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Food Security Among Small-Scale Agricultural Producers in Southern Africa [[electronic resource] /] / by Josephine Phillip Msangi



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Autore: Msangi Josephine Phillip Visualizza persona
Titolo: Food Security Among Small-Scale Agricultural Producers in Southern Africa [[electronic resource] /] / by Josephine Phillip Msangi Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014
Edizione: 1st ed. 2014.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (186 p.)
Disciplina: 338.1968
Soggetto topico: Agriculture
Climate change
Sustainable development
Economic geography
Trade
Business
Commerce
Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts
Sustainable Development
Economic Geography
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
Nota di contenuto: 1. Population, agriculture, poverty and food security: an overview -- 2. Policies and legislations governing marketing and food trade: Southern Africa --  3. Urban, peri-urban agriculture and food security among small-scale agricultural producers: Southern Africa -- 4. Indigenous plant resources and food security among small-scale agricultural producers: Southern Africa -- 5. Role of small stock in safeguarding food security in dry lands: case in Namibia -- 6. Improving productivity, food safety and nutritional levels of dependable food crops: Southern Africa -- 7. Climate-smart agriculture: incorporating weather information into small-scale agricultural producers’ system: South Africa. .
Sommario/riassunto: The book focuses on food security highlighting the role of indigenous knowledge and scientific research in addressing the plight of poor small-scale agricultural producers. Rapidly growing global population and global policies and management governing sustainability, hunger, food security and poverty alleviation are discussed. Additionally, impacts of probable climate change, research on land productivity and performance of dependable food crops i.e. cassava and pearl millet are discussed. Analyzed in great detail are roles of small stock, urban/peri-urban agriculture and advantages of climate-smart agriculture and participatory research in enhancing food security of the small-scale agricultural producers in Southern Africa.
Titolo autorizzato: Food Security Among Small-Scale Agricultural Producers in Southern Africa  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 3-319-09495-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910298354503321
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