10. The Younger Generation of Men

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Maps, Tables and Figures vi
4. Preface viii
5. Maps xi
6. Part 1: Locations
7. 1. Urban Hinterlands and Competitive Economies 1
8. 2. The Challenges and Methods of a Restudy 24
9. 3. Idere: An Invented Community 33
10. Part II: Narratives
11. 4. Newcomers and Novelties of the 1960s: Migrant Labour, Contract Farming and Other Innovations 57
12. 5. Farming in the Peripheral Hinterland, 1968 73
13. 6. The Oil Boom: Transporters, Tractors and New Sources of Hired Labour 85
14. 7. The Mid-scale Farmers 106
15. 8. The Foothold of Corporate Agribusiness 116
16. 9. Women's Entry into Farming 124
17. 10. The Younger Generation of Men 151
18. 11. The Small-scale Male Farmers in 1988 159
19. Part III: Synergies
20. 12. 'Everybody's Farming Now': Agro-ecology in the Late 1980s 189
21. 13. Collective Dynamics 200
22. 14. The Niche Economy and Hinterland Change 221
23. Appendix A 235
24. Appendix B 238
25. Bibliography 243
26. Index 254