Food for All in Africa : : Sustainable Intensification for African Farmers /

Food for All in Africa : : Sustainable Intensification for African Farmers / / Ousmane Badiane, Gordon Conway, Katrin Glatzel.

Africa requires a new agricultural transformation that is appropriate for Africa, that recognizes the continent's diverse environments and climates, and that takes into account its histories and cultures while benefiting rural smallholder farmers and their families.In this boldly optimistic boo...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
VerfasserIn:
Conway, Gordon,
Badiane, Ousmane,
Glatzel, Katrin,
MitwirkendeR:
Adesina, Akinwumi A.,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (342 p.) :; 3 b&w halftones, 1 b&w line drawing, 10 maps, 38 charts
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Acronyms
  • Introduction: A Book for Optimists
  • Part 1. CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • 1. African Farms and Farmers
  • 2. Hunger and Malnutrition
  • 3. The Threats to Food Security
  • 4. Resilient Farmers
  • Part 2. SUSTAINABLE INTENSIFICATION
  • 5. Sustainable Agriculture
  • 6. Agriculture and Ecology
  • 7. The New Genetics
  • 8. Value Chains
  • Part 3. AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION
  • 9. Digital Farmers
  • 10. Transforming Agriculture
  • 11. Leadership and Performance
  • Notes
  • Author Biographies
  • Index

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