Agricultural Development in China and Africa

Agricultural Development in China and Africa
Author: Li Xiaoyun
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2012-05-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136472142

Many African countries are increasingly interested in learning from China's experiences in achieving effective agricultural development. The Chinese government and academic community are also keen to share experiences and lessons with Africa. China made agriculture one of its development assistance priorities at the Third FOCAC Summit in Beijing in 2006. This systematic comparative study of agricultural development in China and Africa provides a unique basis for African countries and international organizations seeking to understand agricultural development in China, and for China to understand agricultural development on the African continent. The book highlights experiences and lessons from China and, in particular, analyzes why Africa has not yet been able to emulate China's agricultural development trajectory. It compares the similarities and discrepancies in conditions, processes, and outcomes between China and Africa from the perspectives of investment, science and technology, policies and international development aid. Based on this it explores which experiences and lessons from China's agriculture development can be shared with African countries in order to contribute to the sustainable improvement and transformation of African agriculture. It does not claim that China has all of the answers, but while recognizing the diversity within both China and Africa, concludes that much can be gained from such a comparison.

Agricultural Development and Food Security in Africa

Agricultural Development and Food Security in Africa
Author: Renu Modi
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2013-08-08
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1780323743

The subject of food security and land issues in Africa has become one of increased importance and contention over recent years. In particular, the focus has shifted to the role new global South donors - especially India, China and Brazil - are playing in shaping African agriculture through their increased involvement and investment in the continent. Approaching the topic through the framework of South-South co-operation, this highly original volume presents a critical analysis of the ways in which Chinese, Indian and Brazilian engagements in African agriculture are structured and implemented. Do these investments have the potential to create new opportunities to improve local living standards, transfer new technology and knowhow to African producers, and reverse the persistent productivity decline in African agriculture? Or will they simply aggravate the problem of food insecurity by accelerating the process of land alienation and displacement of local people from their land? Topical and comprehensive, Agricultural Development and Food Security in Africa offers fresh insight into a set of relationships that will shape both Africa and the world over the coming decades.

Forum on China-Africa Cooperation

Forum on China-Africa Cooperation
Author: Yazini April
Publisher: African Books Collective
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2014-12-14
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0978305043

As the Chinese economy continues to grow, increased commercial engagement with Africa will offer the continent new and rewarding prospects for trade, investment and economic development. The challenge is for Africa to grasp these opportunities and take full advantage of China's friendship and willingness to co-operate. The Forum on China-Africa Co-operation (FOCAC) provides a mechanism for all-inclusive diplomatic consultation to advance China Africa co-operation and to effectively manage expanding economic inter-dependence. FOCAC is a political arena for developing Sino-African co-operation and problem solving. FOCAC also provides an important framework for developing a common development agenda. Given new global trends towards antiglobalisation, FOCAC's importance is expected to increase in the years ahead. This book seeks to strengthen the China-Africa relationship and offer new suggestions for both policy makers and scholars seeking to understand and advance FOCAC for mutual benefit. FOCAC holds the key to Africa's development and long-term prosperity. The new policy initiatives and proposals outlined in this study make a very valuable contribution to strengthening FOCAC and advancing Africa's economic development.

Agricultural Growth in Sub-Saharan African Countries and China

Agricultural Growth in Sub-Saharan African Countries and China
Author: Mr.Mahmood Hasan Khan
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 30
Release: 1995-04-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1451971249

Agriculture remains the dominant sector in the economies of most Sub-Saharan African countries. However, the experience of agricultural growth in the region stands in sharp contrast to the robust performance of agriculture in many Asian countries, particularly China. In a number of African countries, labor productivity has fallen and land productivity has not risen significantly. In China, on the other hand, land and labor productivities have increased steadily over the past two decades. An examination of factors underlying the contrasting experiences of China and countries in Sub-Saharan Africa reveals important differences in the institutional and policy environments affecting the use of new and profitable technologies to raise land and labor productivities.

Will Africa Feed China?

Will Africa Feed China?
Author: Deborah Brautigam
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2015
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 019939685X

"In Will Africa Feed China?, Deborah Brautigam, one of the world's leading experts on China and Africa, challenges the conventional wisdom that the Chinese are leading the great African land grab. Her eye-opening analysis sheds new light on the myths and realities of China's evolving global quest for food security"--

China-Africa agricultural modernization cooperation: Situation, challenges and the path ahead

China-Africa agricultural modernization cooperation: Situation, challenges and the path ahead
Author: Chen, Kevin
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2018-09-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

在新时期,为了更好应对这些挑战,实现中非农业合作的潜力,建议把中非农业合作制度化,并制定一个综合战略规划指导未来的中非农业现代化合作。该综合战略规划将有助于指导和协调中国对非的投资和援助,并在合作过程中与非盟成员国推动农业发展的关键努力相对接。 To address the challenges and fulfill the potential of China-Africa modernization agricultural cooperation in the new era, it is critical to formulate an integrated strategic plan to guide the future development of China-Africa agricultural modernization cooperation. Such a plan is expected to guide and align Chinese investments and collaborative activities with key development efforts of the African Union member states.

China in African Agriculture

China in African Agriculture
Author: Victoria W. Breeze
Publisher:
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2019
Genre: Electronic dissertations
ISBN: 9781085672894

How is the China-Africa agricultural relationship conceptualized and realized at the intersections of large-scale socio-political, environmental, and economic processes? The goal of this dissertation is to disentangle some pieces of this structure by means of several qualitative and quantitative modeling approaches. Chapter 1 discusses a novel application of topic modeling to China-Africa academic literature, in two languages. Chapter 2 investigates the potential of the telecoupling framework to tease out the effects of Chinese investment on agricultural development in Africa, despite the fact that almost no Chinese investment goes directly to the agricultural sector. Chapter 3 presents multi-criteria decision modeling as one method to predict where direct Chinese investment in African agriculture might occur. This work presents multiple applications of methodologies underutilized in the study of China-Africa agricultural systems. The models used in this dissertation also explicitly state their data inputs and assumptions about the behavior of the system under study. In doing so, they both reinforce that more data is needed to understand any long-term trends in China-Africa agricultural systems and draw attention to the specific gaps in current data. Finally, the conclusions drawn by this research push back against the idea of a singular "Chinese model" of development that can be applied to Africa and instead highlight how different facets of China-Africa agricultural systems emerge under different assumptions and vary dramatically across the continent.

Beyond Official Development Assistance

Beyond Official Development Assistance
Author: Lu Jiang
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2019-09-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9813295074

This book investigates China’s contemporary development cooperation mentality and modality through the case of its agricultural engagement with Africa. It identifies three models, namely traditional agro-aid, innovative agro-aid and agribusiness models, of Chinese current agro-development cooperation with Africa, and unpacks the different models by tracing their historical origins and examining the actual practice based on project-level fieldwork conducted in Mozambique and South Africa. The book provides a preliminary and qualitative evaluation of China’s current agro-development cooperation with Africa, and explains the ‘implementation gaps’ as observed on the ground adopting a public policy approach. It also compares the Chinese way of development cooperation with that of the traditional donors (particularly the OECD-DAC members), and calls for a broadening understanding for international development cooperation that can allow win-win ideology and embrace diversified cooperation forms beyond the official development assistance (ODA).

Agriculture, Human Security, and Peace

Agriculture, Human Security, and Peace
Author: M. Taeb
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2008
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1557534829

Covering more than the conventional 'food-only' role of agriculture, the international contributors to this volume detail how the solution to agricultural problems can lead to general socioeconomic and political development in impoverished countries.