Digging Deeper: Inside Africa’s Agricultural, Food and Nutrition Dynamics

This volume attempts to dig deeper into what is currently happening in Africa’s agricultural and rural sector and to convince policymakers and others that it is important to look at the current African rural dynamics in ways that connect metropolitan demands for food with value chain improvements and agro-food cluster innovations. It is essential to go beyond a ‘development bureaucracy’ and a state-based approach to rural transformation, such as the one that often dominates policy debate in African government circles, organizations like the African Union and the UN, and donor agencies.

Akinyinka Akinyoade, Ph.D. (2007), Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, is a Senior Researcher at the African Studies Centre, Leiden and he is the convenor of its Agro-Food Clusters in Africa collaborative research group. He has published some journal articles, and research reports on Food Security in Africa including Agricultural Dynamics and Food Security Trends in Africa
Wijnand Klaver, MSc, (1976, Wageningen University) is a Senior Researcher at the African Studies Centre, Leiden. He has published work on the indicators of undernutrition among preschool children and of national food availability for several countries in Africa.

Sebastiaan Soeters, PhD (2012), is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Utrecht. His current research focuses on the social effects of climate change amongst rural communities in northern Ghana, Burkina Faso and Kenya. His earlier research focussed on urbanisation and food security in Africa.

Dick Foeken, Ph.D. (1991), University of Amsterdam, is senior researcher at the African Studies Centre, Leiden. He published numerous books and articles on livelihood issues, mainly in Kenya.