Cities and agricultural transformation in Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cities and agricultural transformation in Africa write by Vandercasteelen, Joachim. This book was released on 2016-07-01. Cities and agricultural transformation in Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Due to the rapid growth of cities in Africa, many more farmers are now living in rural hinterlands in relatively close proximity to cities where many provide food to urban residents. However, empirical evidence on how urbanization affects these farmers is scarce. To fill this gap, this paper explores the relationship between proximity to a city and the production behavior of rural staple crop producers. In particular, we analyze data from teff producing farmers in major producing areas around Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital. We find that farmers located closer to Addis Ababa face higher wages and land rental prices, and because they receive higher teff prices they have better incentives to intensify production. Moreover, we observe that modern input use, land and labor productivity, and profitability in teff production improve with urban proximity. This urban proximity has a strong and significant effect on these aspects of teff production, possibly related to the use of more formal factor markets, lower transaction costs in crop production and marketing, and better access to information. In contrast, we do not find a strong and positive relationship between rural population density increases and agricultural transformation – increased population density seems to lead to immiserizing effects in these settings. Our results show that urban proximity should be considered as an important determinant of the process of agricultural intensification and transformation in developing countries.
African Urban Harvest
African Urban Harvest - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook African Urban Harvest write by Gordon Prain. This book was released on 2010-09-17. African Urban Harvest available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book seeks to answer the question of how much urban agriculture helps feed and support people living in towns and cities with evidence and proposals based on studies in Eastern and Central Africa.
Cities Feeding People
Cities Feeding People - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cities Feeding People write by Axumite G. Egziabher. This book was released on 2014-05-14. Cities Feeding People available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Cities Feeding People examines urban agriculture in East Africa and proves that it is a safe, clean, and secure method to feed the world's struggling urban residents. It also collapses the myth that urban agriculture is practiced only by the poor and unemployed. Cities Feeding People provides the hard facts needed to convince governments that urban agriculture should have a larger role in feeding the urban population.
Ghana's Economic and Agricultural Transformation
Ghana's Economic and Agricultural Transformation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ghana's Economic and Agricultural Transformation write by Xinshen Diao. This book was released on 2019. Ghana's Economic and Agricultural Transformation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Using Ghana as a case study, this work integrates economic and political analysis to explore the challenges and opportunities of Africa's growth and transformation.
Which Way to Livable and Productive Cities?
Which Way to Livable and Productive Cities? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Which Way to Livable and Productive Cities? write by Kirsten Hommann. This book was released on 2019-04-18. Which Way to Livable and Productive Cities? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For African cities to grow economically as they have grown in size, they must create productive environments to attract investments, increase economic efficiency, and create livable environments that prevent urban costs from rising with increased population densification. What are the central obstacles that prevent African cities and towns from becoming sustainable engines of economic growth and prosperity? Among the most critical factors that limit the growth and livability of urban areas are land markets, investments in public infrastructure and assets, and the institutions to enable both. To unleash the potential of African cities and towns for delivering services and employment in a livable and environmentally friendly environment, a sequenced approach is needed to reform institutions and policies and to target infrastructure investments. This book lays out three foundations that need fixing to guide cities and towns throughout Sub-Saharan Africa on their way to productivity and livability.
