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020			_a9781138963351 _q(hardback)
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050	0	0	_aHD2117 _b.F37 2020
082	0	4	_a338.1096 _223
245	0	0	_aFarming systems and food security in Africa : _bpriorities for science and policy under global change / _cedited by John Dixon, Dennis P. Garrity, Jean-Marc Boffa, Timothy Olalekan Williams, Tilahun Amede with Christopher Auricht, Rosemary Lott and George Mburathi.
264		1	_aLondon : _bRoutledge, _c2020.
300			_axxxv, 638 pages : _billustrations ; _c26 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_gPart I. _tAfrica through the farming systems lens: context and approach / _rJohn Dixon, Dennis Garrity, Jean-Marc Boffa, Adama Coulibaly, Medhat El-Helepi, Chris Auricht and George Mburathi -- _tMethods and data sources / _rChristopher M. Auricht, John Dixon, Jean-Marc Boffa, Harrij van Velthuizen and Günther Fischer -- _gPart II. Analysis of farming systems -- _tMaize mixed farming system: an engine for rural growth and poverty reduction / _rMalcolm Blackie, John Dixon, Maxwell Mudhara, Joseph Rusike, Sieglinde Snapp and Mulugetta Mekuria -- _tAgro-pastoral farming systems: achieving resilience under duress? / _rJean-Marc Boffa, Minamba Bagayoko, John Sanders, Pierre Hiernaux, Shadreck Ncube and Justice Nyamangara -- _tThe highland perennial farming system: sustainable intensification and the limits of farm size / _rJ.K. Lynam -- _tThe root and tuber crop farming system: diversity, complexity and productivity potential / _rSamuel Adjei-Nsiah, Godwin Asumugha, Emmanuel Njukwe and Malachy Akoroda -- _tThe cereal-root crop mixed farming system: a potential bread basket transitioning to sustainable intensification / _rAmir Kassam, Eric Kueneman, Rosemary Lott, Theodor Friedrich, NeBambi Lutaladio, David Norman, Martin Bwalya, Anne-Sophie Poisot and Saidi Mkomwa -- _tThe highland mixed farming system of Africa: diversifying livelihoods in fragile ecosystems / _rTilahun Amede and Mulugeta Lemenih -- _tThe tree crop farming system in the humid lowlands of Africa: stagnation, innovation and forest degradation / _rJim Gockowski -- _tThe pastoral farming system: balancing between tradition and transition / _rJan de Leeuw, Philip Osano, Mohammed Said, Augustine Ayantunde, Sikhalazo Dube, Constance Neely, Anton Vrieling, Philip Thornton and Polly Ericksen -- _tThe fish-based farming system: maintaining ecosystem health and flexible livelihood portfolios / _rOlivier Hamerlynck, Wanja Dorothy Nyingi, Jean-Luc Paul and Stéphanie Duvail -- _tThe forest-based farming system: highly diverse, annual and perennial systems under threat / _rStefan Hauser, Lindsey Norgrove, Eric Tollens, Christian Nolte, Valentina Robiglio, and James Gockowski -- _tLarge-scale irrigated farming system: the potential and challenges to improve food security, livelihoods and ecosystem management / _rTimothy Olalekan Williams, Jean-Marc Faurès, Regassa Namara and Katherine Snyder -- _tThe arid pastoral and oasis farming system: key centres for the development of trans-Saharan economies / _rMahamadou Chaibou and Bernard Bonnet -- _tPerennial mixed and island farming systems: exploiting synergies for maximum system productivity / _rM. Mudhara, J.P. Lombard, A.R. Palmer and J. Dixon -- _tUrban and peri-urban farming systems: feeding cities and enhancing resilience / _rDiana Lee-Smith, Gordon Prain, Olufunke Cofie, René van Veenhuizen and Nancy Karanja -- _gPart III. Synthesis and conclusions -- _tFarming and food systems potentials / _rJohn Dixon, Jean-Marc Boffa, Timothy Olalekan Williams, Jan de Leeuw, Günther Fischer and Harrij van Velthuizen -- _tWays forward: strategies for effective science, investments and policies for African farming and food systems / _rJohn Dixon, Dennis Garrity, George Mburathi, Jean-Marc Boffa, Tilahun Amede and Timothy O. Williams -- _tConclusions: implementation of the farming systems approach for African food security / _rDennis Garrity, John Dixon and George Mburathi.
650		0	_aAgricultural systems _zAfrica.
650		0	_aFarmers _zAfrica _xEconomic conditions.
650		0	_aRural development _zAfrica.
650		0	_aFood supply _zAfrica.
650		0	_aRural poor _zAfrica.
650		0	_aSustainable agriculture _zAfrica.
700	1		_aDixon, John _q(John Mezies), _eeditor, _eauthor.
700	1		_aGarrity, Dennis P., _eeditor, _eauthor.
700	1		_aBoffa, Jean-Marc, _eeditor, _eauthor.
700	1		_aWilliams, Timothy O., _eeditor, _eauthor.
700	0		_aTilahun Amede, _eeditor, _eauthor.
700	1		_aAuricht, Christopher, _eeditor, _eauthor.
700	1		_aLott, Rosemary, _eeditor, _eauthor.
700	1		_aMburathi, George K., _eeditor, _eauthor.
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