Agricultural development and food security in Africa : the impact of Chinese, Indian & Brazilian Investments /: the impact of Chinese, Indian & Brazilian Investments. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Fantu Cheru and Renu Modi.
• Other Names: Fantu Cheru, 1949-; Modi, Renu, 1963-
• Contents: Cover; Africa Now; About the editors; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables, boxes and figures; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction: peasants, the state and foreign direct investment in African agriculture; Neocolonialism or new opportunity?; The glass is neither 'half full' nor 'half empty': the need for pragmatism; Scope of the book; Changing course: harnessing foreign direct investment to transform African agriculture; PART I Overview; 1 Catalysing an agricultural revolution in Africa: what role for foreign direct investment?; Introduction; Transforming African agriculture: new opportunities. Box 1.1 CAADP prioritiesAdditional dimensions to consider; Progress in the implementation of CAADP; Attracting Southern FDI to develop productive potential; 1.1 Foreign direct investment inflows by region, 1990-2010 (%); The role of FDI in African agriculture: overcoming the burden of history; Harnessing new partnerships with China, India and Brazil; China, India and Brazil in African agriculture: an overview; Box 1.2 Chinese support for African agriculture; Table 1.1 Chinese-aided agricultural technology: demonstration centres in Africa. Table 1.2 African countries receiving assistance under the FAO South-South Cooperation initiativeBox 1.3 First India-Africa Forum Summit (2008); Box 1.4 Second India-Africa Forum Summit (2011); Measuring the contribution of FDI to African agriculture: technology, finance, knowledge and know-how; Sharing experience on the institutional imperatives of an agricultural revolution; Conclusions; 2 Agrarian transformation in Africa and its decolonisation; Introduction: peasantries and agrarian transformation; Accumulation by dispossession in Africa: historical and contemporary trends. The post-independence experience in agrarian reformsAgrarian reforms in the structural adjustment period of the 1980s; The consequences of neoliberal agricultural reform for food security; Table 2.1 Number of tractors and harvester-threshers in selected African countries; Table 2.2 Value of imports and exports of cereals: world versus Africa; Table 2.3 Consumption of key commodities by sub-regions of Africa in 2004; Capitalist crisis, 'third-wave' 'land grabbing' and peasant incorporation; Table 2.4 Agricultural land acquisitions in Africa (2011). Agrarian resistance to neoliberalism: the case of ZimbabweTable 2.5 Estimated landholdings by farmer groups in Zimbabwe (1980, 2000 and 2010); Conclusion; PART II India; 3 India and Africa: new trends in sustainable agricultural development; Introduction; India-Africa cooperation in agriculture: scope and content; Table 3.1 Proposed locations of agriculture-related institutes in Africa (2012); Table 3.2 Africa-India trade growth in eight main agricultural commodities; Table 3.3 Beneficiaries of India's DFTP scheme (2012).
• Publisher Details: London : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (280 pages)
• Subjects: 338.1096; Agricultural development projects -- Africa; Food security -- Africa; Food supply -- Africa; Development studies; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Agribusiness; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Sustainable Agriculture; Développement agricole; Exploitation agricole; Disponibilités alimentaires; Investissements étrangers; Relations Sud-Sud; Agricultural development projects; Food security; Food supply; International economic relations; Landwirtschaft; Direktinvestition; Ernährungssicherung; Africa -- Foreign economic relations -- China; China -- Foreign economic relations -- Africa; Africa -- Foreign economic relations -- India; India -- Foreign economic relations -- Africa; Africa -- Foreign economic relations -- Brazil; Brazil -- Foreign economic relations -- Africa; Afrique; Inde; Brésil; Chine; Africa; Brazil; China; India; Subsaharisches Afrika; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781780323732; 1780323735; 9781780323749; 1780323743; 9781780323756; 1780323751
• Related ISBNs: 9781780323725; 1780323727; 1780323719; 9781780323718
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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