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UNINA9910800092403321 |
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Titolo |
Sustainable Intensification : Increasing Productivity in African Food and Agricultural Systems |
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New York, : Routledge, Feb. 2011 |
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Florence, : Taylor & Francis Group [distributor] |
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ISBN |
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1-136-52928-4 |
1-136-52927-6 |
1-84977-684-9 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (291 p.) |
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Collana |
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International Journal Agricultural Sustainability |
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Soggetti |
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Sustainable agriculture - Africa |
Agricultural systems - Africa |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Articles from the special issue of the International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, vol. 9, issue 1, 2011. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability: Sustainable intensification: increasing productivity in African food and agricultural systems; Copyright; Contents; EDITORIAL: Sustainable intensification in Africa; Sustainable intensification in African agriculture; Quncho: the first popular tef variety in Ethiopia; The Ghana Grains Partnership; Orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes for food, health and wealth in Uganda; Soyabeans and sustainable agriculture in southern Africa; Growing sustainable tea on Kenyan smallholder farms |
The system of rice intensification as a sustainable agricultural innovation: introducing, adapting and scaling up a system of rice intensification practices in the Timbuktu region of MaliRevival of cassava production in Nakasongola District, Uganda; Addressing the challenges of agricultural service provision: the case of Oxfam's Strategic Cotton Programme in Mali; Promoting smallholder seed enterprises: quality seed production of rice, maize, sorghum and millet in northern Cameroon; Research, development and scaling-up the adoption of fodder shrub innovations in East Africa |
Trees, agroforestry and multifunctional agriculture in CameroonUsing soil and water conservation techniques to rehabilitate degraded lands |
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in northwestern Burkina Faso; Agricultural success from Africa: the case of fertilizer tree systems in southern Africa (Malawi, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe); Harnessing sustainability, resilience and productivity through conservation agriculture: the case of likoti in Lesotho; Conservation agriculture (CA) in Tanzania: the case of the Mwangaza B CA farmer field school (FFS), Rhotia Village, Karatu District, Arusha |
An African success: the case of conservation agriculture in ZimbabwePush-pull technology: a conservation agriculture approach for integrated management of insect pests, weeds and soil health in Africa; Sustainable crop production intensification in the Senegal and Niger River basins of francophone West Africa; On-farm biological control of the pearl millet head miner: realization of 35 years of unsteady progress in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger; African indigenous vegetable enterprises and market access for small-scale farmers in East Africa; Meru dairy goat and animal healthcare project |
Collective livestock research for sustainable disease management in Mali and Burkina FasoThe Rakai chicken model: an approach that has improved fortunes for Ugandan farmers; The Malawi agricultural input subsidy programme: 2005/06 to 2008/09; Focal area approach: a participatory community planning approach to agricultural extension and market development in Kenya; Sharing ideas between cultures with videos; CARBAP and innovation on the plantain banana in West and Central Africa; The rise of peri-urban aquaculture in Nigeria |
From researcher to farmer: partnerships in integrated aquaculture - agriculture systems in Malawi and Cameroon |
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