Innovation in African Agriculture - 9780367162603

CRC Press

This book looks at the input-output relations of low-resource agriculture in Africa and shows how the intensification process through the application of modern technologies can work successfully to raise productivity and to sustain production over the long term. > This book looks at the input-output relations of low-resource agriculture in Africa and shows how the intensification process through the application of modern technologies can work successfully to raise productivity and to sustain production over the long term. > Introduction -- Efficiency -- Introduction to Part One -- Environment and Resources -- Production -- Dynamics and Change -- Intensification of Production -- A Production Function of Low-Resource Agriculture -- Innovation -- The Population Question -- Two Relations Between Production and Population -- Conclusion and Implications