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Living with Uncertainty : New directions in pastoral development in Africa
| Living with Uncertainty : New directions in pastoral development in Africa |
| Autore | Ellis Jim |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
| Soggetto topico | Applied ecology |
| Soggetto non controllato | ecology; management; policy; dryland areas; Africa |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Living with Uncertainty |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910623990203321 |
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sustainable intensification : increasing productivity in African food and agricultural systems / / edited by Jules N. Pretty, Stella Williams and Camilla Toulmin
| Sustainable intensification : increasing productivity in African food and agricultural systems / / edited by Jules N. Pretty, Stella Williams and Camilla Toulmin |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2012] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (291 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.16096 |
| Soggetto topico |
Sustainable agriculture - Africa
Agricultural systems - Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-136-52928-4
1-136-52927-6 1-84977-684-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453027603321 |
| Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2012] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sustainable Intensification : Increasing Productivity in African Food and Agricultural Systems
| Sustainable Intensification : Increasing Productivity in African Food and Agricultural Systems |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Routledge, Feb. 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (291 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.16096 |
| Collana | International Journal Agricultural Sustainability |
| Soggetto topico |
Sustainable agriculture - Africa
Agricultural systems - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-136-52928-4
1-136-52927-6 1-84977-684-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 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 |
| Altri titoli varianti | Increasing productivity in African food and agricultural systems |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779102403321 |
| New York, : Routledge, Feb. 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sustainable Intensification : Increasing Productivity in African Food and Agricultural Systems
| Sustainable Intensification : Increasing Productivity in African Food and Agricultural Systems |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Routledge, Feb. 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (291 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.16096 |
| Collana | International Journal Agricultural Sustainability |
| Soggetto topico |
Sustainable agriculture - Africa
Agricultural systems - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-136-52928-4
1-136-52927-6 1-84977-684-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 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 |
| Altri titoli varianti | Increasing productivity in African food and agricultural systems |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910800092403321 |
| New York, : Routledge, Feb. 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Towards a new map of Africa / / edited by Ben Wisner, Camilla Toulmin and Rutendo Chitiga
| Towards a new map of Africa / / edited by Ben Wisner, Camilla Toulmin and Rutendo Chitiga |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan, , 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (377 p.) |
| Disciplina | 339.5096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ChitigaRutendo
ToulminCamilla WisnerBen |
| Soggetto topico | Economic history |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-136-55133-6
1-280-47494-7 9786610474943 600-00-0040-5 1-84977-339-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Towards a New Map of Africa; Copyright; Contents; List of Boxes, Figures and Tables; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Introduction; Need for a Replacement for Africa in Crisis; Homogenizing Complexity; Twenty Years on from Africa in Crisis; What's Happened to the Crisis since Africa in Crisis was Published?; Arguments Old and New; Signs of Success; Running Out of Time?; How Can Our Book Contribute?; Part I: Human Ecology; 1 Land-based Livelihoods; Introduction; What are Rural Livelihoods?; Unfolding Livelihoods in West Africa; Two Cases
