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History and Hunger in West Africa - Food Production and Entitlement in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,815
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History and Hunger in West Africa - Food Production and Entitlement in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (Hardcover): Laura Bigman

History and Hunger in West Africa - Food Production and Entitlement in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (Hardcover)

Laura Bigman

Series: Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies: Contemporary Black Poets

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As Africa entered the 1990s, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission on Africa declared the continent incapable of feeding at least one-fifth of its peoples. Africa is the only region in the world where per capita food production is actually declining. Even with imports, the average African gets only enough nourishment to meet 85 percent of the minimum daily calorie requirement. This book analyzes the contemporary food crisis in Africa from an historical perspective, using two West African case studies.

From the perspective of food production and entitlement, the volume traces the economic history of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde beginning with the slave trade, through the colonial and postcolonial periods to democratization and structural adjustment. Using the theory and methodology of political economy, the study argues that the way in which African societies have been integrated into the world market diverted resources from food production, exacerbated exploitation, thus affecting entitlement to the food produced. Conditions for national food dependency and the degradation of the environment ensued.

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Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin: United States
Series: Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies: Contemporary Black Poets
Release date: June 1993
First published: June 1993
Authors: Laura Bigman
Dimensions: 235 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-26746-8
Categories: Books > Social sciences > General
Books > Humanities > History > General
Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Development economics
Books > History > General
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LSN: 0-313-26746-4
Barcode: 9780313267468

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