Awakening Africa's Sleeping Giant : Prospects for Commercial Agriculture in the Guinea Savannah Zone and Beyond

Awakening Africa's Sleeping Giant' explores the feasibility of restoring international competitiveness and growth in African agriculture through the identification of products and production systems that can underpin rapid development of a competitive commercial agriculture. Based on a careful examination of the factors that contributed to the successes achieved in Brazil and Thailand, as well as comparative analysis of evidence obtained through detailed case studies of three African countries-Mozambique, Nigeria, and Zambia-the authors argue that opportunities abound for farmers in Africa to

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Morris, Michael
Publisher:	Washington : World Bank Publications
Subject:	Afrika \| Africa \| Landwirtschaft \| Agriculture \| Guinea \| Agrarpolitik \| Agricultural policy
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [external.dandelon.com]

Extent:	Online-Ressource (236 p.)
Series:	Directions in Development Directions in development. Agriculture and rural development
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; Looking Backward: The Experiences of Brazil's Cerrado and Northeast Thailand; Looking Forward: Factors Affecting Agricultural Competitiveness in the African Guinea Savannah; Potential Social Impacts of Agricultural Commercialization; Potential Environmental Impacts of Agricultural Commercialization; Bright Prospects for Commercial Agriculture in the African Guinea Savannah; Constraints to Be Overcome; Needed Interventions: Policy Reforms, Scaled-Up Investments, and Strengthened Institutions; The Road Ahead Chapter 1 Introduction and ObjectivesBoxes; Figures; Chapter 2 Past Experience: Asia and Latin America vs. Sub-Saharan Africa; Chapter 3 Outlook for Commercial Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa; Tables; Chapter 4 Commodity-Specific Competitiveness Analysis; Chapter 5 Factors Affecting the Competitiveness of African Agriculture; Chapter 6 Potential Social and Environmental Impacts of Commercial Agriculture; Chapter 7 Conclusions and Recommendations: Opportunities and Challenges; Appendix A List of CCAA Background Reports; References; Index;
ISBN:	978-0-8213-7941-7 ; 978-0-8213-7942-4 ; 978-0-8213-7941-7
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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