Conclusion2 Fishing Livelihoods: Successful Diversification, or Sinking into Poverty?; Introduction; Diverse People and Livelihoods; Fisheries as a Growing Livelihood Opportunity; The Attraction of the Fisheries Sector; Effects on Livelihood Security and Sustainability; Coping Strategies at Micro and Macro Levels; Conclusions; 3 Urban Livelihoods; Introduction; Framing Urban Livelihoods; Making a Living; Maintaining Social Networks and Urban Communities; Mounting Collective Action; Conclusions; 4 The Challenge of HIV/AIDS; Introduction; HIV/AIDS and its Potentially Devastating Impacts Positive AnomaliesAvoiding the Trap; Conclusion; 5 Food Security; Introduction; Food Security: The Definitional Quandry; Vulnerability Discourse, Monitoring Practice and Food Aid; Description of Famine Early Warning Systems in Africa; Critical Assessment of Early Warning Systems in Africa; Recommendations for Best Practice; Part II: Institutional Change; 6 The Global Economic Context; Introduction; The Promise of Globalization and Achievements; The Failed Promise of Growth; Explaining the Poor Performance: Has Africa Adjusted?; Africa Maladjusted: The Low-growth Path; Concluding Remarks 7 Legal FrameworksIntroduction; The Roots of African Poverty and Vulnerability; Can African Governments Use Law to Restructure Dysfunctional Institutions?; How Africans Designed Laws; Legislative Theory and the Use of Law for Institutional Transformation; Gathering the Facts; Summary and Conclusion; 8 The Politics of Decentralization; Introduction; Fetters on Decentralization; Means of Resistance: Powers Transfer and Institutional Choice; Conclusions; 9 National Institutions for Development: The Case of Botswana; Introduction; Theorizing the Botswana State Elite Unity, Underdevelopment and State AutonomyConscious Leadership and Class Unity: The Foundation of State Capacity; Conclusion; 10 Identity and National Governance; The Colonial State and Legally Inscribed Identities; Post-colonial Dilemmas; Political Identity: A Methodological Consideration; Democracy and Institutions: A Conclusion; 11 Regional Economic and Political Institutions; Introduction; The Southern African Development Community (SADC): A Historical Overview; Regional Transformations in the 1990s: Implications for SADC; Conclusion 12 Institutions for Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452740803321 |
| London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan, , 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Towards a new map of Africa / / edited by Ben Wisner, Camilla Toulmin and Rutendo Chitiga
| Towards a new map of Africa / / edited by Ben Wisner, Camilla Toulmin and Rutendo Chitiga |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan, , 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (377 p.) |
| Disciplina | 339.5096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ChitigaRutendo
ToulminCamilla WisnerBenjamin |
| Soggetto topico | Economic history |
| ISBN |
1-136-55132-8
1-136-55133-6 1-280-47494-7 9786610474943 600-00-0040-5 1-84977-339-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Towards a New Map of Africa; Copyright; Contents; List of Boxes, Figures and Tables; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Introduction; Need for a Replacement for Africa in Crisis; Homogenizing Complexity; Twenty Years on from Africa in Crisis; What's Happened to the Crisis since Africa in Crisis was Published?; Arguments Old and New; Signs of Success; Running Out of Time?; How Can Our Book Contribute?; Part I: Human Ecology; 1 Land-based Livelihoods; Introduction; What are Rural Livelihoods?; Unfolding Livelihoods in West Africa; Two Cases
Conclusion2 Fishing Livelihoods: Successful Diversification, or Sinking into Poverty?; Introduction; Diverse People and Livelihoods; Fisheries as a Growing Livelihood Opportunity; The Attraction of the Fisheries Sector; Effects on Livelihood Security and Sustainability; Coping Strategies at Micro and Macro Levels; Conclusions; 3 Urban Livelihoods; Introduction; Framing Urban Livelihoods; Making a Living; Maintaining Social Networks and Urban Communities; Mounting Collective Action; Conclusions; 4 The Challenge of HIV/AIDS; Introduction; HIV/AIDS and its Potentially Devastating Impacts Positive AnomaliesAvoiding the Trap; Conclusion; 5 Food Security; Introduction; Food Security: The Definitional Quandry; Vulnerability Discourse, Monitoring Practice and Food Aid; Description of Famine Early Warning Systems in Africa; Critical Assessment of Early Warning Systems in Africa; Recommendations for Best Practice; Part II: Institutional Change; 6 The Global Economic Context; Introduction; The Promise of Globalization and Achievements; The Failed Promise of Growth; Explaining the Poor Performance: Has Africa Adjusted?; Africa Maladjusted: The Low-growth Path; Concluding Remarks 7 Legal FrameworksIntroduction; The Roots of African Poverty and Vulnerability; Can African Governments Use Law to Restructure Dysfunctional Institutions?; How Africans Designed Laws; Legislative Theory and the Use of