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| Title: | Structural adjustment & the African farmer |
| Editors: | Duncan, Alex Howell, John |
| Year: | 1992 |
| Pages: | 214 |
| Language: | English |
| City of publisher: | London |
| Publisher: | Overseas Development Institute |
| ISBN: | 0852551282; 0435080717; 0435080733; 0852551274 |
| Geographic terms: | Niger Ghana Kenya Malawi Madagascar |
| Subjects: | farmers economic policy rural poverty |
| Abstract: | This book traces the impact of structural adjustment policies upon the incomes and welfare of Africa's peasant farmers who currently operate at very low levels of productivity of both land and labour, and are confronted with low household income and inadequate food security. A common method has been applied across five countries: Ghana (R. Pearce), Kenya (A. Bigsten and Njuguna S. Ndung'u), Madagascar (A. Hewitt), Malawi (E. Cromwell), and Niger (J. De Coninck and Kiari Liman Tinguiri). Analyses have been made of the links between national economic policies and the various markets in which the smallholders operate, and the services and infrastructures which influence their productive capacities. There are differences in the resource base and the level of ecological deterioration, in export opportunities, in physical infrastructure and, in particular, in the depth and nature of economic policy reforms. The book provides evidence of the impact, both positive and negative, of structural adjustment. The editors argue for a more targeted, project-specific approach to small-farmer development. This complements the current donor interest in policy-related aid support. |
