Overview
- Vividly explains the importance of sustainable intensification
- Pertinent to advancing food security in Africa
- Addresses enhancement of climate resilience
- Concluding chapter discusses research and development priorities
- Based on inter- and transdisciplinary approaches to addressing key issues of global significance (e.g. food security, climate change, sustainable development)
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (32 chapters)
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Introduction
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Land Use and Farming System
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Effects of Climate Change and Crop Yield
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Soil Nutrient and Water Management for Carbon Sequestration
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Rehabilitation of Degraded Land Through Forestry and Agro-Forestry
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sustainable Intensification to Advance Food Security and Enhance Climate Resilience in Africa
Editors: Rattan Lal, Bal Ram Singh, Dismas L. Mwaseba, David Kraybill, David O. Hansen, Lars Olav Eik
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09360-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-09359-8Published: 27 October 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35499-6Published: 24 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-09360-4Published: 10 October 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 665
Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations, 106 illustrations in colour
Topics: Soil Science & Conservation, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Sustainable Development, Environmental Management