Food Crop Production By Smallholder Farmers In Southern Africa

Author : Ambayeba Muimba-Kankolongo
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780128143841

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Food Crop Production by Smallholder Farmers in Southern Africa by Ambayeba Muimba-Kankolongo Pdf

Food Crop Production by Smallholder Farmers in Southern Africa: Challenges and Opportunities for Improvement evaluates traditional cultivation practices used by smallholder farmers, providing a synthesis of the latest information on increasing crop yield through adoption of research innovations. The book catalogs smallholder cultivation practices and recommends innovative strategies for improving the agriculture sector including: management practices that reduce net carbon emissions; technologies that improve soil structures and conserve the natural resources base; means of empowering female resources along value chains; and government commitment to adopt policies that enhance agriculture productivity by encouraging farmers to use environmentally sound cultivation technologies. Traditional farming techniques often produce negative impacts on the environment and ecosystem resulting in outbreaks of diseases and pests. In addition to the region’s recurrent droughts, these outbreaks of numerous diseases and pests, weeds and other invasive plants put thousands at risk of poverty and hunger, as well as malnutrition. This book presents enhanced agricultural production technologies for ensuring adequate food production, safety and nutritional quality for the population of Southern Africa and forms the basis for an increased SADC regional effort in food production through which financial and trade institutions can improve stakeholder capacities, encourage micro-enterprise development and enhance employment and regional trade. Provides a critical synthesis of data and information for increasing crop yield through adoption of research innovations Evaluates traditional and scientific interventions that address food security issues of the poor farmers in the region Presents agro-ecologies of countries in the region and how they relate to various cultivation practices Catalogs smallholder cultivation practices and recommends innovative strategies for improving the agriculture sector

Author : Richard A. Sikora,Eugene R. Terry,Paul L.G. Vlek,Joyce Chitja
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780429686634

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Transforming Agriculture in Southern Africa by Richard A. Sikora,Eugene R. Terry,Paul L.G. Vlek,Joyce Chitja Pdf

This book provides a synthesis of the key issues and challenges facing agriculture and food production in Southern Africa. Southern Africa is facing numerous challenges from diverse issues such as agricultural transformations, growing populations, urbanization and climate change. These challenges place great pressure on food security, agriculture, water availability and other natural resources, as well as impacting biodiversity. Drawing on case studies from Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, the chapters in this book consider these challenges from an interdisciplinary perspective, covering key areas in constraints to production, the most important building blocks of good farming practices, and established and emerging technologies. This book will be a valuable support for informing new policies and processes aimed at improving food production and security and developing sustainable agriculture in Southern Africa. This informative volume will be key reading for those interested in agricultural science, African studies, rural studies, development studies and sustainability. It will also be a valuable resource for policymakers, governmental and nongovernmental organizations, and agricultural practitioners. This title has been made available as Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CCBY-NC-ND) license and can be accessed here: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429401701

Author : Richard Mkandawire,K. T. Matlosa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : African cooperation
ISBN : STANFORD:36105016369469

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Food Policy and Agriculture in Southern Africa by Richard Mkandawire,K. T. Matlosa Pdf

Author : Hupenyu Allan Mupambwa,Adornis Dakarai Nciizah,Patrick Nyambo,Binganidzo Muchara,Ndakalimwe Naftal Gabriel
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811667718

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Food Security for African Smallholder Farmers by Hupenyu Allan Mupambwa,Adornis Dakarai Nciizah,Patrick Nyambo,Binganidzo Muchara,Ndakalimwe Naftal Gabriel Pdf

This book provides a synthesis of current agricultural research in Africa with the aim of presenting evidence based information that can be directly applied into improving the African smallholder farmers’ food security. It presents positive scientific research that has been undertaken in Africa, in simpler terms, thus driving the research for development agenda contributing to the attainment of SDG 2. Numerous research that targets resource poor African smallholder farmers has been published, yet the region faces very low productivity levels. This lack of translation from research to food security and increased agricultural incomes is due to the poor uptake of scientific research by farmers, which is partly due to poor presentation of this body of knowledge into simpler forms that extension workers and farmers can directly adopt. Therefore, this book offers research information in an easy, digestible and application oriented style, so as to enable transformation of the African agricultural sector by effectively driving agricultural productivity in Africa. This book is of interest to African extension workers, who will translate the simplified knowledge into lessons that can be useful to smallholder farmers. The book is also beneficial for policy makers as well as academics, researchers and other science based professionals.

