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Towards Sustainable Food Production in Africa

Best Management Practices and Technologies

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Editors:
  1. Morris Fanadzo

    1. Department of Agriculture, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Wellington, South Africa

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  2. Nothando Dunjana

    1. School of Natural Resource Management, Nelson Mandela University, George, South Africa

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  3. Hupenyu Allan Mupambwa

    1. Sam Nujoma Marine and Coastal Resources Research Center, Sam Nujoma Campus, University of Namibia, Henties Bay, Namibia

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  4. Ernest Dube

    1. School of Natural Resource Management, Nelson Mandela University, George, South Africa

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  • Synthesizes the vast literature on technologies, practices and innovations on sustainable food production in Africa
  • Highlights site-specific & niche agroecological, sociocultural & economic conditions for adoption of technology
  • Explains specific technologies to drive smallholder farmers towards resilience & adaptation to climate change

Part of the book series: Sustainability Sciences in Asia and Africa (SSAA)

Part of the book sub series: Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security (SAFS)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Technologies for Soil Fertility Management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Animal Manure and Soil Fertility Management on Smallholdings in South Africa

      • Wim Van Averbeke
      Pages 3-19

    3. Integrated Soil Fertility Management for Soil Fertility Restoration in Sub-Saharan Africa

      • Nothando Dunjana, Charity Pisa, Morris Fanadzo, Hupenyu Allan Mupambwa, Ernest Dube
      Pages 21-38

    4. Integrated Soil Fertility Management: A Basis for Sustainable Intensification of Maize-Based Cropping Systems of Southern Africa

      • Shamie Zingore
      Pages 39-57

    5. Insights of Microbial Inoculants in Complementing Organic Soil Fertility Management in African Smallholder Farming Systems

      • Akinson Tumbure, Sinikiwe Dube, Tonny P. Tauro
      Pages 59-83

    6. Agroforestry Technologies and Mineral Fertiliser Combinations for Improved Soil Fertility and Crop Production in Semi-Arid Areas of Africa

      • Andrew Tapiwa Kugedera, Nyasha Sakadzo, Letticia Kudzai Kokerai
      Pages 85-94

    7. Integrated Soil Acidity Management for Sustainable Crop Production in South African Smallholder Farming Systems

      • Nicholas Swart, Johan Jordaan, Morris Fanadzo, Nothando Dunjana, Ernest Dube
      Pages 95-111

  3. Water Management in Smallholder Farming Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
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    2. Improving Productivity of Smallholder Irrigation in Africa Through Adoption of Best Management Practices and Technologies

      • Morris Fanadzo, Ernest Dube, Nothando Dunjana, Hupenyu Allan Mupambwa
      Pages 115-133

    3. Being Small Does Not Make It Easy: The Management Conundrum on Smallholder Canal Schemes

      • Lerato Lebogang Van Averbeke, Wim Van Averbeke
      Pages 135-151

    4. Sustainable Winery Wastewater Management for Improving Soil Quality, Environmental Health, and Crop Yield

      • Takalani Sikhau, Mbappe Tanga, Adewole Adetunji, Carolyn Howell, Reckson Mulidzi, Francis Lewu
      Pages 153-170

    5. Water Harvesting Technologies for Sustainable Crop Production in African Smallholder Farming Systems

      • Andrew Tapiwa Kugedera, Nyasha Sakadzo, Letticia Kudzai Kokerai, Njodzi Ranganai
      Pages 171-183

  4. Crop Production Practices and Technologies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185
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    2. Advances in Sorghum Production in Smallholder Farming Systems of Africa

      • Farayi Dube, Angeline Mujeyi, Martin Philani Moyo, Olivia Mukondwa
      Pages 187-205

    3. Knowledge and Innovation Approaches to Out Scale Sorghum Adoption in Africa

      • Angeline Mujeyi, Farayi Dube, Martin Philani Moyo, Olivia Mukondwa
      Pages 207-220

