African Food Systems in Crisis: Part One: Microperspectives: 7 (Food and Nutrition in History and Anthropology) - Hardcover

9782881243066: African Food Systems in Crisis: Part One: Microperspectives: 7 (Food and Nutrition in History and Anthropology)

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ISBN 10: 2881243061 ISBN 13: 9782881243066

Publisher: Routledge, 1989

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First Published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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This work, produced by the Task Force on African Famine of the American Anthropological Association, is the first of a multi-part project dealing with the long-term and ongoing food crisis in Africa primarily at the level of local production - the microperspective. It offers a series of anthropological and ecological views on the cause of the current problem and on coping strategies used by both indigenous people and developmental planners. The three sections of this volume review current explanations for food problems in Africa, focusing mainly on production and consumption at the household level, they offer a number of perspectives on the environmental, historical, political, and economic contexts for food stress, and include a series of case studies showing the ways in which Africans have responded to the threat of drought and hunger. This work should be of interest to all persons concerned with this ultimately global dilemma, particularly those involved in planning and relief efforts.

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