Climate Change and Multi-Dimensional Sustainability in African Agriculture Climate Change and Sustainability in Agriculture /

This 35-chapter book is based on several oral and poster presentations including both invited and contributory chapters. The book is thematically based on four pillars of sustainability, with focus on sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): Environment, Economic, Social and Institutional. The environmental sustai...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Lal, Rattan (Editor ), Kraybill, David (Editor ), Hansen, David O. (Editor ), Singh, Bal Ram (Editor ), Mosogoya, Theodosy (Editor ), Eik, Lars Olav (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Temas:
Agriculture.
Environment.
Sustainability.
Environmental Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Section I. Multi-Dimensional Sustainability
  • Environmental Sustainability
  • 2. Economic Sustainability
  • 3. Institutional Sustainability in the Face of Climate Change: Empirical Insights from Irrigation Institutions in Iringa Rural District, Tanzania
  • 4. Climate Change and Social Sustainability: A Case for Polycentric Sustainabilities
  • Section II. Sustainable Management of Natural Resources
  • 5. Land degradation neutrality: Will Africa achieve it? Institutional solutions to land degradation and restoration in Africa
  • 6. Extent of salt affected soils and their effects in irrigated and lowland rain-fed rice growing areas of South Western Tanzania
  • 7. Sustainability of intensification in smallholder maize production in Tanzania
  • 8. Potentials for Rehabilitating Degraded Land in Tanzania
  • 9. Economic aspects of genetic resources in addressing agricultural productivity in the context of climate change
  • 10. Soil and nutrient losses and the role of gender in land degradation in Southwestern Uganda
  • 11. The social dimension of water management in an era of increasing water scarcity
  • Section III. Integrated Management of Natural Resources and Value Chains
  • 12. Managing Landscapes for Environmental Sustainability
  • 13. Economic Impact of Drip Irrigation regimes on Sorghum production in Semi Arid Areas of Tanzania
  • 14. Social Aspects of Water Governance in the Context of Climate Change and Agriculture
  • 15. Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris Savi, L.) Production in Tanzania
  • 16. Institutional water resources management and livelihood adaptation A case from Kilombero rural areas, Tanzania
  • 17. Institutional aspects of genetic resources in respect of climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • 18. Crop adaptation to climate change in SSA: the role of genetic resources and seed systems
  • 19. Updating legacy soil maps for climate resilient agriculture: A case of Kilombero Valley, Tanzania
  • 20. Measuring Agricultural Sustainability in Agroforestry Systems
  • 21. Experiences with adopting the Catchment Approach in Sustainable Land Management: The case of Kagera TAMP Tanzania
  • 22. Sustainable intensification in mixed crop-livestock agro-ecosystems in the face of climate change: The case for landscapes in Tanzania
  • 23. Smart strategies for enhanced agricultural resilience and food security under a changing climate in sub-Saharan Africa
  • Section IV. Outreach and Extension
  • 24. Globalizing Environmental Sustainability:"2015International Year of Soil" Transitioning to "2015-2024 International Decade of Soil"
  • 25. From Ujamaa to Big Results Now: Sustainable Transformation of Tanzanian Agriculture in the frame of climate change
  • Section V. Private Sector Solutions
  • 26. Effect of improved plant nutrition on maize (Zea mays) and rice (Oriza sativa) grain chemical nutrient content under smallholder farming systems in Tanzania
  • 27. Public-private partnership for sustainable production and marketing of goat milk in light of climate change
  • 28. Private Sector Actions to Enable Climate-Smart Agriculture in Small-Scale Farming in Tanzania
  • 29. The role of selected Agroforestry trees in Temperature Adaptation on Coffea arabica: A case study of Moshi District, Tanzania
  • Section VI. Agricultural Risk, Insurance and Policy
  • 30. Addressing Climate Change through Risk Mitigation: Welfare Implications of Index Insurance in Northeastern Tanzania
  • 31. Assessing the Economic Value of El Niño-based seasonal climate forecasts for smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe
  • Section VII. Agricultural Research for Sustainability
  • 32. Kinds of Research: relationship with agricultural research for sustainability
  • 33. Biological Inoculants for Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture in the Sub-Saharan Africa Smallholder Farming Systems
  • 34. The Economics of Conservation Agriculture in Africa: Implications of Climate Change
  • 35. Research and Development Priorities
  • Appendix
  • Rapporteur Summaries
  • List of Participants
  • Program
  • Index.

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