The Climate-Smart Agriculture Papers : Investigating the Business of a Productive, Resilient and Low Emission Future /: Investigating the Business of a Productive, Resilient and Low Emission Future. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Todd S. Rosenstock, Andreea Nowak, Evan Girvetz.
• Editors: Rosenstock, Todd S; Nowak, Andreea; Girvetz, Evan
• Contents: Chapter 1-An introduction to the climate-smart agriculture papers -- Chapter 2-Future climate projections in Africa: where are we headed? -- Chapter 3-Climate change and infectious livestock diseases: the case of rift valley fever and tick-borne diseases -- Chapter 4-Large scale crop suitability assessment under future climate using the ecocrop model: the case of six provinces in Angola’sPlanalto region -- Chapter 5-Understanding the role of soils and management on crops in the face of climate uncertainty in Zimbabwe: a sensitivity analysis -- Chapter 6-Role and challenges of the private seed sector in developing and disseminating climate-smart crop varieties in Eastern and Southern Africa -- Chapter 7-Fast-tracking the development and dissemination of a drought-tolerant maize variety in Ethiopia in response to the risks of climate change -- Chapter 8-Access to early generation seed: obstacles for delivery of climate-smart varieties -- Chapter 9-Climate change and seed systems of roots, tubers and bananas: the cases of potato in Kenya and sweet potato in Mozambique -- Chapter 10-Delivering perennial new and orphan crops for resilient and nutritious farming systems -- Chapter 11-Generating farm-validated variety recommendations for climate adaptation -- Chapter 12-What is the evidence base for climate-smart agriculture in East and Southern Africa? a systematic map -- Chapter 13-Understanding the multidimensionality of climate-smartness: examples from agroforestry in Tanzania -- Chapter 14-A participatory approach to assessing the climate-smartness of agricultural interventions: the Lushoto case -- Chapter 15-Household welfare effects of stress: tolerant varieties in Northern Uganda -- Chapter 16-Considering religion and tradition in climate smart agriculture: insights from Namibia -- Chapter 17-The role of farmers’ entrepreneurial orientation on agricultural innovations in Ugandan multi-stakeholder platforms -- Chapter 18-Shea butter: a pro-poor, pro-female route to increased income -- Chapter 19-One size does not fit all: private-sector perspectives on climate change, agriculture and adaptation -- Chapter 20-Climate-smart agricultural value chains: risks and perspectives -- Chapter 21-Nutrition-sensitive value chain development in a changing climate -- Chapter 22-Realising ambitious targets and metrics for private-sector action on climate risks -- Chapter 23-The role of learning alliances for creating an enabling climate-change policy environment in East Africa -- Chapter 24-Farmer-to-farmer extension: a low-cost approach for promoting climate-smart agriculture -- Chapter 25-Innovative partnerships to scale up climate-smart agriculture for smallholder farmers in Southern Africa -- Chapter 26-Rural finance to support climate change adaptation: experiences, lessons and policy perspectives.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer International Publishing Imprint: Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 333.7; Environmental management; Agriculture; Climatic changes; Soil conservation; Environmental law; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319927985; 3319927981
• Related ISBNs: 9783319927978
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