Farming systems and food security in Africa : priorities for science and policy under global change /: priorities for science and policy under global change. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by John Dixon [and seven others].
• Editors: Dixon, John
• Contents: Part I Introduction 1. 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 2. Methods and data sources Christopher M. Auricht, John Dixon, Jean-Marc Boffa, Harrij van Velthuizen and Günther Fischer Part II Analysis of farming systems 3. 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 4. The agropastoral farming system: Achieving adaptation and harnessing opportunities under duress Jean-Marc Boffa, John Sanders, Sibiri Jean-Baptiste Taonda, Pierre Hiernaux, Minamba Bagayoko, Shadreck Ncube and Justice Nyamangara 5. The highland perennial farming system: Sustainable intensification and the limits of farm size J.K. Lynam 6. The Root and Tuber Crop Farming System: diversity, complexity and productivity potential Samuel Adjei-Nsiah, Godwin Asumugha, Emmanuel Njukwe and Malachy Akoroda 7. 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 8. The highland mixed farming system of Africa: diversifying livelihoods in fragile ecosystems Tilahun Amede and Mulugeta Lemenih 9. The tree crop farming system in the humid lowlands of Africa: stagnation, innovation and forest degradation Jim Gockowski 10. 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 11. The fish-based farming system: maintaining ecosystem health and flexible livelihood portfolios Olivier Hamerlynck, Wanja Dorothy Nyingi, Jean-Luc Paul and Stéphanie Duvail 12. 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 13. 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 14. The arid pastoral and oasis farming system: key centres for the development of trans-Saharan economies Mahamadou Chaibou and Bernard Bonnet 15. Perennial mixed and island farming systems: exploiting synergies for maximum system productivity M. Mudhara, J.P. Lombard, A.R. Palmer and J. Dixon 16. 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 17. Farming and food systems potentials John Dixon, Jean-Marc Boffa, Timothy Olalekan Williams, Jan de Leeuw, Günther Fischer and Harrij van Velthuizen 18. 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 19. Conclusions: implementation of the farming systems approach for African food security Dennis Garrity, John Dixon and George Mburathi
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (colour)
• Subjects: 338.196; Agriculture -- Africa; Food supply -- Africa; Food security -- Africa
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317332268
• Related ISBNs: 9781317332275; 9781317332251; 9781315658841
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