Introductions and objectives -- Past experience : Asia and Latin America vs. Sub-Saharan Africa -- Outlook for commercial agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Commodity-specific competitiveness analysis -- Factors affecting the competitiveness of African agriculture -- Potential social and environmental impacts of commercial agriculture -- Conclusions and recommendations : opportunities and challenges
Summary
Awakening Africa's Sleeping Giant' explores the feasibility of restoring international competitiveness and growth in African agriculture through the identification of products and production systems that can underpin rapid development of a competitive commercial agriculture. Based on a careful examination of the factors that contributed to the successes achieved in Brazil and Thailand, as well as comparative analysis of evidence obtained through detailed case studies of three African countries--Mozambique, Nigeria, and Zambia--the authors argue that opportunities abound for farmers in Africa to
