Food security in Africa and Asia [[electronic resource] ] : strategies for small-scale agricultural development / / Henk Bakker
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| Autore: |
Bakker H (Henk), <1926->
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| Titolo: |
Food security in Africa and Asia [[electronic resource] ] : strategies for small-scale agricultural development / / Henk Bakker
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Mass., : CABI, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (246 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 338.1/95 |
| Soggetto topico: | Food security - Africa |
| Food security - Asia | |
| Rural development - Africa | |
| Rural development - Asia | |
| Farms, Small - Africa | |
| Farms, Small - Asia | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Defining the Food Security Problem; 2 Evaluating the Resources of Small-scale and Subsistence Farmers; 3 Alternative Approaches Examined; 4 The Need for a Participatory Approach; 5 Researching the Situation to Define Strategies; 6 Challenges Presented by Natural and Man-made Factors; 7 The Competition for Resources for Food Production; 8 Monitoring Intervention Strategies in Different Farming Systems; 9 Small-scale and Subsistence Farmers' Households and Selected Farming Systems |
| 10 Liaison of International, National and Local Agencies - ConclusionList of tables; List of figures; Abbreviations, Acronyms and Organizations; Glossary; Bibliography; Appendices; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Authored by an experienced agriculturalist with substantial field experience in developing countries, this book adds to the literature on food security by proposing practical measures for improving plant-based food security in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Covering issues affecting food security, this book discusses ways of measuring farmers' resources, strategies for action, and an analysis of the challenges and problems faced, concluding with a discussion of ways in which stakeholders could work better together. This title is suitable for policy makers, international development agencies, NGO |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Food security in Africa and Asia |
| ISBN: | 1-283-15579-6 |
| 9786613155795 | |
| 1-84593-842-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910541406103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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