Includes bibliographical references.

Preliminary Material / Akinyinka Akinyoade , Wijnand Klaver , Sebastiaan Soeters and Dick Foeken -- Introduction / Akinyinka Akinyoade , Ton Dietz , Dick Foeken and Wijnand Klaver -- Mapping the Food Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa / Lia van Wesenbeeck -- Agricultural Pockets of Effectiveness in Africa: A Comparative Inventory of Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda since 2000 / Jean-FrancÌʹois Courtine -- Food Production and Consumption in Relation to Food Insecurity and Undernutrition in Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda / Wijnand Klaver -- Dairy Clustering in Kenya / Diederik de Boer and Jackson Langat -- Biofuel Feedstock Production in Ethiopia: Status, Challenges and Contributions / Maru Shete and Marcel Rutten -- Local Careers and Mixed Fortunes in Africa's Globalizing Food Exports: The Case of Nile Perch from Lake Victoria, Uganda / Joost Beuving -- Pressures and Incentives: Urban Growth and Food Production at Tamale's Rural-Urban Interface / Sebastiaan Soeters -- The Dynamics of Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture / Diana Lee-Smith -- From Suitcase Farmers to Telephone Farmers: Agriculture and Diversified Livelihoods among Urban Professionals / Melle Leenstra -- National Agricultural Research Systems in Africa / Olubunmi Abayomi Omotesho and Abraham Falola -- Contributions of Small- and Large-Scale Farms and Foreign and Local Investments to Agricultural Growth: The Nigerian Example / Sheu-Usman Akanbi and Akinyinka Akinyoade -- Loss and Damage from Droughts and Floods in Rural Africa / Kees van der Geest and Koko Warner -- Agriculture and Nutrition: Linkages and Complementarities / Inge D. Brouwer -- Appendix A: Selected Statistics of Major World Regions and Selected Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa / Akinyinka Akinyoade , Wijnand Klaver , Sebastiaan Soeters and Dick Foeken -- Appendix B: Fifty Years of Agricultural and Food Dynamics in Africa - Statistical Data / Akinyinka Akinyoade , Wijnand Klaver , Sebastiaan Soeters and Dick Foeken.

2