The Elusive Granary

This book examines the social and political dimensions of Africa's food and environmental crises.

Preface; 1. Introduction: the study of agrarian change among African herders; 2. Society, ecology and history; 3. Markets and the state; 4. Labour and agropastoral production; 5. Income, wages and investment; 6. Expenditures, consumption and the food crisis; 7. Land conflicts and sustainability; 8. In pursuit of the granary: development responses of community, donor and state; Notes; References; Index.