Author: Haswell, Margaret ; & Hunt, Diana ; editors :
Title: Rural Households in Emerging Societies. Technology & Change in Sub-Saharan Africa
Description: Oxford / New York, Berg, (1991). orig. boards. xiv,261 pp, 22x14cm,. Textual maps & tables. Minor rubbing, VG. ¶ Contains 11 papers. Includes: P. Richards "Experimenting Farmers & Agricultural Research"; R. Chambers & C. Toulmin "Farmer-First: Achieving Sustainable Dryland Development in Africa"; D. Hunt "Farm System & Household Economy as Frameworks for Prioritising & Appraising Technical Research: A Critical Appraisal of Current Approaches"; P. Starkey "Animal Traction: Constraints & Impact among African Households"; J.D.van der Ploeg "Autarky & Technical Change in Rice Production in Guinea Bissau: On the Importance of Commoditisation & Decommoditisation as Interrelated Processes"; C. Toulmin "Staying Together: Household Responses to Risk & Market Malfunction in Mali"; M. Haswell "Population & Change in a Gambian Rural Community, 1947 - 1987"; J.W. harmsworth "The Impact of the Tobacco Industry on Rural Development & Farming Systems in Arua, Uganda"; A. Cheater "Issues of Energy Autarky & Interdependence among Small-scale Commercial Farmers in Zimbabwe"; D.Bruinsma & R. Nout "Choice of Technology in Food Processing for Rural Development".

Keywords: African Ethnology, Sub-Saharan Africa, Rural Sociology, Farming Systems, Agriculture Economy, Technology, Technical Change, African Farmers, Developmental, Agricultural Develo