TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dixon,John
AU  - Garrity,Dennis P.
AU  - Boffa,Jean-Marc
AU  - Williams,Timothy O.
AU  - Tilahun Amede,
AU  - Auricht,Christopher
AU  - Lott,Rosemary
AU  - Mburathi,George K.
TI  - Farming systems and food security in Africa: priorities for science and policy under global change 
SN  - 9781138963351
AV  - HD2117 .F37 2020
U1  - 338.1096 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Agricultural systems
KW  - Africa
KW  - Farmers
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Rural development
KW  - Food supply
KW  - Rural poor
KW  - Sustainable agriculture
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I; Africa through the farming systems lens: context and approach; John Dixon, Dennis Garrity, Jean-Marc Boffa, Adama Coulibaly, Medhat El-Helepi, Chris Auricht and George Mburathi --; Methods and data sources; Christopher M. Auricht, John Dixon, Jean-Marc Boffa, Harrij van Velthuizen and Günther Fischer --; Part II. Analysis of farming systems --; Maize mixed farming system: an engine for rural growth and poverty reduction; Malcolm Blackie, John Dixon, Maxwell Mudhara, Joseph Rusike, Sieglinde Snapp and Mulugetta Mekuria --; Agro-pastoral farming systems: achieving resilience under duress?; Jean-Marc Boffa, Minamba Bagayoko, John Sanders, Pierre Hiernaux, Shadreck Ncube and Justice Nyamangara --; The highland perennial farming system: sustainable intensification and the limits of farm size; J.K. Lynam --; The root and tuber crop farming system: diversity, complexity and productivity potential; Samuel Adjei-Nsiah, Godwin Asumugha, Emmanuel Njukwe and Malachy Akoroda --; The cereal-root crop mixed farming system: a potential bread basket transitioning to sustainable intensification; Amir Kassam, Eric Kueneman, Rosemary Lott, Theodor Friedrich, NeBambi Lutaladio, David Norman, Martin Bwalya, Anne-Sophie Poisot and Saidi Mkomwa --; The highland mixed farming system of Africa: diversifying livelihoods in fragile ecosystems; Tilahun Amede and Mulugeta Lemenih --; The tree crop farming system in the humid lowlands of Africa: stagnation, innovation and forest degradation; Jim Gockowski --; The pastoral farming system: balancing between tradition and transition; Jan de Leeuw, Philip Osano, Mohammed Said, Augustine Ayantunde, Sikhalazo Dube, Constance Neely, Anton Vrieling, Philip Thornton and Polly Ericksen --; The fish-based farming system: maintaining ecosystem health and flexible livelihood portfolios; Olivier Hamerlynck, Wanja Dorothy Nyingi, Jean-Luc Paul and Stéphanie Duvail --; The forest-based farming system: highly diverse, annual and perennial systems under threat; Stefan Hauser, Lindsey Norgrove, Eric Tollens, Christian Nolte, Valentina Robiglio, and James Gockowski --; Large-scale irrigated farming system: the potential and challenges to improve food security, livelihoods and ecosystem management; Timothy Olalekan Williams, Jean-Marc Faurès, Regassa Namara and Katherine Snyder --; The arid pastoral and oasis farming system: key centres for the development of trans-Saharan economies; Mahamadou Chaibou and Bernard Bonnet --; Perennial mixed and island farming systems: exploiting synergies for maximum system productivity; M. Mudhara, J.P. Lombard, A.R. Palmer and J. Dixon --; Urban and peri-urban farming systems: feeding cities and enhancing resilience; Diana Lee-Smith, Gordon Prain, Olufunke Cofie, René van Veenhuizen and Nancy Karanja --; Part III. Synthesis and conclusions --; Farming and food systems potentials; John Dixon, Jean-Marc Boffa, Timothy Olalekan Williams, Jan de Leeuw, Günther Fischer and Harrij van Velthuizen --; Ways forward: strategies for effective science, investments and policies for African farming and food systems; John Dixon, Dennis Garrity, George Mburathi, Jean-Marc Boffa, Tilahun Amede and Timothy O. Williams --; Conclusions: implementation of the farming systems approach for African food security; Dennis Garrity, John Dixon and George Mburathi
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