Awakening Africa's sleeping giant : prospects for commercial agriculture in the Guinea Savannah zone and beyond.

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Directions in development (Washington, D.C.) | Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Agriculture and rural development. | World Bank e-LibraryPublisher: Washington, DC : Rome, Italy : World Bank ; FAO : Cooperazione italiana allo sviluppo, [2009]Copyright date: copyright 2009Description: xii, 218 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

0821379410 (pbk.)
0821379429 (eISBN)
9780821379417 (pbk.)
9780821379424 (eISBN)

Subject(s):

Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Guinea

Additional physical formats: Print Version:DDC classification:

338.1096652 22

LOC classification:

HD2143 .A93 2009

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Contents:

Introductions and objectives -- Past experience : Asia and Latin America vs. Sub-Saharan Africa -- Outlook for commercial agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Commodity-specific competitiveness analysis -- Factors affecting the competitiveness of African agriculture -- Potential social and environmental impacts of commercial agriculture -- Conclusions and recommendations : opportunities and challenges.

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