The historical record. Early innovation in African agriculture : a brief history ; The sequel : development aid

Three early cases and a safari report. Community development up to date / Godfrey Allen ; The Tanganyika Groundnut Scheme / Brian Van Arkadie ; Farm settlement schemes in Nigeria / Richard G. Lowe ; A safari report to Mwanza and Shinyanga / L.K. Nsimba

Veterans, 1955-2010. General agricultural development. Agricultural development in Africa : lessons to be learnt / Brian Van Arkadie ; The long and winding road / Dirk Bol ; Out of Africa with grey hair / Dirk Zoebl ; Reflections on agricultural development in Africa / Fredrick N. Muchena ; Whither African farming? / Henk J.W. Mutsaers ; Memories, memories : the creation of a new world / Henry-Hervé Bichat ; A monument for the unknown expert / Jos Verdurmen ; Conditions for innovative agricultural practices in Sub-Saharan Africa / Marc Dufumier ; The African Resurgence : an updated narrative for African agriculture / Peter J. Matlon ; Freehold land tenure is a pre-requisite for agricultural development / Richard G. Lowe ; Agriculture development in Africa : the case of Tanzania / Sizya Lugeye

Smallholder and family farm development. Accelerating and sustaining African agricultural development / David W. Norman ; Agriculture : Sub-Saharan Africa perspective / Dejene Makonnen Gossa ; Mechanical revolution : an essential condition for progress in agricultural development in Sub-Saharan Africa / Felix I. Nweke ; An extraordinary farmer leader / François B. Traoré ; A white farmer in the Sahel / Frits Wegerif ; A missionary's tale / Harry A.M. Franssen ; "African soils are sooo... fertile" / Henk Breman ; Provisioning Africa's growing cities : the key opportunity / Jane I. Guyer ; No Santa Claus, only hard work and knowledge / Jan de Wolff ; An unreformed veteran? / Paul W.M. Kleene ; Realising Africa's agricultural potential or the law of the most limiting production factor / Peter Bolt ; Take ample time to develop rural areas / Peter van Doren

Commodity-based (cotton, rice, irrigated crops) production. Back to basics : there is no shortcut to development / Adri van den Dries ; A veterans' perspective on agricultural development : the case of the Mali cotton zone / Amadou Sow and Abdoulaye Traoré ; Testimony of a former agronomist at the French Development Cooperation / Dominque de la Croix ; Motive : "rendering service," but why have the achievements been erased so quickly? / Jean-Pierre Derlon ; A man of the field speaks out / Youba Koné

Animal production, beekeeping. Agricultural development : a victim of 40 years of war / Balaam Faustin Facho ; Did research in animal nutrition serve development? : What progress in 50 years and what is next? / Hubert Guerin ; Honeybee husbandry in modern tropical Africa / Marieke Mutsaers ; The early stages of crop and livestock integration in Sub-Saharan African / Philippe Lhoste

Agricultural services (research, extension, training). The limited impact and low sustainability of rural training programs / Alain Bonnassieux ; Reasons for lack of progress and low productivity in African agriculture and the kind and extent of external assistance needed to enhance it / Bede Okigbo ; Some lessons from history, local knowledge and experiential learning / David Gibbon ; Education, precondition for successful extension / Edward V.M. Verheij ; Africa "Veteran" Jock / Jock R. Anderson ; Beyond the experimental station's fences : which solutions for the semi-arid zones? / René Billaz ; Agricultural development in Africa : a tricky business of conflicting interests! / Willem A. Stoop

Some early lessons

What is holding back African agriculture's progress? : the authors' views

Looking back to the future : a biased editorial summary.