Farming systems and food security in Africa : priorities for science and policy under global change /
Farming systems and food security in Africa : priorities for science and policy under global change /
edited by John Dixon, Dennis P. Garrity, Jean-Marc Boffa, Timothy Olalekan Williams, Tilahun Amede with Christopher Auricht, Rosemary Lott and George Mburathi.
- xxxv, 638 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Africa through the farming systems lens: context and approach / Methods and data sources / Maize mixed farming system: an engine for rural growth and poverty reduction / Agro-pastoral farming systems: achieving resilience under duress? / The highland perennial farming system: sustainable intensification and the limits of farm size / The root and tuber crop farming system: diversity, complexity and productivity potential / The cereal-root crop mixed farming system: a potential bread basket transitioning to sustainable intensification / The highland mixed farming system of Africa: diversifying livelihoods in fragile ecosystems / The tree crop farming system in the humid lowlands of Africa: stagnation, innovation and forest degradation / The pastoral farming system: balancing between tradition and transition / The fish-based farming system: maintaining ecosystem health and flexible livelihood portfolios / The forest-based farming system: highly diverse, annual and perennial systems under threat / Large-scale irrigated farming system: the potential and challenges to improve food security, livelihoods and ecosystem management / The arid pastoral and oasis farming system: key centres for the development of trans-Saharan economies / Perennial mixed and island farming systems: exploiting synergies for maximum system productivity / Urban and peri-urban farming systems: feeding cities and enhancing resilience / Farming and food systems potentials / Ways forward: strategies for effective science, investments and policies for African farming and food systems / Conclusions: implementation of the farming systems approach for African food security / John Dixon, Dennis Garrity, Jean-Marc Boffa, Adama Coulibaly, Medhat El-Helepi, Chris Auricht and George Mburathi -- Christopher M. Auricht, John Dixon, Jean-Marc Boffa, Harrij van Velthuizen and Günther Fischer -- Malcolm Blackie, John Dixon, Maxwell Mudhara, Joseph Rusike, Sieglinde Snapp and Mulugetta Mekuria -- Jean-Marc Boffa, Minamba Bagayoko, John Sanders, Pierre Hiernaux, Shadreck Ncube and Justice Nyamangara -- J.K. Lynam -- Samuel Adjei-Nsiah, Godwin Asumugha, Emmanuel Njukwe and Malachy Akoroda -- Amir Kassam, Eric Kueneman, Rosemary Lott, Theodor Friedrich, NeBambi Lutaladio, David Norman, Martin Bwalya, Anne-Sophie Poisot and Saidi Mkomwa -- Tilahun Amede and Mulugeta Lemenih -- Jim Gockowski -- Jan de Leeuw, Philip Osano, Mohammed Said, Augustine Ayantunde, Sikhalazo Dube, Constance Neely, Anton Vrieling, Philip Thornton and Polly Ericksen -- Olivier Hamerlynck, Wanja Dorothy Nyingi, Jean-Luc Paul and Stéphanie Duvail -- Stefan Hauser, Lindsey Norgrove, Eric Tollens, Christian Nolte, Valentina Robiglio, and James Gockowski -- Timothy Olalekan Williams, Jean-Marc Faurès, Regassa Namara and Katherine Snyder -- Mahamadou Chaibou and Bernard Bonnet -- M. Mudhara, J.P. Lombard, A.R. Palmer and J. Dixon -- Diana Lee-Smith, Gordon Prain, Olufunke Cofie, René van Veenhuizen and Nancy Karanja -- John Dixon, Jean-Marc Boffa, Timothy Olalekan Williams, Jan de Leeuw, Günther Fischer and Harrij van Velthuizen -- John Dixon, Dennis Garrity, George Mburathi, Jean-Marc Boffa, Tilahun Amede and Timothy O. Williams -- Dennis Garrity, John Dixon and George Mburathi. Part I. Part II. Analysis of farming systems -- Part III. Synthesis and conclusions --
9781138963351 9781315658841
2018035011
Agricultural systems--Africa.
