Unmasking The New Green Revolution In Africa
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Unmasking The New Green Revolution In Africa
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Author : Elenita C. Daño
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Unmasking The New Green Revolution In Africa written by Elenita C. Daño and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Agriculture categories.
Africa S Green Revolution
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Author : William G. Moseley
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-10-02
Africa S Green Revolution written by William G. Moseley and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-02 with Technology & Engineering categories.
This volume examines the dominant neoliberal agenda for agricultural development and hunger alleviation in Africa. The text reviews the history of African agricultural and food security policy in the post-colonial period, across a range of geographical contexts, in order to contextualise the productionist approach embedded in the much heralded New Green Revolution for Africa. This strategy, supported by a range of international agencies, promotes the use of hybrid seeds, fertilisers, and pesticides to boost crop production. This approach is underpinned by a new and unprecedented level of public–private partnerships as donors actively work to promote the private sector and build links between African farmers, input suppliers, agro-dealers, agro-processors, and retailers. On the consumer end, increased supermarket penetration into poorer neighbourhoods is proffered as a solution to urban food insecurity. The chapters in this volume complicate understandings of this new approach and raise serious questions about its effectiveness as a strategy for increasing food production and alleviating poverty across the continent. This book is based on a special issue of African Geographical Review.
Contesting Africa S New Green Revolution
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Author : Jacqueline Ignatova
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
Contesting Africa S New Green Revolution written by Jacqueline Ignatova and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with Agriculture categories.
"Genetically modified crops have become a key element of development strategies across the global South, despite remaining deeply controversial. Proponents hail them as an example of 'pro-poor' innovation, while critics regard them as a threat to food sovereignty and the environment. The promotion of biotechnology is an integral part of 'new Green Revolution for Africa' interventions and is also intimately linked to the rise of 'philanthrocapitalism,' which advances business solutions to address the problem of poverty. Through interviews with farmers, policymakers and agricultural scientists, Jacqueline Ignatova shows how efforts to transform the seed sector in northern Ghana-one of the key laboratories of this 'new Green Revolution'-may serve to exacerbate the inequality it was notionally intended to address. But she also argues that its effects in Ghana have been far more complex than either side of the debate has acknowledged, with local farmers proving adept at blending traditional and modern agricultural methods that subvert the interests of global agribusiness."--
Contesting Africas New Green Revolution
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Author : Jacqueline Ignatova
language : en
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
Release Date : 2021-05-20
Contesting Africas New Green Revolution written by Jacqueline Ignatova and has been published by Zed Books Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-20 with Social Science categories.
‘In this insightful critique of arguments for and against GMOs as a remedy for poverty, inequality and hunger in Africa, Ignatova illuminates the way the “new Green Revolution” serves as a vehicle for philanthrocapital – generating markets and wealth for global agribusiness in the name of “pro-poor” development.’ Sara Berry, Professor Emeritus, John Hopkins University, USA ‘Ignatova’s important book illuminates profound problems with public-private partnerships that skirt democratic accountability and empower wealthy interests at the expense of local communities. But it’s not a despairing account: she centres Ghanaian activists and policy-makers who are pioneering a new type of philanthropy, one emphasizing interdependency and social justice over anti-democratic efforts to privatize seed commons. A revelatory and insightful study.’ Linsey McGoey, Professor of Sociology, University of Essex, UK ‘Like a combine through a field of genetically modified maize, Jacqueline Ignatova cuts through the rhetoric surrounding the ‘Green Revolution for Africa’ to reveal the underlying power, politics and inequities that shape agricultural development in contemporary Ghana. Full of rich empirics and analytical insights, this book is essential reading for those seeking a comprehensive understanding of how public-private partnerships and philanthropy-driven initiatives are reshaping smallholder agriculture across the African continent.’ Marcus Taylor, Associate Professor and Head of Department, Global Development Studies, Queen’s University, Canada
Contesting Africa S New Green Revolution
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Author : Jacqueline A. Ignatova
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2021-05-20
Contesting Africa S New Green Revolution written by Jacqueline A. Ignatova and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-20 with Social Science categories.
