Food Security Among Small-Scale Agricultural Producers in Southern Africa

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Msangi, Josephine Phillip (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Climate change.; Trade.; Business.; Commerce.; Economic geography.; Agriculture.; Sustainable development.; Life Sciences.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Sustainable Development.; Economic Geography.

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 povert...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Population, agriculture, poverty and food security: an overview
• 2. Policies and legislations governing marketing and food trade: Southern Africa
•  3. Urban, peri-urban agriculture and food security among small-scale agricultural producers: Southern Africa
• 4. Indigenous plant resources and food security among small-scale agricultural producers: Southern Africa
• 5. Role of small stock in safeguarding food security in dry lands: case in Namibia
• 6. Improving productivity, food safety and nutritional levels of dependable food crops: Southern Africa
• 7. Climate-smart agriculture: incorporating weather information into small-scale agricultural producers’ system: South Africa. .