Agricultural Development and Sustainable Intensification (eBook, ePUB)

Technology and Policy Challenges in the Face of Climate Change
Redaktion: Nagothu, Udaya Sekhar

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book reviews current SI approaches to the major food crops, advances made in technology, and the institutional and policy measures necessary to overcome the constraints faced by smallholder farmers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351403337
• Artikelnr.: 56835413

Autorenporträt

Udaya Sekhar Nagothu is Research Professor and Director (Centre for International Development), Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Ås, Norway. He is editor of the books Food Security: Country Case Studies (Routledge, 2014) and Climate Change and Agricultural Development: Improving Resilience through Climate Smart Agriculture, Agroecology and Conservation (Routledge, 2016).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Agricultural Development and Sustainable Intensification: Technology and
Policy Innovations 2. Save and Grow: Translating Policy Advice into Field
Action for Sustainable Intensification of Rice Production 3. Sustainable
Intensification and maize value chain improvements in Sub-Saharan Africa 4.
The role of wheat in global food security 5. Innovative practices in potato
production for food and nutrition security 6. Pulses-Millets crop
diversification by smallholders and their potential for sustainable food
and nutrition security 7. Global challenges in today's horticulture and
prospects offered by protected vegetable cultivation 8. Sustainable
crop-livestock intensification in the Sub-Saharan Africa: Improving
productivity through innovative adaptation 9. Community-driven approaches
to sustainable intensification in river deltas: Lessons from the Ganges and
Mekong Rivers 10. Sustainable agriculture intensification: Innovations to
strengthen extension services and market linkages 11. Multi-level policy
measures to support sustainable agriculture intensification for
smallholders 12. Summary, technology and policy options