1st Edition

Wide Crossing The West Africa Rice Development Association in Transition, 1985-2000

By John R. Walsh Copyright 2001
162 Pages
by Routledge

162 Pages
by Routledge

162 Pages
by Routledge

This title was first published in 2001. The West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA) was established in the early 1970s to help farmers increase rice production. Africa is the only continent whose population has grown faster than its food production; this shortfall provokes the syndrome of poverty, hunger and violence there. WARDA first attempted to alleviate the food deficit by... Read more
Introduction; 1: A Crisis Survived; 2: Building a New WARDA; 3: Wide Crossing; 4: Redefining Partnership; 5: Agriculture and Health; 6: Terms of Service; 7: Where Credit is Due; 8: Postscript

Biography

John R. Walsh