1st Edition
Africa’s Green Revolution Critical Perspectives on New Agricultural Technologies and Systems
1. Introduction: Interrogating the technocratic (neoliberal) agenda for agricultural development and hunger alleviation in Africa William Moseley, Matthew Schnurr and Rachel Bezner Kerr
2. The social realities of technology transfer: smallholder farmers’ encounter with a new rice variety Daniel Bornstein
3. A political ecology of high-input agriculture in northern Ghana Hanson Nyantakyi-Frimpong and Rachel Bezner Kerr
4. Implications of supermarket expansion on urban food security in Cape Town, South Africa Stephen Peyton, William Moseley and Jane Battersby
5. Should I stay or should I go? Incorporating a commitment to fieldwork throughout an academic career Kristal Jones, Matthew A. Schnurr, Edward R. Carr and William G. Moseley
6. Food and nutrition assistance to HIV-infected and affected populations in Ghana: a situational analysis and stakeholder views Amos Laar, Angela El-Adas, Richard N. Amenyah, Kyeremeh Atuahene, Elizabeth Asare, Eric Y. Tenkorang, Matilda Laar, Andrew Anthony Adjei and Isabella Quakyi
7. A field assessment of land use systems and soil properties at varied landscape positions in a fragile ecosystem of Mount Elgon, Uganda Tonny J. Oyana, Ellen Kayendeke, Yazidhi Bamutaze and Danielson Kisanga
8. Smallholder Perspectives on Soil Fertility Management and Markets in the African Green Revolution Imogen Ruby Vanessa Bellwood-Howard
Biography
William G. Moseley is a professor of geography and African studies at Macalester College in Saint Paul, MN USA. His research is focused on food security, agriculture, development and environment in the African context.
Matthew A. Schnurr is an associate professor in the Department of International Development Studies at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada. He is an environmental geographer with research and teaching interests in environment and development, political ecology, agricultural biotechnology, farmer decision-making, and environmental justice.
Rachel Bezner Kerr is an associate professor in the Department of Development Sociology at Cornell Universit in Ithaca, NY USA. Her research interests focus on farmer-led agroecology, critical examinations of neoliberal approaches to agriculture, and the historical, political, economic, and gender dynamics that shape food security in sub-Saharan Africa.
