The New Harvest
Agricultural Innovation in Africa
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 24 February 2011
- ISBN 9780199783199
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages296 pages
- Size 208x142x20 mm
- Weight 400 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Filled with case studies from within Africa and success stories from developing nations around the world, The New Harvest is a report outlining the policies and institutional changes necessary to promote agricultural innovation across the African continent. Incorporating research from academia, government, NGOs, and private industry, the book suggests multiple ways that individual African countries could work together at the regional level to develop local
knowledge and resources, harness biotechnological innovation and encourage entrepreneurship, increase agricultural output, create markets, improve infrastructure, and expand Africa's role within the global economy.
Long description:
African agriculture is currently at a crossroads, at which persistent food shortages are compounded by threats from climate change. But, as this book argues, Africa faces three major opportunities that can transform its agriculture into a force for economic growth: advances in science and technology; the creation of regional markets; and the emergence of a new crop of entrepreneurial leaders dedicated to the continent's economic improvement.
Filled with case studies from within Africa and success stories from developing nations around the world, The New Harvest outlines the policies and institutional changes necessary to promote agricultural innovation across the African continent. Incorporating research from academia, government, civil society, and private industry, the book suggests multiple ways that individual African countries can work together at the regional level to develop local knowledge and resources, harness
technological innovation, encourage entrepreneurship, increase agricultural output, create markets, and improve infrastructure.
This is a refreshing new book that steps back from the usual debates about approriate agricultural policies and programmes interventions for redressing Africa's pressing poverty and food security needs... Calestous Juma develops a compelling vision of how knowledge and innovation systems that bring together the best of modern science and local knowledge could - with the encouragement of entrepreneurship throughout value chains, the right kinds of public-private
partnerships and the opening of regional markets - lead to agricultural growth clusters that would drive national and regional economic growth across Africa... There is much wisdom in this book.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Growing the economy
Advances in science, technology and engineering
Agricultural innovation systems
Enabling infrastructure
Human capacity
Entrepreneurship
Governing innovation
The way ahead
