic development and social peace -- Innovation systems and support mechanisms -- Toward a regional food market priority -- Financing agricultural and rural transitions -- Building human capital and promoting farmers and their organizations -- Views of a Senegalese agricultural leader -- A Kenyan agricultural leader's standpoint -- Views of a Burkinabe small farmer leader -- Rethinking agricultural policy.

ISBN: 9780821384817 9780821385159 (electronic)

LCCN: 2010033801

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Agriculture and state--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Agriculture--Economic aspects--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Agriculture--Social aspects--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

LC Class. No.: HD2117 / .C465 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 338.10967

National Agricultural Library Call No.: HD2117 / .C46 2010