Rural Communities under Stress: Peasant Farmers and the State in Africa

African Society Today: Peasant farmers and the state in Africa: Disaster in rural sub-Saharan Africa has become a regular, almost annual event in recent years. In 1985 it was estimated that 10 million Africans left their homes and fields because they were unable to support themselves and that an additional 20 million were reported to be at risk of debilitating hunger.Barker, Jonathan is the author of 'Rural Communities under Stress: Peasant Farmers and the State in Africa', published 1990 under ISBN 9780521308670 and ISBN 0521308674.