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Farming Systems and Poverty
Author | : John A. Dixon |
Publisher | : Food & Agriculture Org. |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9789251046272 |
A joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the main farming systems of the six major developing regions of the world.
Enhancing Agriculture in Africa
Author | : United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Agricultural assistance, American |
ISBN | : |
Emerging Technologies to Benefit Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 293 |
Release | : 2009-01-21 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 0309177766 |
Increased agricultural productivity is a major stepping stone on the path out of poverty in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, but farmers there face tremendous challenges improving production. Poor soil, inefficient water use, and a lack of access to plant breeding resources, nutritious animal feed, high quality seed, and fuel and electricity-combined with some of the most extreme environmental conditions on Earth-have made yields in crop and animal production far lower in these regions than world averages. Emerging Technologies to Benefit Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia identifies sixty emerging technologies with the potential to significantly improve agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Eighteen technologies are recommended for immediate development or further exploration. Scientists from all backgrounds have an opportunity to become involved in bringing these and other technologies to fruition. The opportunities suggested in this book offer new approaches that can synergize with each other and with many other activities to transform agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Strategies for Farming Systems Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author | : Ecoregional Program for the Humid and SubHumid Tropics of Sub-Saharan Africa. Scientific Workshop |
Publisher | : IITA |
Total Pages | : 217 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Agricultural systems |
ISBN | : 9781311851 |
Exploring Strategic Priorities for Regional Agricultural R&D Investments in East and Central Africa
Author | : Michael Johnson |
Publisher | : Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
Soil and Soil Fertility Management Research in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author | : Henk Mutsaers |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 426 |
Release | : 2017-03-27 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 131551883X |
Judicious soil fertility management is crucial for sustainable crop production and food security in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This book describes the various concepts and approaches underlying soil and soil fertility management research in SSA over the last fifty years. It provides examples of important innovations generated and assesses the position of research within the research-to-development continuum, including how innovations have been validated with the intended beneficiaries. Using the experience of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) as a case study, the authors analyse how processes, partnerships and other factors have affected research priorities, the delivery of outputs, and their uptake by farming communities in SSA. They evaluate both successes and failures of past investments in soil fertility research and important lessons learnt which provide crucial information for national and international scientists currently engaged in this research area. The book is organised in a number of chapters each covering a chronological period characterised by its primary research content and approaches and by the dominant research paradigms and delivery models.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Author | : World Bank |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
3. Investing in people.
Farming Systems and Food Security in Africa
Author | : John Dixon |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 896 |
Release | : 2019-12-09 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 1317332261 |
Knowledge of Africa’s complex farming systems, set in their socio-economic and environmental context, is an essential ingredient to developing effective strategies for improving food and nutrition security. This book systematically and comprehensively describes the characteristics, trends, drivers of change and strategic priorities for each of Africa’s fifteen farming systems and their main subsystems. It shows how a farming systems perspective can be used to identify pathways to household food security and poverty reduction, and how strategic interventions may need to differ from one farming system to another. In the analysis, emphasis is placed on understanding farming systems drivers of change, trends and strategic priorities for science and policy. Illustrated with full-colour maps and photographs throughout, the volume provides a comprehensive and insightful analysis of Africa’s farming systems and pathways for the future to improve food and nutrition security. The book is an essential follow-up to the seminal work Farming Systems and Poverty by Dixon and colleagues for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the World Bank, published in 2001.