Land pressures, the evolution of farming systems, and development strategies in Africa: A synthesis

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dc.creatorJayne, Thomas S.
dc.creatorChamberlin, Jordan
dc.creatorHeadey, Derek D.
dc.date2014
dc.date2024-08-01T02:49:50Z
dc.date2024-08-01T02:49:50Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:39:23Z
dc.descriptionEvidence assembled in this special issue of Food Policy shows that rising rural population densities in parts of Africa are profoundly affecting farming systems and the region’s economies in ways that are underappreciated in current discourse on African development issues. This study synthesizes how people, markets and governments are responding to rising land pressures in Africa, drawing on key findings from the various contributions in this special issue. The papers herein revisit the issue of Boserupian agricultural intensification as an important response to land constraints, but they also go further than Boserup and her followers to explore broader responses to land constraints, including non-farm diversification, migration, and reduced fertility rates. Agricultural and rural development strategies in the region will need to more fully anticipate the implications of Africa’s rapidly changing land and demographic situation, and the immense challenges that mounting land pressures pose in the context of current evidence of unsustainable agricultural intensification, a rapidly rising labor force associated with the region’s current demographic conditions, and limited nonfarm job creation. These challenges are manageable but will require explicit policy actions to address the unique development challenges in densely populated rural areas.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/149727
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/110769
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceJayne, Thomas S.; Chamberlin, Jordan; and Headey, Derek D. 2014. Land pressures, the evolution of farming systems, and development strategies in Africa: A synthesis. Food Policy 48(October 2014): 1-17. Special Issue on Boserup and Beyond: Mounting Land Pressures and Development Strategies in Africa. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2014.05.014
dc.subjectstructural adjustment
dc.subjectdemographic transition
dc.subjectagricultural policies
dc.subjectsoil fertility
dc.subjectpopulation density
dc.subjectsustainable intensification
dc.subjectland
dc.subjectfarm size
dc.subjectpoverty reduction
dc.titleLand pressures, the evolution of farming systems, and development strategies in Africa: A synthesis
dc.typeJournal Article

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