Author : Lawrence James Haddad
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780896293359

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Achieving Food Security in Southern Africa by Lawrence James Haddad Pdf

Author : Göran Djurfeldt,Ernest Aryeetey,Aida C. Isinika
Publisher : CABI
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781845937164

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African Smallholders by Göran Djurfeldt,Ernest Aryeetey,Aida C. Isinika Pdf

This book investigates how the changed agricultural policy climate affected government policies in the nine countries studied already as part of the preceding project: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. By repeating the cross-sectional survey made in over 100 villages in 2002 and converting it into a panel, it is possible to trace village- and household-level effects of agricultural policies and other macro-level processes. The book consists of 14 chapters most of which revolve around studies on each of the nine case study countries.

Author : Allan Low
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Publishers
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : CORNELL:31924063132322

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Agricultural Development in Southern Africa by Allan Low Pdf

In this innovative book Allan Low uses the theory of household economics to establish the link between the stagnation of African farming and the rapid development of modern market sectors in southern Africa.

Author : Ajuruchukwu Obi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789086867042

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Institutional Constraints to Small Farmer Development in Southern Africa by Ajuruchukwu Obi Pdf

The Southern Africa region has experienced more than its fair share of problems in recent years. Just when it seemed that the hardships wrought by the devastating cycle of droughts and floods of 2000 to 2002 were a thing of the past, other problems emerged. At one level, there have been the weak and often erratic governance mechanisms and political crises in some countries of the region, leading to severe disruptions in agricultural production to the point that supplies and markets have virtually disappeared. At another level, socio-cultural rigidities have often militated against the adoption of efficient farming practices, resulting in sub-optimal choices that lock smallholders into a low equilibrium trap. In the face of the disappearing supplies and missing markets, these have engendered hyper-inflationary trends of a magnitude unknown anywhere else in the world. But in the midst of all this apparent dreariness, cases are emerging from which immense lessons can be drawn. This book assembles a collection of research papers based on studies completed in 2008 and 2009 in Southern Africa that examine various dimensions of the institutional constraints small farmers are facing in the region and how they are going about dealing with them. The papers draw from these diverse and polar experiences and present some theoretical and practical insights that should form the basis for more in-depth, country-level, sector-specific analyses, focusing mainly on citrus, horticultures, cotton and livestock. The thematic issues of income inequality, land reform, natural resource management and value chain governance and chain choice, are covered in this book and are expected to be of interest for a wide constituency, including researchers, development practitioners, rural animators, and policy makers.

Author : Josephine Phillip Msangi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319094953

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Food Security Among Small-Scale Agricultural Producers in Southern Africa by Josephine Phillip Msangi Pdf

The book focuses on food security highlighting the role of indigenous knowledge and scientific research in addressing the plight of poor small-scale agricultural producers. Rapidly growing global population and global policies and management governing sustainability, hunger, food security and poverty alleviation are discussed. Additionally, impacts of probable climate change, research on land productivity and performance of dependable food crops i.e. cassava and pearl millet are discussed. Analyzed in great detail are roles of small stock, urban/peri-urban agriculture and advantages of climate-smart agriculture and participatory research in enhancing food security of the small-scale agricultural producers in Southern Africa.

Author : Workneh Negatu,Herman Musahara
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789994455973

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Innovations in Achieving Sustainable Food Security in Eastern and Southern Africa by Workneh Negatu,Herman Musahara Pdf

Innovations in Achieving Sustainable Food Security in Eastern and Southern Africa addresses roles and issues related to social and institutional innovations and approaches in food security in Southern and Eastern Africa. They include implementation of food security policy, rural livelihood and agricultural innovation, land consolidation for food security, interdisciplinary school-based health for food security, harnessing indigenous and modern knowledge for food security, household food resource handling for food security, institutions for technological innovation, role of land tax in food security, trade protectionism and food security, and gender-power relations in food security.

