The Palgrave Handbook of Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa 1st Edition Evans S. Osabuohien

Introduction

SECTION ONE
General and Background Issues

Chapter 1 Domesticating the SDGs in Africa for Rural and Agricultural Development: The Case of Devolved Governance

Chapter 2 Youth Employment Challenge and Rural Transformation in Africa

Chapter 3 Impact of Remittances on Agricultural Labour Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa

Chapter 4 Electricity Access and Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Panel Data

Chapter 5 Beyond the Farmgate: Can Social Capital Help Smallholders to Overcome Constraints in the Agricultural Value Chain in Africa?

SECTION TWO
Households’ Livelihood and Welfare Issues

Chapter 6 Large-scale Land Investments and Households’ Livelihood in Nigeria: Empirical Insights from Quantitative Analysis

Chapter 7 Agricultural Productivity and Households’ Welfare in Uganda: Examining the Relevance of Agricultural Improvement Interventions

Chapter 8 Pattern of Labor Use and Productivity among Agricultural Households in Nigeria

Chapter 9 Challenges in Tackling Poverty and Unemployment: Analysis of (YEAP) in Alkaleri, Duguri and Gar Rural Communities of Bauchi State, Nigeria

SECTION THREE
Access to Resources, Transformation and Productivity Interactions

Chapter 10 Determinants of the Willingness to Pay for Public Sector Health Care Services: An Empirical Study of Rural and Urban Communities in Nigeria

Chapter 11 Increasing Agricultural Income and Access to Financial Services through Mobile Technology in Africa: Evidence from Malawi

Chapter 12 Identifying the gap between the demand and supply of agricultural finance among irrigation farmers in Namibia

Chapter 13 Access to Land and Agricultural Production: Analysis of ‘Priority Crops’ in Ogun State, Nigeria

Chapter 14 Rural Transformation through Savings and Credit Cooperatives Societies in Moshi District, Tanzania

SECTION FOUR
Employment, Migration and Transformation Nexus

Chapter 15 Rural–Urban Labour Migration and Youth Employment: Investigating the Relevance of Nigeria’s Agricultural Sector in Employment Generation

Chapter 16 Fostering Rural Development and Social Inclusion in East Africa: Interrogating the Role of Cooperatives

Chapter 17 Impact of Non-agricultural Activities on Farmers’ Income: Evidence from the Senegalese Groundnut Area

Chapter 18 Youth Unemployment and Large-Scale Agricultural Land Investments: Examining the Relevance of Indigenous Institutions and Local Capacity in Tanzania

Chapter 19 Local Politics of Land Acquisitions for Foreign and Domestic Investments in Tanzania

Chapter 20 Agricultural Policy and Food Security in Nigeria: A Rational Choice Analysis
SECTION FIVE
Processing, Value Chain and Food Security

Chapter 21 Socio-Cultural Factors and Performance of Small-Scale Enterprise in Agro-Allied Manufacturing Firms in Nigeria

Chapter 22 Labour Processes in Large Scale Land Investments in Sugar Estates in South-Eastern Zimbabwe

Chapter 23 Poverty Reduction, Sustainable Agricultural Development and the Cassava Value Chain in Nigeria

Chapter 24 Micro- Determinants of Women Participation in Agricultural Value Chain: Evidences from Rural Households in Nigeria

Chapter 25 Job Creation and Social Conditions of Labour in the Forestry Agro-Industry in Mozambique

Chapter 26 Boosting Non-Oil Export Revenue in Nigeria through Non-Traditional Agricultural Export Commodities: How Feasible?

Conclusion