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1. Contemporary Agricultural Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa
Historical Overview of Major Agricultural Reform Trends in Africa
Post-Colonial Agricultural Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Asian Green Revolution
African Agricultural Policies in the Era of Structural Adjustment
Contemporary Agricultural Reform in Africa
The Political Economy of Contemporary Agricultural Policymaking in Africa
2. Theorizing Governance in Post-Genocide Rwanda
The Authoritarian High Modernism Concept and Its Limitations
Forms of Power: Discipline, Sovereignty and Governmentality
3. An Overview of the Political Economy of Agricultural Reform in Rwanda
Internal Drivers of Change in the Rwandan Agricultural Sector
Agricultural Policy Development
The Goals of the Agricultural Reform
The Crop Intensification Programme
The Emergence of New Zones of Governance in Rwanda
Domestic and Foreign Corporate Investment in the Agricultural Sector
Civil Society Roles: ‘Mobilization’ and Co-Optation
Methodological Approaches
4. Rwanda’s Engagement with International Aid and Foreign Direct Investment
The Agricultural Reform in Rwanda and International Governmentality
The Government of Rwanda and International Governmentality
5. Systems of Governmentality and Discipline in Rwanda
The Contemporary Administrative System
‘Eradicating Genocide Ideology’ and ‘Promoting National Unity and Reconciliation’ in Rwanda
Creating an Ideal Farmer: Governmentality in the Agricultural Sector
The Agricultural Extension System and Governmentality
6. Agricultural Cooperatives in Musanze District
Implementation of the National Agricultural Policy in Musanze District
Case Study: A ‘Policy Entrepreneur’, Conflict and Primitive Accumulation in an Agricultural Cooperative
7. Pyrethrum Production in Northern Province
The Creation of Pyrethrum Cooperatives
Donor and Private Sector Intervention: The Pyramid Project
The Mechanics of Coerced Production
The Economics of Pyrethrum Production
State Discourse on Pyrethrum Production
Tensions between Governmental and Disciplinary Technologies
Farmer Perceptions of the Pyrethrum Production and Marketing System
8. Maize Production and ‘Fugitive Farmers’ in Kirehe District
The Agricultural Reform in Kirehe
Government Policy Enforcement
Farmer Perspectives and Responses
Differentiated Impacts of the Reform
‘Model Farmers’ and ‘Fugitive Farmers’
Implications for the ‘Green Revolution for Africa’ and the Agrarian Question