Climate Change and Multi-Dimensional Sustainability in African Agriculture : Climate Change and Sustainability in Agriculture - Lal, Rattan; Kraybill, David; Hansen, David O.; Singh, Bal Ram.; Mosogoya, Theodosy; Eik, Lars Olav.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016)
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.
Keywords: Agriculture; Climate change; Sustainable development; Agriculture; Climate Change; Sustainable Development