Food for All in Africa

Gordon Conway, Ousmane Badiane, Katrin Glatzel

Description

Africa requires a new agricultural transformation that is appropriate for Africa, that recognizes the continent's diverse environments and climates, and that takes into account its histories and cultures while benefiting rural smallholder farmers and their families.In this boldly optimistic book, Sir Gordon Conway, Ousmane Badiane, and Katrin Glatzel describe the key challenges faced by Africa's smallholder farmers and present the concepts and practices of Sustainable Intensification (SI) as opportunities to sustainably transform Africa's agriculture sector and the livelihoods of millions of smallholders. The way forward, they write, will be an agriculture sector deeply rooted within SI: producing more with less, using fertilizers and pesticides more prudently, adapting to climate change, improving natural capital, adopting new technologies, and building resilience at every stage of the agriculture value chain.Food for All in Africa envisions a virtuous circle generated through agricultural development rooted in SI that results in greater yields, healthier diets, improved livelihoods for farmers, and sustainable economic opportunities for the rural poor that in turn generate further investment. It describes the benefits of digital technologies for farmers and the challenges of transforming African agricultural policies and creating effective and inspiring leadership.Food for All in Africa demonstrates why we should take on the challenge and provides ideas and methods through which it can be met.

Sujets

• Histoire
• África
• History of Africa
• Central
• Africa

Informations

• Publié par: Cornell University Press
• Date de parution: 15 novembre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781501744419
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

Extrait

FOODFORALLINAFRICA

FOODFORALL IN AFRICA SustainableIntensification for African Farmers

GordonConway, Ousmane Badiane, and Katrin Glatzel

COMSTOCKPUBLISHINGASSOCIATES AN IMPRINT OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS ITHACA AND LONDON

Copyright © 2019 by Cornell University

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First published 2019 by Cornell University Press

Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data Names:Conway,Gordon,author.|Badiane,Ousmane,author.|Glatzel,Katrin, author. Title:FoodforallinAfrica:sustainableintensificationforAfricanfarmers / Gordon Conway, Ousmane Badiane, and Katrin Glatzel. Description:Ithaca:ComstockPublishingAssociates,animprintofCornell UniversityPress,2019.|Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. Identifiers: LCCN 2019012611 (print) | LCCN 2019016997 (ebook) | ISBN(p9)df|NBS187971051444|Ibo)ibum/(pe4426017478159 ISBN 9781501743887| ISBN 9781501743887 (pbk.) Subjects:LCSH:Foodsecurity—Africa,SubSaharan.|Agricultural intensification—Africa, SubSaharan. | Sustainable agriculture—Africa, SubSaharan.|Producetrade—Africa,SubSaharan.|Farms,Small—Africa, SubSaharan. Classification:LCCHD9017.A3572(ebook)|LCCHD9017.A3572C662019 (print)| DDC 338.1/967—dc23 LC record available athttps://lccn.loc.gov/2019012611

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Contents

ListofIllustrations ForewordbyAkinwumiA.Adesina,  African Development Bank Acknowledgments ListofAcronyms

Introduction:ABookforOptimists

Par t 1 CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES 1. African Farms and Farmers  2. Hunger and Malnutrition  3. The Threats to Food Security  4. Resilient Farmers

Par t 2INTENSIFICATION SUSTAINABLE 5. Sustainable Agriculture 6. Agriculture and Ecology 7. The New Genetics 8. Value Chains

Par t 3 AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION 9. Digital Farmers 10. Transforming Agriculture 11. Leadership and Performance

Notes AuthorBiographies Index

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