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Population Growth and Agricultural Change in Africa (Carter Lecture) by B. L Turner; Goran Hyden; Robert W Kates; University of Florida Center for African Studies is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Population Growth and Agricultural Change in Africa (Carter Lecture) about?

The question that drives the ten case studies of highland East Africa and Nigeria commissioned for this volume is whether population growth in densely settled areas of rural Africa has led to the intensification of agriculture. Using a "natural experiments" methodology, the authors explore changes in agricultural inputs and outputs, analyze the role that external productive forces have played in these changes, note the consequences of the changes (especially for the environment and standard of living), and speculate on the changes' implications. The volume is framed by chapters on theory, one that presents traditional thought on the relationship between population and agriculture and one that offers a synthesis that, while controversial, holds out real hope for African agriculture

Author

B. L Turner; Goran Hyden; Robert W Kates; University of Florida Center for African Studies

Publisher

Gainesville: University Press of Florida

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780813012193

Subjects

Economics, Management, Business