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oapen-20.500.12657-412442023-06-29T13:21:30Z Transforming Agriculture in Southern Africa Sikora, Richard Terry, Eugene R. Vlek, Paul Chitja, Joyce agricultural development African studies agriculture and food bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TV Agriculture & farming::TVF Sustainable agriculture bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNC Applied ecology 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. 2020-08-10T08:56:57Z 2020-08-10T08:56:57Z 2017 book 9780429686641 9781138393530 9780429401701 9781032083926 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/41244 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781138393530_text.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9780429401701 10.4324/9780429401701 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb 7dfedf39-d361-4150-9fa9-fad1461ae6d1 Universiteit Stellenbosch 9780429686641 9781138393530 9780429401701 9781032083926 Routledge 346 Universiteit Stellenbosch Stellenbosch University open access
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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.
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