Sustainable Intensification Increasing Productivity in African Food and Agricultural Systems
| Other author | Pretty,Jules Editor |
| Other author | Toulmin,Camilla Editor |
| Other author | Williams,Stella Editor |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge Florence : Taylor & Francis Group [Distributor] |
| Description | 200 p. ill 26.200 x 019.000 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Series | International Journal Agricultural Sustainability Ser. |
| Summary | Annotation Continued population growth, rapidly changing consumption patterns and the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation are driving limited resources of food, energy, water and materials towards critical thresholds worldwide. These pressures are likely to be substantial across Africa, where countries will have to find innovative ways to boost crop and livestock production to avoid becoming more reliant on imports and food aid. Sustainable agricultural intensification producing more output from the same area of land while reducing the negative environmental impacts represents a solution for millions of African farmers. This volume presents the lessons learned fromforty sustainable agricultural intensification programmes intwenty countries across Africa, commissioned as part of the UK Government's Foresight project. Through detailed case studies, the authors of each chapter examine how to develop productive and sustainable agricultural systems and how to scale up these systems to reach many more millions of people in the future. Themes covered include crop improvements, agroforestry and soil conservation, conservation agriculture, integrated pest management, horticulture, livestock and fodder crops, aquaculture, and novel policies and partnerships. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781849713320 |
| ISBN | 1849713324 (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9781849713320 |
| Stock number | 00081154 |
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