New Harvest Agricultural Innovation in Africa

Name: New Harvest Agricultural Innovation in Africa
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ISBN: 9780199783199

ISBN-10: 0199783195

ISBN-13: 9780199783199

Edition: 2011

Authors: Calestous Juma

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African agriculture is currently at a crossroads, at which persistent food shortages are compounded by new threats from climate change. But, as this book argues, Africa faces two major opportunities that can help it to transform its agriculture and use agriculture as a force for economic growth. First, advances in science and technology worldwide offer African countries new tools needed to promote sustainable agriculture. Second, efforts to create regional markets will provide new incentives for agricultural production and trade. Filled with case studies from within Africa and success stories from developing nations around the world, The New Harvest is a report outlining the policies and…

Book details

List price: $20.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/14/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 8.20" wide x 5.50" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.682



Acknowledgments


Introduction


Selected Abbreviations and Acronyms



The Growing Economy



Advances in Science, Technology, and Engineering



Agricultural Innovation Systems



Enabling Infrastructure



Human Capacity



Entrepreneurship



Governing Innovation



Conclusions and the Way Ahead



Regional Economic Communities



Decisions of the 2010 COMESA Summit on Science and Technology for Development


Notes


Index