Awakening Africa's sleeping giant

Awakening Africa's sleeping giant prospects for commercial agriculture in the Guinea Savannah zone and beyond. [electronic resource] : - Washington, DC : Rome, Italy : World Bank ; FAO : Cooperazione italiana allo sviluppo, c2009. - xii, 218 p. : ill., maps. - Directions in development. Agriculture and rural development . - Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Agriculture and rural development. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introductions and objectives -- Past experience : Asia and Latin America vs. Sub-Saharan Africa -- Outlook for commercial agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Commodity-specific competitiveness analysis -- Factors affecting the competitiveness of African agriculture -- Potential social and environmental impacts of commercial agriculture -- Conclusions and recommendations : opportunities and challenges.


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Agriculture--Economic aspects--Guinea.


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