Transforming Agriculture in Southern Africa

Transforming Agriculture in Southern Africa
Author: Richard A. Sikora
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2019-11-27
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0429686633

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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

Perspectives on Agricultural Transformation

Perspectives on Agricultural Transformation
Author: Thomas S. Jayne
Publisher: Nova Biomedical Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002
Genre: Agricultural industries
ISBN: 9781590335369

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Perspectives on Agricultural Transformation - A View From Africa

Emerging Technologies to Benefit Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

Emerging Technologies to Benefit Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2009-02-21
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0309124948

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Increased agricultural productivity is a major stepping stone on the path out of poverty in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, but farmers there face tremendous challenges improving production. Poor soil, inefficient water use, and a lack of access to plant breeding resources, nutritious animal feed, high quality seed, and fuel and electricity-combined with some of the most extreme environmental conditions on Earth-have made yields in crop and animal production far lower in these regions than world averages. Emerging Technologies to Benefit Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia identifies sixty emerging technologies with the potential to significantly improve agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Eighteen technologies are recommended for immediate development or further exploration. Scientists from all backgrounds have an opportunity to become involved in bringing these and other technologies to fruition. The opportunities suggested in this book offer new approaches that can synergize with each other and with many other activities to transform agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

Agricultural Development in Southern Africa

Agricultural Development in Southern Africa
Author: Allan Low
Publisher: James Currey
Total Pages: 240
Release: 1986
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

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Research report on subsistence farming and obstacles to agricultural development in Southern Africa - reviews economic theory on household economics and its application in the region; includes a field study of household production and the adoption of new agricultural technologys in Swaziland; analyses non-market benefits of communal land use rights and cattle, labour migration, and rural development perspectives; discusses agricultural policy implications, agricultural research on farming systems, etc. Graphs, references, statistical tables.

Science and Technology in Africa

Science and Technology in Africa
Author: John W. Forje
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Total Pages: 306
Release: 1989
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

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Science, Technology and Innovation Policies for Inclusive Growth in Africa

Science, Technology and Innovation Policies for Inclusive Growth in Africa
Author: Reuben A. Alabi
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Total Pages: 555
Release: 2018
Genre: Africa
ISBN: 3643910428

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The volume analyses how to make Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Policies relevant for inclusive growth strategies in Africa.The base for a transformative STI policy is to link the STI policies to Africa's economic transformation policies. In a first part the general issues of introducing effective STI policies are presented. In a second part country case studies highlight the new approach. Cases such as Sudan and Nigeria are analysed, as these two countries have a long history of STI development; because of different history, size and structure they need to move in different directions towards a coherent STI policy for inclusive growth.

The Transformation of Research in the South

The Transformation of Research in the South
Author: Collectif
Publisher: IRD Éditions
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2020-07-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 2709928019

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Profound transformations are affecting the research systems around the world. We witness the emergence of new or restructured organizations to steer public research or promote innovation, new programmatic directions within these organizations, increased funding dedicated to research in academic settings, and new domestic and international partnerships and collaborations. A multiplicity of organizations and funding sources have appeared, creating a complex web where resources circulate along with knowledge in ways that are reshaping research systems in the South. This book gathers a large sample of these changes presented during a symposium organized by IDRC, IRD, IFRIS, and OECD, seeking to better understand their institutional, political and economic drivers. These cases document the building of scientific capacity and the broader use of results from scientific research and presents lessons for public policy. A large variety of case studies of specific research organizations and comparative analysis of the wider research system are presented in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.