The Cash-Crop Revolution in Tropical Africa: An Agricultural Reappraisal1

Smallholder adaptation to climate change: dynamics and limits in Northern Ghana

“…They argue that farmers would very likely engage in the production of cash crops, if it were profitable to do so. Indeed, like elsewhere in Africa (Tosh 1980;Austin 2008), small-scale farmers in West Africa are apt to respond to market opportunities, if conditions allow. Examples from Ghana include the cocoa and palm oil booms of the 18th and 19th centuries (Berry 1993: 68 ff), as well as the farmer-driven expansion of pineapple production in Ghana's South in the last decade (Conley and Udry 2001).…”

Regime de terras e cultivo de algodão em dois contextos coloniais: Uganda e Moçambique (1895-1930)

“…No Uganda, pelo contrário, o solo e as chuvas tropicais faziam da agricultura uma actividade muito mais prolífica e abundante do que no sul de Moçambique. Muitas das sociedades camponesas estavam habituadas a produzir excedentes agrícolas destinados ao mercado (Tosh 1978;Tosh 1981;Nayenga 1981). O que para eles era mais complicado era ter acesso ao dinheiro colonial: o dinheiro que permitia ter boas relações com os britânicos (pagar o imposto) e comprar os produtos das lojas dos comerciantes indianos.…”

Development of African Earthenware Container Imbedded with Nanosilver Particles for Food Preservation

“…In addition, many subsistence farming communities in Africa are reliant on the consumption of home-grown crops, irrespective of the quality considerations normally applied in the developed world [26] [27]. Many of the world's largest food companies are reported to have been actively exploring the potential of nanotechnology for use in food or food packaging but none is done for rural poor population of developing world which cannot afford to buy such food and consume self-produce food.…”