Food Security Among Small-Scale Agricultural Producers in Southern Africa

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 povert...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Msangi, Josephine Phillip (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Temas:
Agriculture.
Climatology.
Sustainability.
Economic geography.
Retail trade.
Climate Sciences.
Economic Geography.
Trade and Retail.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo

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505 0 |a 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. . 
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