An African Niche Economy: Farming to Feed Ibadan

Jane L Guyer

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An African Niche Economy

Farming to Feed Ibadan

Jane L Guyer

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1997

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Of the several forces reshaping West African rural societies and economies in the post-colonial period, one of the most pervasive is the rapid growth of urban demand. This book studies a Yoruba community in the supply hinterland of Ibadan over twenty years. It tells the social and agricultural history of its various producers, from the Nigerian civil war, via the oil boom and bust, to structural adjustment. It argues that principles of occupational organisation inherited from the past are now being applied to the creation of a competitive and responsive regional market that promises to be one of the most important social forms in West Africa's future.

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Business and Economics Political Economics Political Economics, other

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

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474468688

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African Studies

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College/higher education;

An African Niche Economy

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