Knowledge of Africa's complex farming systems, set in their socio-economic and environmental context, is an essential ingredient to developing effective strategies for improving food and nutrition security.
This book systematically and comprehensively describes the characteristics, trends, drivers of change and strategic priorities for each of Africa's fifteen farming systems and their main subsystems. It shows how a farming systems perspective can be used to identify pathways to household food security and poverty reduction, and how strategic interventions may need to differ from one farming system to another. In the analysis, emphasis is placed on understanding farming systems drivers of change, trends and strategic priorities for science and policy.
Illustrated with full-colour maps and photographs throughout, the volume provides a comprehensive and insightful analysis of Africa's farming systems and pathways for the future to improve food and nutrition security. The book is an essential follow-up to the seminal work Farming Systems and Poverty by Dixon and colleagues for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the World Bank, published in 2001.
| ISBN: | 9781032082141 |
| Publication date: | 2nd August 2021 |
| Author: | John Dixon |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 674 pages |
| Series: | Earthscan Food and Agriculture |
| Genres: |
Environmental management Environmental economics Agribusiness and primary industries Human geography Regional geography Applied ecology Environmental policy and protocols Pollution and threats to the environment Regional / International studies Development studies Development economics and emerging economies Agricultural science Agricultural engineering and machinery Environmental science, engineering and technology |