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Author Bingen, R. James

Title Food production and rural development in the Sahel : lesson from Mali's Operation Riz-Segou / R. James Bingen
Published [Place of publication not identified] : Routledge, 2019

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Series Westview special studies in social, political, and economic development
Westview special studies in social, political, and economic development.
Contents Cover; Half Title; About the Book and Author; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 THE PROBLEM OF LAGGING FOOD PRODUCTION AND RURAL UNDERDEVELOPMENT IN MALI; The Socioeconomic Setting; Political Background; Nature of the Problem; Toward a Political Study of the State and Rural Development; The Independent State and Rural Development; 2 APPROACHES TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT: 1960-1980; The Legacy of Colonial Agricultural Policy; A Socialist Approach to Agricultural Development; Economic Recovery and Transition
The Operations Approach to Integrated Rural Development: 1972-1980Summary; 3 THE INDEPENDENT STATE AND RICE PRODUCTION; The Indigenous System of Rice Cultivation; The Colonial Agriculture Service and Flood Plain Rice Production; Rural Socialism and the Rice Polder Program; An Interim Project Authority: Operation Riz, 1969-1971; Operation Riz-Segou: Rationale and Responsibilities; Summary; 4 STATE MANAGEMENT OF LAND AND WATER; The State and Irrigated Agriculture; The ORS Irrigation Program; An Assessment of the ORS Polder Program; Summary; 5 THE ORS PROGRAM FOR RICE PRODUCTION
Agricultural Research and ExtensionORS Organization and Staffing; The ORS Improved Rice Package; Encadrement in the Villages; Summary; 6 THE STATE AND HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION; Mali's Strategy for Human Capital Formation; Training Programs in the ORS; Implementation of the ORS Training Programs; Summary; 7 CONCLUSIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR POLICYMAKERS IN SAHELIAN WEST AFRICA; Summary Conclusions; Policy Lessons and Options; APPENDIXES; A Distribution of Agricultural Service Personnel by Civil Service Assignment, 1975 (Percentage); B Segou: Niger River Flood Levels, 1950-1969
C Operation Riz-Segou: The Distribution of Landholding from 1971/72 to 1977/78, by Casier (Percent of Landholders by Size of Rice Plot)D Distribution of Land by Casier and Gini Index of Land Concentration (1975/76); E N'Gara Casier: Land Redistribution by Type of Landholder; F Operation Riz-Segou Organizational Chart; G SCAER Agricultural Equipment Prices, 1966-1977 (MF); H ORS Functional Literacy Program; Levels of Participation, 1973/74-1977/78; I Distribution of Polder Land Among FL Participants, Tien ZAF (1976); J ORS Functional Literacy Program: Indicators of Village Support (%)
K Distribution of Polder Land Among Participants in Malarial Control Program, Tamani Community Development Center, 1976List of Abbreviations; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
Subject Rice trade -- Mali
Food supply -- Mali
Rural development -- Mali
Food supply -- Sahel -- Case studies
Rural development -- Sahel -- Case studies
Food supply
Rice trade
Rural development
Entwicklungsplanung
Landwirtschaft
Lebensmittelproduktion
Ländliche Entwicklung
Reisanbau
Voedselvoorziening.
Plattelandsontwikkeling.
Riz-Commerce -- Mali.
Développement rural -- Sahel -- Cas, études de.
Développement rural -- Mali -- Cas, études de.
Aliments- approvisionnement -- Mali.
Aliments-approvisionnement -- Sahel.
Africa -- Sahel
Mali
Mali
Sahel
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780429716720
0429716729
9780429696718
042969671X
9780429049873
0429049870