Climate Change and Multi-Dimensional Sustainability in African Agriculture : Climate Change and Sustainability in Agriculture /
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2016.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2016. |
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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.