Author : Auricht, Christopher,Dixon, John,Boffa, Jean-Marc,Garrity, Dennis P.,Ramankutty, Navin,Siebert, Stefan,Frenken, Karen,Wood-Sichra, Ulrike,Thornton, Philip K.,Robinson, Timothy,Wint, William,Conchedda, Giulia,Cinardi, Guiseppina,Gilbert, Marius,Döll, Petra,Portman, Felix T.,Wood, Stanley
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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ATLAS OF AFRICAN AGRICULTURE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT by Auricht, Christopher,Dixon, John,Boffa, Jean-Marc,Garrity, Dennis P.,Ramankutty, Navin,Siebert, Stefan,Frenken, Karen,Wood-Sichra, Ulrike,Thornton, Philip K.,Robinson, Timothy,Wint, William,Conchedda, Giulia,Cinardi, Guiseppina,Gilbert, Marius,Döll, Petra,Portman, Felix T.,Wood, Stanley Pdf

The Atlas of African Agriculture Research & Development is a multifaceted resource that high­lights the ubiquitous nature of smallholder agriculture in Africa; the many factors shaping the location, nature, and performance of agricultural enterprises; and the strong interde­pendencies among farming, natural resource stocks and flows, rural infrastructure, and the well-being of the poor.

Author : Morris Fanadzo,Nothando Dunjana,Hupenyu Allan Mupambwa,Ernest Dube
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789819924271

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Towards Sustainable Food Production in Africa by Morris Fanadzo,Nothando Dunjana,Hupenyu Allan Mupambwa,Ernest Dube Pdf

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, extensionists, policy makers and other stakeholders seeking to identify and disseminate best fit technologies for local and regional landscapes. It offers an understanding of the challenges, risks and uncertainties as well as opportunities to foster productive and sustainable food production. Smallholder farming and agriculture in general is facing a serious threat from climate change that has resulted in erratic and unpredictable rainfall and increased temperatures, among other abiotic stresses. These climate change induced pressures have reduced productivity mainly among the smallholder farmers, who are critical in driving the attainment of sustainable development goals like SDG 2, 12 and 13. The objective of the book is to document effective and practicable practices and technologies that can be adopted by smallholder African farmers as mitigation measures against the effects of climate change. This book is of interest to researchers, agricultural scientists, climate change scientists, capacity builders and policymakers.

Author : Lawrence Haddad
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0896293386

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Achieving Food Security in Southern Africa by Lawrence Haddad Pdf

Author : Sebastian, Kate
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780896298460

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Atlas of African agriculture research and development by Sebastian, Kate Pdf

The Atlas of African Agriculture Research & Development is a multifaceted resource that high­lights the ubiquitous nature of smallholder agriculture in Africa; the many factors shaping the location, nature, and performance of agricultural enterprises; and the strong interde­pendencies among farming, natural resource stocks and flows, rural infrastructure, and the well-being of the poor.

Author : Sichoongwe, Kiru,Mapemba, Lawrence,Ng'ong'ola, Davies,Tembo, Gelson
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The determinants and extent of crop diversification among smallholder farmers: A case study of Southern Province, Zambia by Sichoongwe, Kiru,Mapemba, Lawrence,Ng'ong'ola, Davies,Tembo, Gelson Pdf

This study analyzed the determinants of crop diversification as well as the factors influencing the extent of crop diversification by smallholder farmers in Southern province. The study used secondary data from the Central Statistical Office of Zambia. Results from a double-hurdle model analysis indicates that landholding size, fertilizer quantity, distance to market, and the type of tillage mechanism adopted have a strong influence on whether a farmer practices crop diversification. Our findings have important implications for policies that are designed to enhance crop diversification. In particular, our results suggest the need for government to consider undertaking policies that will enhance farmers’ access to and control over land, that will provide farmers with improved access to agricultural imple-ments like ploughs, and that will bring trading markets closer to farmers.