Does the non-farm sector offer new hope for rural Africa? In the
face of economic crisis and restructuring across Africa,
small-scale enterprise has come to play a central role in rural
livelihood and accumulation strategies. This apparent dynamism has
attracted favourable attention from development thinkers and
policy-makers, who have identified non-farm enterprise as a new
low-cost agent of rural development. The research in this book
challenges the growing consensus on the developmental potential of
the non-farm sector. On the basis of recent fieldwork, the author
argues that the prospects for non-farm led growth have been
seriously undermined by the crippling pressures of structural
adjustment, agricultural instability and rural as well as
interregional inequality. Detailed village case-studies from the
populous and highly commercialized grain surplus region of the
Nigerian savanna leads the reader to investigate the link between
local economic and social realities, and the wider regional,
national and global processes that form the development of the
non-farm sector in Africa. Far from offering a bargain solution,
the author demonstrates that significant investment in agriculture
and entrepreneurial development will be needed to create an
enabling environment for non-farm growth.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Routledge Revivals |
Release date: |
November 2019 |
First published: |
2001 |
Authors: |
Kate Meagher
|
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
196 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-138-70161-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Business & Economics >
Economics >
General
|
LSN: |
1-138-70161-0 |
Barcode: |
9781138701618 |
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