Towards Sustainable Food Production in Africa Best Management Practices and Technologies /

This edited book is focused on Sustainable Development Goal 2. It offers a comprehensive and topical collection of practices, technologies and innovations in the field of sustainable food production and security under a changing climate. It is a one-stop handbook for farmers, researchers, extensioni...

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מחברים אחרים: Fanadzo, Morris (Editor), Dunjana, Nothando (Editor), Mupambwa, Hupenyu Allan (Editor), Dube, Ernest (Editor)
פורמט: אלקטרוני ספר אלקטרוני
שפה:אנגלית
יצא לאור: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
מהדורה:1st ed. 2023.
סדרה:Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security,
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גישה מקוונת:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2427-1
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תוכן הענינים:
  • PART 1. TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOIL FERTILITY MANAGEMENT
  • Chapter 1. Animal manure and soil fertility management on smallholdings in South Africa
  • Chapter 2. Integrated soil fertility management for soil fertility restoration in sub–Saharan Africa
  • Chapter 3. Integrated Soil Fertility Management: A Basis for Sustainable Intensification of Maize-Based Cropping Systems of Southern Africa
  • Chapter 4. Insights of microbial inoculants in complementing organic soil fertility management in African smallholder farming systems
  • Chapter 5. Potential of Agroforestry Technologies and Mineral Fertilisers in Improving Soil Fertility and Crop Production in Semi-arid Areas of Africa
  • Chapter 6. Integrated Soil Acidity Management for Sustainable Crop Production in South African Smallholder Farming Systems
  • PART 2: WATER MANAGEMENT IN SMALLHOLDER FARMING SYSTEMS
  • Chapter 7. Improving productivity of smallholder irrigation in Africa through adoption of best management practices andtechnologies
  • Chapter 8. Being small does not make it easy: the management conundrum on smallholder canal schemes
  • Chapter 9. Sustainable winery wastewater management for improving soil quality, environmental health and crop yields
  • Chapter 10. Water harvesting technologies for sustainable crop production in African smallholder farming systems._ PART 3: CROP PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTICES
  • Chapter 11. Advances in Sorghum Production in Smallholder Farming Systems of Africa
  • Chapter 12. Knowledge and Innovation Approaches to Out-Scale Sorghum Adoption in Africa
  • Chapter 13. Integration of cover crops into maize-based smallholder farmer systems of Southern Africa
  • Part 4: CLIMATE SMART LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
  • Chapter 14. Utilising Encroacher Bush in Animal Feeding
  • Chapter 15. Opportunities for delivering sectoral climate-smart livestock interventions in southern Africa
  • Chapter 16. The Benefits of WinterCover Crops in Mixed Crop-Livestock Conservation Agriculture Systems of the Swartland Region, South Africa._ PART 5: URBAN AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY IN AFRICA
  • Chapter 17. Urban Food Production Technologies, Innovations and Management Practices in Africa
  • Chapter 18. Hydroponics in urban agriculture.