Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 African Agriculture: from Crisis to Development? -- 3 The Millennium Goals, the State and Macro-level Performance - an Overview -- 4 Smallholders Caught in Poverty - Flickering Signs of Agricultural Dynamism -- 5 A New Era for Sub-Saharan African Agriculture? Changing Drivers of Maize Production -- 6 Maize Remittances, Market Participation and Consumption among Smallholders in Africa -- 7 Meeting the Financial Needs of Smallholder Farmers in Ethiopia -- 8 Agricultural Diversification, Food Self-sufficiency and Food Security in Ghana - the Role of Infrastructure and Institutions -- 9 Conditions for Achieving Sustained Agricultural Intensification in Africa: Evidence from Kenya -- 10 The Fertilizer Support Programme and the Millennium Development Challenge in Zambia: Is Government a Problem Solution? -- 11 Has the Nigerian Green Revolution Veered Off Track? -- 12 Addressing Food Self-sufficiency in Tanzania: a Balancing Act of Policy Coordination -- 13 Focusing on the Majority - Rethinking Agricultural Development in Mozambique -- 14 Conclusions: What Direction for the Future of African Agriculture? -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y -- Z.