Genetically modified crops have become a key element of development strategies across the Global South, despite remaining deeply controversial. Proponents hail them as an example of 'pro-poor' innovation, while critics regard them as a threat to food sovereignty and the environment. The promotion of biotechnology is an integral part of 'new Green Revolution for Africa' interventions and is also intimately linked to the rise of 'philanthrocapitalism,' which advances business solutions to address the problem of poverty. Through interviews with farmers, policymakers and agricultural scientists, Jacqueline Ignatova shows how efforts to transform the seed sector in northern Ghana – one of the key laboratories of this 'new Green Revolution' – may serve to exacerbate the inequality it was notionally intended to address. But she also argues that its effects in Ghana have been far more complex than either side of the debate has acknowledged, with local farmers proving adept at blending traditional and modern agricultural methods that subvert the interests of global agribusiness.
An African Green Revolution
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Author : Keijiro Otsuka
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-22
An African Green Revolution written by Keijiro Otsuka and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-22 with Technology & Engineering categories.
This volume explores the usefulness of the Asian model of agricultural development for Africa, where, even before the recent world food crisis, half the population lived on less than on dollar a day, and a staggering one in three people and one third of all children were undernourished. Africa has abundant natural resources; agriculture provides most of its jobs, a third of national income and a larger portion of total export earnings. However the levels of land and labor productivity rank among the worst in the world. The book explains Africa’s productivity gap and proposes ways to close it, by examining recent experience in Africa and by drawing on lessons from Asia.
Innovations As Key To The Green Revolution In Africa
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Author : Andre Bationo
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2011-08-30
Innovations As Key To The Green Revolution In Africa written by Andre Bationo and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-30 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Africa can achieve self sufficiency in food production through adoption of innovations in the agriculture sector. Numerous soil fertility and crop production technologies have been generated through research, however, wide adoption has been low. African farmers need better technologies, more sustainable practices, and fertilizers to improve and sustain their crop productivity and to prevent further degradation of agricultural lands. The agricultural sector also needs to be supported by functional institutions and policies that will be able to respond to emerging challenges of globalization and climate change.
The African Food Crisis
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
The African Food Crisis written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Agriculture categories.
Going Beyond Demos To Transform African Agriculture
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Author : Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Going Beyond Demos To Transform African Agriculture written by Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Soil fertility categories.
Norman Borlaug and his colleagues, when developing the Asian Green Revolution, did not have an organization behind them like the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). Its founding 10 years ago was a smart thing to do. H. E. Kofi Annan sounded the call for a uniquely African Green Revolution on July 5, 2004, at a meeting of Heads of State in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Not long afterwards, AGRA was established. Given the complexity of the challenges involved, AGRA had to be invented from scratch because no such institution existed before.At its start, AGRA focused on four main components of what a Green Revolution needed most: seeds, soils, markets and policy. How to overcome nutrient depletion and soil compaction so common in most smallholder farms of sub-Saharan Africa is a major challenge in itself ¿ not something that the Asian Green Revolution had to face. African soils are now unhealthy and this has been directly related to unhealthy people. And largely because of that, cereal yields in sub-Saharan Africa hovered around 1 MT/ha, the lowest of any region of the world. AGRA has stimulated what is now an organic movement composed of farmers,farmer associations, NGOs, policymakers, scientists and advocates from the private and public sectors throughout Africa and beyond.AGRA¿s Soil Health Program (SHP) started with a bang at the Africa Fertilizer Summit held in Abuja in June, 2006. This gathering created awareness of the need for increased use of mineral fertilizers (from about 8 kg/ha to 50 kg/ha) as the key vehicle for overcoming soil fertility depletion. Commitments made at the Summit and follow-up actions resulted in the average fertilizer use in Africa increasing from 8 kg of actual NPK fertilizers per hectare at that time to the current level of 16 kg/ha, a good first step. Several of us soil scientists attending the Summit felt that, for the first time, people were listening to us.
Innovations As Key To The Green Revolution In Africa
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Author : African Network for Soil Biology and Fertility. Symposium
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Innovations As Key To The Green Revolution In Africa written by African Network for Soil Biology and Fertility. Symposium and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Green Revolution categories.
The African Network for Soil Biology and Fertility (AfNet) organized an International Symposium on Innovations as Key to the Green Revolution in Africa. This book presents the outcome of the symposium and outlines the challenges and opportunities for improving agricultural growth in Africa.