Potato processing at the industrial level is relatively insignificant in the tropical highlands of Africa in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. No large international companies are present in this area whereas they have successfully established themselves in North Africa (Egypt) and South Africa....

During the past 15 years, significant investments have been made in the development and promotion of orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) varieties in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) due to their high β-carotene contents and thus, their potential to contribute towards reducing vitamin A deficiency. As the...

This chapter draws overall conclusions from the current study as well as the preceding one and to point out directions for future research as well as policy. It is argued that the African Green Revolution might differ from the Asian one: it would involve other crops, be less focused on rice and...

This chapter synthesizes information on the role of institutional arrangement and policy in the conservation, utilization and commercialization of indigenous fruits in the miombo woodlands of southern Africa. It is established that a holistic multi-sectoral approach involving communities,...

The key concern expressed about free inputs programmes is that they 'crowd out' the private sector. The concept of crowding out in this context implies that something that would have been bought from the private sector (seed and/or fertilizer) is no longer purchased because of the intervention....

This chapter assesses the arguments in favour of and against vouchers as a method for controlling distribution of benefits in a large-scale programme like Starter Pack in Malawi. The first part of the chapter presents evidence of the problems, based on the Starter Pack Monitoring and Evaluation...

This chapter draws from available literature as well as from a few African case studies to lay out the main issues and to suggest some lessons that may be useful to policy makers in implementing producer funding of agricultural research. Economic arguments for and against producer funding are...

This chapter examines tourism in South Africa, more specifically in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. Interviews conducted with the major stakeholders between 1994 and 1999 set out to consider whether, within the context of the province's political economy, ecotourism allowed the authors to identify a ...