Includes bibliographical references.

Preliminary Material / Akinyinka Akinyoade , Wijnand Klaver , Sebastiaan Soeters and Dick Foeken -- Introduction / Akinyinka Akinyoade , Ton Dietz , Dick Foeken and Wijnand Klaver -- Mapping the Food Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa / Lia van Wesenbeeck -- Agricultural Pockets of Effectiveness in Africa: A Comparative Inventory of Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda since 2000 / Jean-François Courtine -- Food Production and Consumption in Relation to Food Insecurity and Undernutrition in Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda / Wijnand Klaver -- Dairy Clustering in Kenya / Diederik de Boer and Jackson Langat -- Biofuel Feedstock Production in Ethiopia: Status, Challenges and Contributions / Maru Shete and Marcel Rutten -- Local Careers and Mixed Fortunes in Africa’s Globalizing Food Exports: The Case of Nile Perch from Lake Victoria, Uganda / Joost Beuving -- Pressures and Incentives: Urban Growth and Food Production at Tamale’s Rural-Urban Interface / Sebastiaan Soeters -- The Dynamics of Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture / Diana Lee-Smith -- From Suitcase Farmers to Telephone Farmers: Agriculture and Diversified Livelihoods among Urban Professionals / Melle Leenstra -- National Agricultural Research Systems in Africa / Olubunmi Abayomi Omotesho and Abraham Falola -- Contributions of Small- and Large-Scale Farms and Foreign and Local Investments to Agricultural Growth: The Nigerian Example / Sheu-Usman Akanbi and Akinyinka Akinyoade -- Loss and Damage from Droughts and Floods in Rural Africa / Kees van der Geest and Koko Warner -- Agriculture and Nutrition: Linkages and Complementarities / Inge D. Brouwer -- Appendix A: Selected Statistics of Major World Regions and Selected Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa / Akinyinka Akinyoade , Wijnand Klaver , Sebastiaan Soeters and Dick Foeken -- Appendix B: Fifty Years of Agricultural and Food Dynamics in Africa – Statistical Data / Akinyinka Akinyoade , Wijnand Klaver , Sebastiaan Soeters and Dick Foeken.

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This volume attempts to dig deeper into what is currently happening in Africa’s agricultural and rural sector and to convince policymakers and others that it is important to look at the current African rural dynamics in ways that connect metropolitan demands for food with value chain improvements and agro-food cluster innovations. It is essential to go beyond a ‘development bureaucracy’ and a state-based approach to rural transformation, such as the one that often dominates policy debate in African government circles, organizations like the African Union and the UN, and donor agencies.