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| ADR | Agence de Développement Rural (Rural Development Agency) |
| AR | Animation Rurale (Extension Service) |
| BCEAO | Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
| BNDS | Banque Nationale de Développement du Sénégal |
| CEAD | Centre Régional pour l'Assistance au Développement |
| CER | Centre d'Expansion Rurale (Rural Expansion Centre) |
| CERP | Centre d'Expansion Rurale Polyvalente |
| CONGAD | Conseil des Organisations Non Gouvernementales d'Appui au Développement |
| CSS | Compagnie Sucrière Sénégalaise |
| CVCCEP | Cours de Vérification des Comptes et de Contrôle des Etablissements Publics |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| ISRA | Institut Sénégalais de Recherche Agricole |
| ITA | Institute de Technologie Alimentaire |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organization |
| NPA | Nouvelle Politique Agricole (New Agricultural Policy) |
| NPI | Nouvelle Politique Industrielle (New Industrial Policy) |
| OCA | Office de Commercialisation Agricole (Agricultural Marketing Board) |
| ONCAD | Office National de Coopération et d'Assistance au Développement (National Office for Cooperatives and Development Assistance) |
| OSP | Opération de Suppression des Organismes Stockeurs Privés |
| PAML | Plan d' Ajustement Structurel à Moyen et Long Terme (Medium- and Long-Term Structural Adjustment Plan) |
| PAS | Plan d'Ajustement Structurel (Structural Adjustment Plan) |
| PREF | Plan de Redressement Économique et Financier (Economic and Financial Recovery Plan) |
| SAED | Société d'Aménagement et d'Exploitation du Delta |
| SRDR | Société Régionale de Développement Rural |
| SEIB | Société d'Exploitation Industrielle de Baol |
| SERAS | Société d'Exploitation des Ressources Animales du Sénégal |
| SI | Société d'Intervention |
| SODAGRI | Société de Développement de l'Agriculture |
| SODEFITEX | Société pour le Développement des Fibres et Textiles |
| SODEPS | Société pour le Développement de l'Elevage dans la Zone Sylvo-Pastorale |
| SODEVA | Société de Développement de Vulgarisation Agricole |
| SOMIVAC | Société de Mise en Valeur Agricole de la Casamance |
| SONAR | Société Nationale d'Approvisionnement du Monde Rural |
| STN | Société des Terres Neuves |
The United Nations University • Third World Forum
Studies in African Political Economy
General Editor: Samir Amin
In this volume African scholars examine the current grave agricultural situation in many parts of Africa. Starting from the proposition that agriculture must be central in any African development strategy, the authors assess the diverse experiments and experiences of Algeria, Ethiopia, the Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania and Tunisia and seek pointers for the future. Why have some countries' agricultural policies been mote successful than others? What should be the relationship between food production and export-oriented agriculture? What sort of industrialization should be pursued? How can industry best contribute to agriculture without producing a yet greater exodus from the land? What kind of planning has been effective and where?
They argue that greater African autonomy from the international system - politically, economically, technologically and financially - is vital to the achievement of autocentred development. A new development strategy of this kind would be geared primarily to the needs of the people in each country rather than to the world's demand for African raw materials. To be realized in practice this needs greater democratization of society internally, along with co-operation and unity among African states.
Hamid Ait Amara was educated at the Sorbonne and is now Professor of Sociology at the University of Algiers. Co-ediror Bernard Founou-Tchuigoua is the author of Stratégie d 'Autosuffisance alimentaire au Sénégal and Les Fondements de l'Economie de traite au Sénégal.
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