| Fostering Subsistence Agriculture, Food Supplies and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa Contributor(s): Support Africa International (Editor), Gottwald, Franz Theo (Editor), Keino, Susan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3631573804 ISBN-13: 9783631573808 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $85.03 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics - Science - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - General |
| Dewey: 630 |
| LCCN: 2008374596 |
| Series: Support Africa International |
| Physical Information: 202 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The need in increasing food production to meet the food and nutritional demands of the ever growing population has necessitated this attempt to unveil the strategies of fostering subsistence agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. To achieve this, the concept of subsistence agriculture, its place in a national economy and impact on poverty and health prevention, the various models and strategies were examined. Its intensity and dimensions are revealed in the role it plays not only in providing food with nutritional value, immediately available to the rural people, but also in creating the basis and formation stages for commercial agriculture. The farmers, governments, extensions, and other instruments involved in subsistence agriculture are the focal point of change. |
