Palgrave Handbook of Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa

Evans S. Osabuohien is Professor of Economics, Chair of the Centre for Economic Policy & Development Research (CEPDeR) at Covenant University, Nigeria, and Alexander von Humboldt Visiting Professor, Faculty of Management and Economics at Witten/Herdecke University, Germany.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Domesticating the SDGs in Africa for Rural and Agricultural Development: The Case of Devolved Governance.- 3. Youth Employment Challenge and Rural Transformation in Africa.- 4. Impact of Remittances on Agricultural Labour Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa.- 5. Electricity Access and Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Panel Data.- 6. Beyond the Farmgate: Can Social Capital Help Smallholders to Overcome Constraints in the Agricultural Value Chain in Africa?.- 7. Large-scale Land Investments and Households’ Livelihood in Nigeria: Empirical Insights from Quantitative Analysis.- 8. Agricultural Productivity and Households’ Welfare in Uganda: Examining the Relevance of Agricultural Improvement Interventions.- 9. Pattern of Labor Use and Productivity among Agricultural Households in Nigeria.- 10. Challenges in Tackling Poverty and Unemployment: Analysis of (YEAP) in Alkaleri, Duguri and Gar Rural Communities of Bauchi State, Nigeria.- 11. Determinants of the Willingness to Pay for Public Sector Health Care Services: An Empirical Study of Rural and Urban Communities in Nigeria.- 12. Increasing Agricultural Income and Access to Financial Services through Mobile Technology in Africa: Evidence from Malawi.- 13. Identifying the gap between the demand and supply of agricultural finance among irrigation farmers in Namibia.- 14. Access to Land and Agricultural Production: Analysis of ‘Priority Crops’ in Ogun State, Nigeria.- 15. Rural Transformation through Savings and Credit Cooperatives Societies in Moshi District, Tanzania.- 16. Rural–Urban Labour Migration and Youth Employment:  Investigating the Relevance of Nigeria’s Agricultural Sector in Employment Generation.- 17. Fostering Rural Development and Social Inclusion in East Africa: Interrogating the Role of Cooperatives.- 18. Impact of Non-agricultural Activities on Farmers’ Income: Evidence from the Senegalese Groundnut Area.- 19. Youth Unemployment and Large-Scale Agricultural Land Investments: Examining the Relevance of Indigenous Institutions and Local Capacity in Tanzania.- 20. Local Politics of Land Acquisitions for Foreign and Domestic Investments in Tanzania.- 21. Agricultural Policy and Food Security in Nigeria: A Rational Choice Analysis.- 22. Socio-Cultural Factors and Performance of Small-Scale Enterprise in Agro-Allied Manufacturing Firms in Nigeria.- 23. Labour Processes in Large Scale Land Investments in Sugar Estates in South-Eastern Zimbabwe.- 24. Poverty Reduction, Sustainable Agricultural Development and the Cassava Value Chain in Nigeria.- 25. Micro- Determinants of Women Participation in Agricultural Value Chain: Evidences from Rural Households in Nigeria.- 26. Job Creation and Social Conditions of Labour in the Forestry Agro-Industry in Mozambique.- 27. Boosting Non-Oil Export Revenue in Nigeria through Non-Traditional Agricultural Export Commodities: How Feasible?.- 28. Conclusion.