Natural resources management in African agriculture : understanding and improving current practices /

This book synthesizes existing information on the adoption of natural resource management investments and strategies (such as soil fertility improvements or erosion control) for agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. It also critically examines current analytical methods and generates research and polic...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: International Centre for Research in Agroforestry
Otros Autores: Barrett, Christopher B. (Christopher Brendan), Place, Frank (Impact assessment advisor), Aboud, Abdillahi A. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; New York : CABI Pub. in association with the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, ©2002.
Colección:Cabi Ser.
Temas:
Agricultural resources > Africa > Management.
Ressources agricoles > Afrique > Gestion.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
Agroforestry.
Agropastoral systems.
Erosion control.
Incentives.
Innovation adoption.
Learning.
Policy.
Resource management.
Soil conservation.
Soil fertility.
Soil management.
Water conservation.
Agricultural resources > Management
Africa
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • the Case of Cowpea in the Dry Savannahs of West Africa 169
  • P. Kristjanson, I Okike, S.A. Tarawali, R. Kruska, V.M. Manyong and
  • B.B. Singh
  • 14. Contradictions in Agricultural Intensification and Improved Natural Resource Management: Issues in the Fianarantsoa Forest Corridor of Madagascar 181
  • M.S. Freudenberger and K.S. Freudenberger
  • THE AGROECOLOGICAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND POLICY CONTEXT / PART IV
  • Lessons from Mali 193 / 15. Synergies between Natural Resource Management Practices and Fertilizer Technologies
  • V. Kelly, M.L. Sylla, M. Galiba and D. Weight
  • Government Policy and Farmers' Practices 205 / 16. Soil and Water Conservation in Semi-arid Tanzania
  • N. Hatibu, E.A. Lazaro, H.F. Mahoo and F.B.R. Rwehumbiza
  • 17. Initiatives to Encourage Farmer Adoption of Soil-fertility Technologies for Maize-based Cropping Systems in Southern Africa 219
  • M. Mekuria and S.R. Waddington
  • the Case of the Ginchi Watershed in Ethiopia 235 / 18. A Bio-economic Model of Integrated Crop-Livestock Farming Systems
  • B.N. Okumu, M.A. Jabbar, D. Colman and N. Russell
  • Implications for Animal Management Strategies in Smallholder Farming Systems 251 / 19. Nutrient Cycling in Integrated Plant-Animal Systems
  • L.R. Ndlovu and P.H. Mugabe
  • 20. Natural Resource Technologies for Semi-arid Regions of Sub-Saharan Africa 261
  • B.I. Shapiro and J.H. Sanders
  • TOWARDS IMPROVED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN AFRICAN AGRICULTURE / PART V
  • 21. Lessons for Natural Resource Management Technology Adoption and Research 275
  • F. Place, B.M. Swallow, J. Wangila and C.B. Barrett
  • 22. Towards Improved Natural Resource Management in African Agriculture 287
  • C.B. Barrett, J. Lynam, F. Place, T. Reardon and A.A. Aboud.

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