The Politics of Agriculture in Tropical Africa

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Introduction Jonathan Barker Politics and Production Transnational Agencies and Agricultural Change Mohammed S Halfani and Jonathan Barker Agribusiness and Agrarian Change John Loxley The World Bank and the Model of Accumulation William Derman USAID in th Development and Poverty Linda Freeman CIDA and Agriculture in East and Central Africa National and Local Contexts Myriam Gervais Peasants and Capital in Upper Volta Bonnie K Campbell Inside the Miracle Cotton in the Ivory Coast Michael Watts and Robert Shenton State and Agrarian Transformation in Nigeria Taisier Ali and Jay O'Brien Labor, Community, and Protest in Sudanese Agriculture William Cowie and Jotham Momba Zambia's Captured Peasantry Brooke Gru