Digging Deeper: Inside Africa’s Agricultural, Food and Nutrition Dynamics

Akinyinka Akinyoade, Ph.D. (2007), Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, is a Senior Researcher at the African Studies Centre, Leiden and he is the convenor of its Agro-Food Clusters in Africa collaborative research group. He has published some journal articles, and research reports on Food Security in Africa including Agricultural Dynamics and Food Security Trends in AfricaWijnand Klaver, MSc, (1976, Wageningen University) is a Senior Researcher at the African Studies Centre, Leiden. He has published work on the indicators of undernutrition among preschool children and of national food availability for several countries in Africa.Sebastiaan Soeters, PhD (2012), is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Utrecht. His current research focuses on the social effects of climate change amongst rural communities in northern Ghana, Burkina Faso and Kenya. His earlier research focussed on urbanisation and food security in Africa.Dick Foeken, Ph.D. (1991), University of Amsterdam, is senior researcher at the African Studies Centre, Leiden. He published numerous books and articles on livelihood issues, mainly in Kenya.

• List of Figures, Maps, Photos and Tables List of Contributors 1 Introduction Akinyinka Akinyoade, Ton Dietz, Dick Foeken and Wijnand KlaverSection 1 Mapping the Evidence2 Mapping the Food Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa Lia van Wesenbeeck3 Agricultural Pockets of Effectiveness in AfricaA Comparative Inventory of Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda since 2000 Akinyinka Akinyoade, Ton Dietz and André Leliveld4 Food Production and Consumption in Relation to Food Insecurity and Undernutrition in Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and UgandaWijnand KlaverSection 2 Agricultural Production and Effectiveness5 Dairy Clustering in Kenya Diederik de Boer and Jackson Langat6 Biofuel Feedstock Production in EthiopiaStatus, Challenges and ContributionsMaru Shete Bekele and Marcel Rutten7 Local Careers and Mixed Fortunes in Africa’s Globalizing Food ExportsThe Case of Nile Perch from Lake Victoria, UgandaJoost BeuvingSection 3 Drivers of Food Production8 Pressures and IncentivesUrban Growth and Food Production at Tamale’s Rural-Urban InterfaceSebastiaan Soeters9 The Dynamics of Urban and Peri-Urban AgricultureDiana Lee-Smith10 From Suitcase Farmers to Telephone FarmersAgriculture and Diversified Livelihoods among Urban Professionals Melle LeenstraSection 4 Institutional Issues11 National Agricultural Research Systems in AfricaOlubunmi Abayomi Omotesho and Abraham Falola12 Contributions of Small- and Large-Scale Farms and Foreign and Local Investments to Agricultural GrowthThe Nigerian ExampleSheu-Usman Akanbi and Akinyinka Akinyoade13 Loss and Damage from Droughts and Floods in Rural AfricaKees van der Geest and Koko Warner14 Agriculture and NutritionLinkages and ComplementaritiesInge D. BrouwerAppendix ASelected Statistics of Major World Regions and Selected Countries in Sub-Saharan AfricaAppendix BFifty Years of Agricultural and Food Dynamics in Africa – Statistical Data