Many African countries have experienced unprecedented rates of economic growth in recent years, yet their economic transformations display features that could constrain their future growth prospects. Particularly troublesome have been patterns of urbanization without industrialization, rapid growth of low-productivity jobs in the informal economy, and a neglected agricultural sector with increa…
This book explores the crucial role of technological and institutional innovations in addressing the challenges faced by marginalized smallholder farmers in the context of agricultural development. Smallholders, who often operate in resource-constrained environments, are key contributors to global food security and poverty alleviation. However, they encounter numerous barriers that hinder their…
This book applies for the first time emerging concepts of socioeconomics to analyse an economic sector, namely agriculture. It considers the rational choices of all actors in the system (just as agricultural economists do) and their cultural preferences and constraints (just as rural sociologists do). Socioeconomic concepts are subsequently used to structure agricultural issues with regard to t…