{"product_id":"farewell-to-farms-de-agrarianisation-and-employment-in-africa-9781138335530","title":"Farewell to Farms: De-Agrarianisation and Employment in Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Deborah Fahy Bryceson | Vali Jamal\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Sociology - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1997, this volume asks whether Africa's future is necessarily rooted in peasant agriculture. The title of this book, \u003ci\u003eFarewell to Farms\u003c\/i\u003e, is deliberately intended to challenge the widely held view that Africa is the world's reserve for peasant farming. African rural populations are themselves moving away from a reliance on agriculture. 'De-agrarianisation' takes the form of urban migration as well as the expansion of non-agricultural activities in rural areas providing new income sources, occupations and social identities for rural dwellers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing recent continent-wide case study evidence, the authors assess the impact of de-agrarianisation on household welfare, business performance and national development. Their findings, which reveal new economic trajectories and social patterns emerging from a period of accelerated change, call into question assumptions about Africa's future place in the world division of labour.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46931315916951,"sku":"9781138335530","price":2988.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781138335530.webp?v=1771612466","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/farewell-to-farms-de-agrarianisation-and-employment-in-africa-9781138335530","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}