Farming Systems and Food Security in Africa Priorities for Science and Policy Under Global Change

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Synopsis

Knowledge of Africa’s complex farming systems, set in their socio-economic and environmental context, is an essential ingredient to developing effective strategies for improving food and nutrition security.
This book systematically and comprehensively describes the characteristics, trends, drivers of change and strategic priorities for each of Africa’s fifteen farming systems and their main subsystems. It shows how a farming systems perspective can be used to identify pathways to household food security and poverty reduction, and how strategic interventions may need to differ from one farming system to another. In the analysis, emphasis is placed on understanding farming systems drivers of change, trends and strategic priorities for science and policy.
Illustrated with full-colour maps and photographs throughout, the volume provides a comprehensive and insightful analysis of Africa’s farming systems and pathways for the future to improve food and nutrition security. The book is an essential follow-up to the seminal work Farming Systems and Poverty by Dixon and colleagues for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the World Bank, published in 2001.

Book details

Series:
Earthscan Food and Agriculture
Author:
John Dixon, Dennis P. Garrity, Jean-Marc Boffa, Timothy O. Williams, Tilahun Amede, Christopher Auricht, Rosemary Lott, George Mburathi
ISBN:
9781317332268
Related ISBNs:
9781315658841, 9781032082141, 9781138963351
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
638
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2023-07-15
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2019
Copyright by:
World Agroforestry Centre 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Technology