Interrogating the technocratic (neoliberal) agenda for agricultural development and hunger alleviation in Africa
Interrogating the technocratic (neoliberal) agenda for agricultural development and hunger alleviation in Africa
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质疑非洲农业发展和减轻饥饿的技术官僚（新自由主义）议程
DOI：
10.1080/19376812.2014.1003308
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发表时间：
2015
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
R. Bezner Kerr
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作者：
William G. Moseley;M. Schnurr;R. Bezner Kerr
本文介绍了一个特殊问题，批判性地审视了非洲农业发展和减轻饥饿的主导技术官僚，新自由主义议程。我们简要回顾了后殖民时期非洲农业和粮食安全政策的历史，以便将非洲新绿色革命中嵌入的生产主义方法置于背景下，这是一种包括使用杂交种子、化肥和杀虫剂来提高作物产量的战略。这种方法的基础是前所未有的公私伙伴关系，捐助方积极推动私营部门发展，并在非洲农民、投入物供应商、农产品经销商、农产品加工商和零售商之间建立联系。在消费者端，增加超市在较贫穷社区的渗透，是解决城市食品不安全问题的一种办法。特刊上的论文使人们对这种新方法的理解复杂化，并对其作为一种在整个非洲大陆增加粮食生产和减轻饥饿的战略的有效性提出了严肃的质疑。
This paper introduces a special issue that critically examines the dominant technocratic, neoliberal agenda for agricultural development and hunger alleviation in Africa. We briefly review the history of African agricultural and food security policy in the post-colonial period in order to contextualise the productionist approach embedded in the New Green Revolution for Africa, a strategy comprising the use of hybrid seeds, fertilisers, and pesticides to boost crop production. This approach is underpinned by a new and unprecedented level of public–private partnerships as donors actively work to promote the private sector and build links between African farmers, input suppliers, agro-dealers, agro-processors, and retailers. On the consumer end, increased supermarket penetration into poorer neighbourhoods is proffered as a solution to urban food insecurity. The papers in the special issue complicate understandings of this new approach and raise serious questions about its effectiveness as a strategy for increasing food production and alleviating hunger across the continent.