Title The last hunger season : a year in an African farm community on the brink of change / Roger Thurow.

Publication Info.	New York : PublicAffairs, [2012]
	©2012

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Location	Call No.	Status
Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction	338.1967 THU	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction	338.1967 THU	Check Shelf
Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department	363.8 TH	Check Shelf

Edition	1st ed.
Description	xx, 273 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Maps -- Prologue -- Simiyu (the dry season) -- Masambu (preparing the land) -- Wafula (the rains) -- Wanjala (the hunger) -- Wekesa (the harvest) -- Sirumbi (second planting) -- Sikuku (festival days) -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Summary	Documents the story of a group of Kenyan farmers working to transcend lives of dire poverty and hunger to secure better opportunities for their families, illuminating their challenges while explaining the necessity of improving Africa's agriculture sector.
Subject	Farms, Small -- Kenya.
	Subsistence farming -- Kenya.
	Food supply -- Kenya.
	Hunger -- Kenya.
	Agricultural development projects -- Kenya.
	Kenya -- Rural conditions.
	Agricultural development projects. (OCoLC)fst00800659
	Farms, Small. (OCoLC)fst00921488
	Food supply. (OCoLC)fst00931196
	Hunger. (OCoLC)fst00964089
	Rural conditions. (OCoLC)fst01101474
	Subsistence farming. (OCoLC)fst01746153
	Kenya. (OCoLC)fst01208718
	Hunger. (DE-588)4026212-1
	Ländliche Entwicklung. (DE-588)4034450-2
	Landbevölkerung. (DE-588)4034229-3
	Selbsthilfe. (DE-588)4054412-6
	Kenya. (DE-588)4030236-2
Added Author	Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
ISBN	9781610390675
	1610390679
	9781610390682 (ebk.)
	1610390687 (ebk.)

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