Farewell to Farms
Subtitle: De-Agrarianisation and Employment in Africa (African Studies Centre Research Series, 10)
Contributors: Deborah Fahy Bryceson (Editor); Vali Jamal (Editor)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing; Ashgate
Published: December 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9781840141931
Subjects: Agriculture & Farming; Development studies; International economics; Labour economics; Rural communities; Agriculture Of Developing Countries; Technology & Engineering; Sociology; Science/Mathematics; Africa; General; Agriculture - General
Description: Is Africa's future necessarily rooted in peasant agriculture? This book challenges the view that Africa is the world's reserve for peasant farming, exploring how African rural populations are moving away from reliance on agriculture and Africa's place in the world division of labour.