Law for Institutional Transformation; Gathering the Facts; Summary and Conclusion; 8 The Politics of Decentralization; Introduction; Fetters on Decentralization; Means of Resistance: Powers Transfer and Institutional Choice; Conclusions; 9 National Institutions for Development: The Case of Botswana; Introduction; Theorizing the Botswana State Elite Unity, Underdevelopment and State AutonomyConscious Leadership and Class Unity: The Foundation of State Capacity; Conclusion; 10 Identity and National Governance; The Colonial State and Legally Inscribed Identities; Post-colonial Dilemmas; Political Identity: A Methodological Consideration; Democracy and Institutions: A Conclusion; 11 Regional Economic and Political Institutions; Introduction; The Southern African Development Community (SADC): A Historical Overview; Regional Transformations in the 1990s: Implications for SADC; Conclusion 12 Institutions for Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782197603321 |
| London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan, , 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Towards a new map of Africa / / edited by Ben Wisner, Camilla Toulmin and Rutendo Chitiga
| Towards a new map of Africa / / edited by Ben Wisner, Camilla Toulmin and Rutendo Chitiga |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan, , 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (377 p.) |
| Disciplina | 339.5096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ChitigaRutendo
ToulminCamilla WisnerBenjamin |
| Soggetto topico | Economic history |
| ISBN |
1-136-55132-8
1-136-55133-6 1-280-47494-7 9786610474943 600-00-0040-5 1-84977-339-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Towards a New Map of Africa; Copyright; Contents; List of Boxes, Figures and Tables; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Introduction; Need for a Replacement for Africa in Crisis; Homogenizing Complexity; Twenty Years on from Africa in Crisis; What's Happened to the Crisis since Africa in Crisis was Published?; Arguments Old and New; Signs of Success; Running Out of Time?; How Can Our Book Contribute?; Part I: Human Ecology; 1 Land-based Livelihoods; Introduction; What are Rural Livelihoods?; Unfolding Livelihoods in West Africa; Two Cases
Conclusion2 Fishing Livelihoods: Successful Diversification, or Sinking into Poverty?; Introduction; Diverse People and Livelihoods; Fisheries as a Growing Livelihood Opportunity; The Attraction of the Fisheries Sector; Effects on Livelihood Security and Sustainability; Coping Strategies at Micro and Macro Levels; Conclusions; 3 Urban Livelihoods; Introduction; Framing Urban Livelihoods; Making a Living; Maintaining Social Networks and Urban Communities; Mounting Collective Action; Conclusions; 4 The Challenge of HIV/AIDS; Introduction; HIV/AIDS and its Potentially Devastating Impacts Positive AnomaliesAvoiding the Trap; Conclusion; 5 Food Security; Introduction; Food Security: The Definitional Quandry; Vulnerability Discourse, Monitoring Practice and Food Aid; Description of Famine Early Warning Systems in Africa; Critical Assessment of Early Warning Systems in Africa; Recommendations for Best Practice; Part II: Institutional Change; 6 The Global Economic Context; Introduction; The Promise of Globalization and Achievements; The Failed Promise of Growth; Explaining the Poor Performance: Has Africa Adjusted?; Africa Maladjusted: The Low-growth Path; Concluding Remarks 7 Legal FrameworksIntroduction; The Roots of African Poverty and Vulnerability; Can African Governments Use Law to Restructure Dysfunctional Institutions?; How Africans Designed Laws; Legislative Theory and the Use of Law for Institutional Transformation; Gathering the Facts; Summary and Conclusion; 8 The Politics of Decentralization; Introduction; Fetters on Decentralization; Means of Resistance: Powers Transfer and Institutional Choice; Conclusions; 9 National Institutions for Development: The Case of Botswana; Introduction; Theorizing the Botswana State Elite Unity, Underdevelopment and State AutonomyConscious Leadership and Class Unity: The Foundation of State Capacity; Conclusion; 10 Identity and National Governance; The Colonial State and Legally Inscribed Identities; Post-colonial Dilemmas; Political Identity: A Methodological Consideration; Democracy and Institutions: A Conclusion; 11 Regional Economic and Political Institutions; Introduction; The Southern African Development Community (SADC): A Historical Overview; Regional Transformations in the 1990s: Implications for SADC; Conclusion 12 Institutions for Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910799942803321 |
| London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan, , 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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