Sustainable Food Security in West Africa
Food security is defined as the ability of countries, regions, or households to meet their required levels of food consumption at all times. Food security is an important component of human welfare, and it can act as an indicator of a region's development
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SUSTAINABLE FOOD SECURITY IN WEST AFRICA
Edited by W. K. ASENSO-OKYERE University ofGhana
GEORGE BENNEH University of Ghana and
WOUTER TIMS Center for World Food Studies, Free University of Amsterdam
SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress
ISBN 978-1-4613-7797-9 ISBN 978-1-4615-6105-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4615-6105-7
Printed on acid-free paper
This book was typeset by Ms. Hellen P. Agbesi, ISSER, University of Ghana, Legon.
All RiJdtts Reserved © 1997 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht Originally published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston in 1997 Softcover reprint of the hardcover Ist edition 1997 No part of the material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic er mechanical, including photocopying, recording er by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the copyright owner.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
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Preface SECTION 1 -
INTRODUCTION
The Status of Food Security in West Africa by W.K. Asenso-Okyere, G. Benneh and W. Tims
2
Agricultural Production, Food Security and Poverty in West Africa by Matthew Okai
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SECTION 2 -
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POVERTY AND HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY
Characterising the Poor in Ghana: A Logit Approach by w.K. Asenso-Okyere, N.N.N. Nsowah-Nuamah and P. Albersen
36
Income and Expenditure Profiles and Poverty in Ghana by A. W. Seini, v.K. Nyanteng and G.J.M van den Boom
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SECTION 3 -
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FARMERS' STRATEGIES FOR FOOD SECURITY
Analysis of Farmers' Strategies in the Central and North-West Regions of Burkina Faso: Approach and Some Results by P.D. Kabore, T.S. Kabore, A. Maatman, A.A. Ouedraogo, A.A. Ruys, H. Sawadogo and C. Schweigman
80
Farm Household Strategies for Food Security in Northern Ghana: A Comparative Analysis of High and Low Population Farming Systems by R. AI-Hassan, J.A. Famiyeh andA. de Jager
129
Agricultural Supply Response and Structural Adjustment in Ghana and Burkina Faso - Estimates from Macro-Level Time-Series Data by K.Y. Fosu, N. Heerink, K.E. Ilboudo, M. Kuiper andA. Kuyvenhoven
153
SECTION 4 -
HEALTH, NUTRITION AND FOOD SECURITY
186
Determinants of Health and Nutritional Status of Children in Ghana by W.K. Asenso-Okyere, F.A. Asante andM Nube
187
Nutrition, Labour Productivity and Labour Supply of Men and Women in Ghana by G.J.M van den Boom, M Nube and w.K. Asenso-Okyere
207
SECTION 5 -
TRADE AND FOOD SECURITY
Fanners' Transport Costs and Agricultural Production in Ghana by N. Heerink, P. Alsma andK.Y. Fosu Distorted Beef Markets and Regional Livestock Trade in West Africa: Experience from the Central West African Corridor byP.Q. van UffordandA. K. Bos Framework to Assess the Performance of Food Commodity Marketing Systems in Developing Countries with An Application to the Maize Market in Benin by C. Lutz and A. van Tilburg
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Author Index
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Subject Index
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PREFACE The initiative under which this book was prepared is the Res
