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OverviewDramatic increases in food prices, as witnessed on a global scale in recent years, threaten the food security of hundreds of millions of the rural poor in Sub-Saharan Africa alone. This book focuses on recent food and financial crises as they have affected Africa, illustrating the problems using country case studies, that cover their origins, effects on agriculture and rural poverty, their underlying factors and making recommendations as to how such crises could best be addressed in the future. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ernest Aryeetey (University of Ghana, Ghana) , David Lee (Cornell University, USA) , Keith Wiebe (Deputy Director, Agricultural Development Economics Division, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Viale delle Terme di Caracalla , Rome, , 00153, ITALY) , Muna Ndulo (Cornell University, USA)Publisher: CABI Publishing Imprint: CABI Publishing Dimensions: Width: 17.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 24.40cm Weight: 0.840kg ISBN: 9781845938284ISBN 10: 1845938283 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 01 December 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1: Africa's Dual Crises: The Food and Financial Crises and their Effects in Sub-Saharan Africa-Introduction and Overview 2: The Global Food and Financial Crises and the Poor in Africa 3: Food Prices and Economic Crises: Causes and Consequences for Food Security in Developing Countries 4: Future Challenges for the World Food Economy and Sub-Saharan Africa: Major Environmental and Socioeconomic Drivers of Change 5: Here We Go Again: The Abiding Structure of Financial Crisis- And What To Do about It 6: The Food and Financial Crises and Complex Derivatives: A Tale of High Stakes Innovation and Diversification 7: Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa 8: Are Staple Foods Becoming More Expensive for Urban Consumers in Eastern and Southern Africa? Trends in Food Prices, Marketing Margins and Wage Rates in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia 9: The Short-Term Impact of the 2008 Food Price Shock on Poverty in Uganda 10: The Likely Impact of Food Price Increases on Nutritionally Vulnerable Households in South Africa 11: Africa's Turnaround: From Crisis to Opportunity in African Agriculture 12: The Role of Public Policies and Policy Makers in Africa: Responding to Global Economic Crises 13: Lessons of the Food and Financial Crises: Renewing Sub-Saharan Africa's Commitment to Food Security and Economic GrowthReviewsIn conclusion, this book provides good and useful insights in various aspects of the food and financial crises in SSA. In particular, readers looking for an introduction to specific aspects of the crises in SSA will appreciate the effort made. While reading the chapters, one must realize however that the economic downturns described in the book are not completely behind us. Some aspects of the crises might also be seen in a new perspective as the longitude and structural aspects of the crises have become more - but not entirely - clear. --Jan Brusselaers, University of Gent, Belgium (01/01/2013) In conclusion, this book provides good and useful insights in various aspects of the food and financial crises in SSA. In particular, readers looking for an introduction to specific aspects of the crises in SSA will appreciate the effort made. While reading the chapters, one must realize however that the economic downturns described in the book are not completely behind us. Some aspects of the crises might also be seen in a new perspective as the longitude and structural aspects of the crises have become more but not entirely clear. Author InformationKeith Fuglie is Chief of the Resource, Environmental and Science Policy Branch at the Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, in Washington, DC. He specializes in the analysis of international agricultural productivity, the economics of technical change, and research policy. In 1997-1998 he served as senior economist on the White House Council of Economic Advisors. From 1998 to 2006 he was with the International Potato Center (CIP) based in Indonesia, where he was regional director for CIP in Asia and headed CIP's social science research program. In 1990-91, Keith was a Rockefeller Foundation Research Fellow in Tunisia. He received an MS and PhD in Agricultural and Applied Economics from the University of Minnesota and a BA from Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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