Food Security for Rural Africa

Name: Food Security for Rural Africa
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Food Security for Rural AfricaFeeding the Farmers First\nAuthor(s): Terry Leahy\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367665753, 978-0367665753\nSynopsis\nAt least fifty years of projects aimed at the rural poor in Africa have had very little impact. Up to half of the children of these countries are still suffering from stunting and malnutrition. Soil degradation and poor crop yields are ubiquitous. Projects are almost always aimed at helping local people to solve their problems by growing for the market. In some countries, projects link poor villagers into cooperatives to produce a commercial output. In other countries, projects target more competent entrepreneurial villagers. Almost all these projects fail after several years. Even those that are successful make few inroads into the problems. \n\nWhile the slogan 'feeding the farmers first' comes from the Philippines, it is particularly applicable to much of Africa.