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Integrated Plant Nutrient Management in Sub-Saharan Africaby B. Vanlauwe; J. Diels; N. Sanginga; R. Merckx
CAB International 2001; US$ 120.00Soil degradation and nutrient depletion have become serious threats to agricultural productivity in Africa. Soils cannot supply the quantities of nutrients required and yield levels decline rapidly once cropping commences. This book addresses these issues. more...
Advances in Integrated Soil Fertility Management in Sub-Saharan Africaby A. Bationo; B. Waswa; J. Kihara; J. Kimetu
Springer 2007; US$ 319.00Food insecurity is a central concern and a fundamental challenge for human welfare and economic growth in Africa. Low agricultural production, results in low incomes, poor nutrition, vulnerability to risks and lack of empowerment. Land degradation and soil fertility depletion are considered the major threats to food security and natural resource conservation in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Investments in technology, policy and institutional reforms are needed to increase agricultural productivity to ensure food security and sustained national economies. Past research has generated numerous soil fertility management technologies which if adopted could propel the African continent out of the poverty trap. However, these technologies have had little,... more...
Understanding Environmental Policy Processesby James Keeley; Ian Scoones
Earthscan 2003; US$ 44.95A critical analysis of the post-Rio consensus on environment and development which questions the role of particular forms of internationalized elite scientific expertise. It asks why certain understandings of environmental change stick with such tenacity. In exploring this the authors unravel the politics of knowledge surrounding policymaking looking particularly at Ethiopia Mali and Zimbabwe and their land and soils management. The book also looks at prospects for more inclusive participatory forms of policymaking. more...
Dynamics and Diversityby Ian Scoones
Earthscan 2001; US$ 49.95Soils are critical to agriculture and, in turn, to food supply and livelihoods. Sustainable management of soils is crucial for a large proportion of the population of Africa. Contrary to many claims, soil fertility is improved and managed successfully by small-scale farmers there. Careful studies from widely different areas reveal how closely bound up soil management is with complex social, cultural and ecological factors - requiring a far more subtly tuned approach to development policy and practice. This work is a study of how the context of livelihood systems has to inform development policy and practice. more...
Innovations as Key to the Green Revolution in Africaby A. Bationo; B. Waswa; Jeremiah M. Okeyo; Fredah Maina
Springer 2012; US$ 499.00Africa can achieve self sufficiency in food production through adoption of innovations in the agriculture sector. Numerous soil fertility and crop production technologies have been generated through research, however, wide adoption has been low. African farmers need better technologies, more sustainable practices, and fertilizers to improve and sustain their crop productivity and to prevent further degradation of agricultural lands. The agricultural sector also needs to be supported by functional institutions and policies that will be able to respond to emerging challenges of globalization and climate change. more...
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