Drought and Hunger in Africa

by Michael H. Glantz

• ISBN13: 9780521368391
• ISBN10: 0521368391
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1988-07-29
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This volume presents a synthesis of the ideas that emerged from a colloquium held at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

Table of Contents

Preface

Foreword Bradford Morse

Physical and Social Setting

Global climate change and variability: effects on drought and desertification in Africa

some aspects of meteorological drought in Ethiopia

Drought and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa

African pastoralism and poverty: some implications for drought and famine

Internal-External Perspectives

The decline of African agriculture: an internalist perspective

Internal factors that generate famine

Towards a political economy of the African crisis: diplomacy, debates and dialectics

Linking and sinking: economic externalities and the persistence of destitution and famine in Africa

Case Studies

Drought, environment and food security: some reflections on peasants, pastoralists and commoditization in dryland West Africa

Drought, food and the social organization of small farmers in Zimbabwe

The social impact of drought in Ethiopia: oxen, households, and some implications for rehabilitation

role of government in combatting food shortages: lessons from Kenya 1984-85

The social impacts of planned settlement in Burkina Faso

Evolution of food rationing systems with reference to African group farms in the context of drought

The role of non-government organizations in famine prevention

Lessons for the Future

food self-sufficiency in Malawi: are successes transferable?

Famine relief policy in India: six lessons for Africa

Famine and famine relief: viewing Africa in the 1980s from China in the 1920s

Denying famine a future: concluding remarks

Index.

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