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Land and Water Management in Southern Africa : Towards sustainable Agriculture.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nhira, Calvin
Otros Autores: Mapiki, Alfred
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pretoria : Africa Institute of South Africa, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""Front Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Project Background and Introduction""; ""KEYNOTE PAPER: Strategies for land and water management in SADC: 4 experience from Malawi ""; ""PART 1: POLICY CHANGES IN LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY 19 DEVELOPMENT: COUNTRY CASE STUDIES""; ""1 Agricultural policy development: Effect on agricultural production in Botswana""; ""2 Best practices in policy changes to facilitate technology dissemination""
  • ""3 Best practices in policy change to facilitate technology dissemination in 45 Malawi """"4 Land and water management technologies: adopting policy and best 60 management practices in South Africa""; ""5 Best practices in policy to facilitate technology dissemination""; ""6 Best practices in policy changes to facilitate technology dissemination in land and water in Tanzania""; ""7 Policy framework for promoting land and water management technologies""; ""PART 2: TRANSLATING POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS INTO LEGISLATION IN LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT""
  • ""8 Farmer participatory evaluation of the potential for organic vegetable production in the wetlands of Zambia""""9 Wheat (T. sativum) productivity under varying moisture management systems""; ""10 A review of irrigation and drainage research and development in Malawi""; ""PART 3: INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE IN LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT ""; ""11 Prospects and challenges in integrating local and formal scientific knowledge for efficient utilisation of livestock feeds in mixed production systems""
  • ""12 Impact of Farmer Field Schools on the adoption of soil, water and nutrient management technologies in dry areas of Zimbabwe""""13 Review and analysis of research and development of soil fertility and water management technologies in Malawi ""; ""14 Soil water dynamics in a mixed Gliricidia-maize-pigeon pea cropping system in the Shire Highlands of southern Malawi ""; ""15 Water conservation with the use of a basin plough on a commercial cale to stabilise crop production in Bafokeng, North West Province, South Africa""
  • ""16 Importance of direct application of phosphate rock to soils in the SADC region""""17 Comparative response of irrigated maize to organic and inorganic fertiliser at Kasinthula Research Station in Malawi""; ""18 Land use and land cover changes and their implications for sustainable agriculture in the Irangi Hills, central Tanzania""; ""19 Local knowledge and its role in sustainable agriculture in the southern highlands of Tanzania""; ""20 Quantifying evaporation under various mulching strategies on two ecotopes""; ""21 Forum for integrated resource management in Namibia""