Digging Deeper

List of Figures, Maps, Photos and Tables List of Contributors 1 Introduction Akinyinka Akinyoade, Ton Dietz, Dick Foeken and Wijnand Klaver Section 1 Mapping the Evidence 2 Mapping the Food Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa Lia van Wesenbeeck 3 Agricultural Pockets of Effectiveness in Africa A Comparative Inventory of Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda since 2000 Akinyinka Akinyoade, Ton Dietz and Andre Leliveld 4 Food Production and Consumption in Relation to Food Insecurity and Undernutrition in Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda Wijnand Klaver Section 2 Agricultural Production and Effectiveness 5 Dairy Clustering in Kenya Diederik de Boer and Jackson Langat 6 Biofuel Feedstock Production in Ethiopia Status, Challenges and Contributions Maru Shete Bekele and Marcel Rutten 7 Local Careers and Mixed Fortunes in Africa's Globalizing Food Exports The Case of Nile Perch from Lake Victoria, Uganda Joost Beuving Section 3 Drivers of Food Production 8 Pressures and Incentives Urban Growth and Food Production at Tamale's Rural-Urban Interface Sebastiaan Soeters 9 The Dynamics of Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture Diana Lee-Smith 10 From Suitcase Farmers to Telephone Farmers Agriculture and Diversified Livelihoods among Urban Professionals Melle Leenstra Section 4 Institutional Issues 11 National Agricultural Research Systems in Africa Olubunmi Abayomi Omotesho and Abraham Falola 12 Contributions of Small- and Large-Scale Farms and Foreign and Local Investments to Agricultural Growth The Nigerian Example Sheu-Usman Akanbi and Akinyinka Akinyoade 13 Loss and Damage from Droughts and Floods in Rural Africa Kees van der Geest and Koko Warner 14 Agriculture and Nutrition Linkages and Complementarities Inge D. Brouwer Appendix A Selected Statistics of Major World Regions and Selected Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa Appendix B Fifty Years of Agricultural and Food Dynamics in Africa - Statistical Data