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05721aam a2200541 i 4500 001 EEDACD58C7F211EAB1F2873797128E48 003 SILO 005 20200717010022 008 180723t20202020nyuab b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2018035011 020 $a 1138963356 020 $a 9781138963351 035 $a (OCoLC)1047526433 040 $a IEN/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d OCLCA $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a f------ 050 00 $a HD2117 $b .F37 2020 245 00 $a Farming systems and food security in Africa : $b priorities for science and policy under global change / $c edited by John Dixon, Dennis P. Garrity, Jean-Marc Boffa, Timothy Olalekan Williams, Tilahun Amede with Christopher Auricht, Rosemary Lott and George Mburathi. 264 1 $a Abingdon, Oxon ; $b Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, $c 2020. 300 $a xxxv, 638 pages : $b color illustrations, color maps ; $c 26 cm. 490 1 $a Earthscan food and agriculture series 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $g Part III. Synthesis and conclusions -- $t Conclusions: implementation of the farming systems approach for African food security / $r Dennis Garrity, John Dixon and George Mburathi. $t Methods and data sources / $r Christopher M. Auricht, John Dixon, Jean-Marc Boffa, Harrij van Velthuizen and GuÂnther Fischer -- $g Part II. Analysis of farming systems -- $t Maize mixed farming system: an engine for rural growth and poverty reduction / $r Malcolm Blackie, John Dixon, Maxwell Mudhara, Joseph Rusike, Sieglinde Snapp and Mulugetta Mekuria -- $t Agro-pastoral farming systems: achieving resilience under duress? / $r Jean-Marc Boffa, Minamba Bagayoko, John Sanders, Pierre Hiernaux, Shadreck Ncube and Justice Nyamangara -- $t The highland perennial farming system: sustainable intensification and the limits of farm size / $r J.K. Lynam -- $t The root and tuber crop farming system: diversity, complexity and productivity potential / $r Samuel Adjei-Nsiah, Godwin Asumugha, Emmanuel Njukwe and Malachy Akoroda -- $t The cereal-root crop mixed farming system: a potential bread basket transitioning to sustainable intensification / $r Amir Kassam, Eric Kueneman, Rosemary Lott, Theodor Friedrich, NeBambi Lutaladio, David Norman, Martin Bwalya, Anne-Sophie Poisot and Saidi Mkomwa -- $t The highland mixed farming system of Africa: diversifying livelihoods in fragile ecosystems / $r Tilahun Amede and Mulugeta Lemenih -- $t The tree crop farming system in the humid lowlands of Africa: stagnation, innovation and forest degradation / $r Jim Gockowski -- $t The pastoral farming system: balancing between tradition and transition / $r Jan de Leeuw, Philip Osano, Mohammed Said, Augustine Ayantunde, Sikhalazo Dube, Constance Neely, Anton Vrieling, Philip Thornton and Polly Ericksen -- $t The fish-based farming system: maintaining ecosystem health and flexible livelihood portfolios / $r Olivier Hamerlynck, Wanja Dorothy Nyingi, Jean-Luc Paul and Stephanie Duvail -- $t The forest-based farming system: highly diverse, annual and perennial systems under threat / $r Stefan Hauser, Lindsey Norgrove, Eric Tollens, Christian Nolte, Valentina Robiglio, and James Gockowski -- $t Large-scale irrigated farming system: the potential and challenges to improve food security, livelihoods and ecosystem management / $r Timothy Olalekan Williams, Jean-Marc Faures, Regassa Namara and Katherine Snyder -- $t The arid pastoral and oasis farming system: key centres for the development of trans-Saharan economies / $r Mahamadou Chaibou and Bernard Bonnet -- $t Perennial mixed and island farming systems: exploiting synergies for maximum system productivity / $r M. Mudhara, J.P. Lombard, A.R. Palmer and J. Dixon -- $t Urban and peri-urban farming systems: feeding cities and enhancing resilience / $r Diana Lee-Smith, Gordon Prain, Olufunke Cofie, Rene van Veenhuizen and Nancy Karanja -- $g Part III. Synthesis and conclusions -- $t Farming and food systems potentials / $r John Dixon, Jean-Marc Boffa, Timothy Olalekan Williams, Jan de Leeuw, GuÂnther Fischer and Harrij van Velthuizen -- $t Ways forward: strategies for effective science, investments and policies for African farming and food systems / $r John Dixon, Dennis Garrity, George Mburathi, Jean-Marc Boffa, Tilahun Amede and Timothy O. Williams -- $t Conclusions: implementation of the farming systems approach for African food security / $r Dennis Garrity, John Dixon and George Mburathi. 650 0 $a Agricultural systems $z Africa. 650 0 $a Farmers $z Africa $x Economic conditions. 650 0 $a Rural development $z Africa. 650 0 $a Food supply $z Africa. 650 0 $a Rural poor $z Africa. 650 0 $a Sustainable agriculture $z Africa. 650 7 $a Agricultural systems. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00801317 650 7 $a Farmers $x Economic conditions. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00921329 650 7 $a Food supply. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00931196 650 7 $a Rural development. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01101498 650 7 $a Rural poor. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01101743 650 7 $a Sustainable agriculture. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01139712 651 7 $a Africa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01239509 700 1 $a Dixon, John $q (John Mezies), $e author. $e author. 700 1 $a Garrity, Dennis P., $e author. $e author. 700 1 $a Boffa, Jean-Marc, $e author. $e author. 700 1 $a Williams, Timothy O., $e author. $e author. 700 0 $a Tilahun Amede, $e author. $e author. 700 1 $a Auricht, Christopher, $e author. $e author. 700 1 $a Lott, Rosemary, $e author. $e author. 700 1 $a Mburathi, George K., $e author. $e author. 830 0 $a Earthscan food and agriculture. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231021022938.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EEDACD58C7F211EAB1F2873797128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search