Farmers--Economic conditions.--Africa
Rural development--Africa.
Food supply--Africa.
Rural poor--Africa.
Sustainable agriculture--Africa.
HD2117 / .F37 2020
338.1096
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Africa through the farming systems lens: context and approach / Methods and data sources / Maize mixed farming system: an engine for rural growth and poverty reduction / Agro-pastoral farming systems: achieving resilience under duress? / The highland perennial farming system: sustainable intensification and the limits of farm size / The root and tuber crop farming system: diversity, complexity and productivity potential / The cereal-root crop mixed farming system: a potential bread basket transitioning to sustainable intensification / The highland mixed farming system of Africa: diversifying livelihoods in fragile ecosystems / The tree crop farming system in the humid lowlands of Africa: stagnation, innovation and forest degradation / The pastoral farming system: balancing between tradition and transition / The fish-based farming system: maintaining ecosystem health and flexible livelihood portfolios / The forest-based farming system: highly diverse, annual and perennial systems under threat / Large-scale irrigated farming system: the potential and challenges to improve food security, livelihoods and ecosystem management / The arid pastoral and oasis farming system: key centres for the development of trans-Saharan economies / Perennial mixed and island farming systems: exploiting synergies for maximum system productivity / Urban and peri-urban farming systems: feeding cities and enhancing resilience / Farming and food systems potentials / Ways forward: strategies for effective science, investments and policies for African farming and food systems / Conclusions: implementation of the farming systems approach for African food security / John Dixon, Dennis Garrity, Jean-Marc Boffa, Adama Coulibaly, Medhat El-Helepi, Chris Auricht and George Mburathi -- Christopher M. Auricht, John Dixon, Jean-Marc Boffa, Harrij van Velthuizen and Günther Fischer -- Malcolm Blackie, John Dixon, Maxwell Mudhara, Joseph Rusike, Sieglinde Snapp and Mulugetta Mekuria -- Jean-Marc Boffa, Minamba Bagayoko, John Sanders, Pierre Hiernaux, Shadreck Ncube and Justice Nyamangara -- J.K. Lynam -- Samuel Adjei-Nsiah, Godwin Asumugha, Emmanuel Njukwe and Malachy Akoroda -- Amir Kassam, Eric Kueneman, Rosemary Lott, Theodor Friedrich, NeBambi Lutaladio, David Norman, Martin Bwalya, Anne-Sophie Poisot and Saidi Mkomwa -- Tilahun Amede and Mulugeta Lemenih -- Jim Gockowski -- Jan de Leeuw, Philip Osano, Mohammed Said, Augustine Ayantunde, Sikhalazo Dube, Constance Neely, Anton Vrieling, Philip Thornton and Polly Ericksen -- Olivier Hamerlynck, Wanja Dorothy Nyingi, Jean-Luc Paul and Stéphanie Duvail -- Stefan Hauser, Lindsey Norgrove, Eric Tollens, Christian Nolte, Valentina Robiglio, and James Gockowski -- Timothy Olalekan Williams, Jean-Marc Faurès, Regassa Namara and Katherine Snyder -- Mahamadou Chaibou and Bernard Bonnet -- M. Mudhara, J.P. Lombard, A.R. Palmer and J. Dixon -- Diana Lee-Smith, Gordon Prain, Olufunke Cofie, René van Veenhuizen and Nancy Karanja -- John Dixon, Jean-Marc Boffa, Timothy Olalekan Williams, Jan de Leeuw, Günther Fischer and Harrij van Velthuizen -- John Dixon, Dennis Garrity, George Mburathi, Jean-Marc Boffa, Tilahun Amede and Timothy O. Williams -- Dennis Garrity, John Dixon and George Mburathi. Part I. Part II. Analysis of farming systems -- Part III. Synthesis and conclusions --
9781138963351 9781315658841
2018035011
Agricultural systems--Africa.
Farmers--Economic conditions.--Africa
Rural development--Africa.
Food supply--Africa.
Rural poor--Africa.
Sustainable agriculture--Africa.
HD2117 / .F37 2020
338.1096