    4. Winter Cover Crop Recommendations for Soil Fertility Improvement on Maize-Based Smallholder Irrigation Farms

      • Ernest Dube, Morris Fanadzo, Nothando Dunjana, Hupenyu Allan Mupambwa
      Pages 221-236

  5. Climate-Smart Livestock Production Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 237-237
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    2. Utilising Encroacher Bush in Animal Feeding

      • Johnfisher Mupangwa, Emmanuel Lutaaya, Maria Ndakula Tautiko Shipandeni, Absalom Kahumba, Vonai Charamba, Katrina Lugambo Shiningavamwe
      Pages 239-265

    3. Opportunities for Delivering Sectoral Climate-Smart Livestock Interventions in Southern Africa

      • Walter Svinurai, Nation Chikumba, Godwill Makunde
      Pages 267-287
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Keywords

About this book

This edited book is focused on Sustainable Development Goal 2. It offers a comprehensive and topical collection of practices, technologies and innovations in the field of sustainable food production and security under a changing climate.  It is a one-stop handbook for farmers, researchers, extensionists, policy makers and other stakeholders seeking to identify and disseminate best fit technologies for local and regional landscapes. It offers an understanding of the challenges, risks and uncertainties as well as opportunities to foster productive and sustainable food production.

Smallholder farming and agriculture in general is facing a serious threat from climate change that has resulted in erratic and unpredictable rainfall and increased temperatures, among other abiotic stresses. These climate change induced pressures have reduced productivity mainly among the smallholder farmers, who are critical in driving the attainment of sustainable development goals like SDG 2,12 and 13.

The objective of the book is to document effective and practicable practices and technologies that can be adopted by smallholder African farmers as mitigation measures against the effects of climate change. This book is of interest to researchers, agricultural scientists, climate change scientists, capacity builders and policymakers.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Agriculture, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Wellington, South Africa

    Morris Fanadzo

  • School of Natural Resource Management, Nelson Mandela University, George, South Africa

    Nothando Dunjana, Ernest Dube

  • Sam Nujoma Marine and Coastal Resources Research Center, Sam Nujoma Campus, University of Namibia, Henties Bay, Namibia

    Hupenyu Allan Mupambwa

About the editors

Morris FANADZO is a cropping systems agronomist with over 20 years’ experience in research and teaching at university level. He holds a PhD in Crop Science and is currently an Associate Professor of Agronomy at Cape Peninsula University in South Africa where he is also coordinating one of the programmes in the Faculty of Applied Sciences.

Nothando DUNJANA is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Nelson Mandela University, South Africa. She holds a PhD in Soil Science and has over eight years of agronomic systems research as well as university teaching experience amassed as a university lecturer and an assistant researcher at a non-governmental research organisation. 

Hupenyu Allan MUPAMBWA holds a PhD in Soil Science. His PhD research focused on vermicomposting as a waste beneficiation technology important in driving organic soil fertility. Currently, he leads the Desert and Coastal Agriculture Research Programme at the University of Namibia.

Dr Ernest Dube is an agronomist (PhD) with over 20 years’ experience in agricultural plant production and research. He is an internationally renowned expert of conservation agriculture and champion of sustainable plant production. As Senior Lecturer in Plant Production and Management at the Nelson Mandela University in South Africa, he is highly committed to excellence in teaching, agronomy research and scholarship. 


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Towards Sustainable Food Production in Africa

  • Book Subtitle: Best Management Practices and Technologies

  • Editors: Morris Fanadzo, Nothando Dunjana, Hupenyu Allan Mupambwa, Ernest Dube

  • Series Title: Sustainability Sciences in Asia and Africa

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2427-1

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-2426-4Published: 11 July 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-2429-5Due: 11 August 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-2427-1Published: 10 July 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2730-6771

  • Series E-ISSN: 2730-678X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 337

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Agriculture, Biotechnology, Agriculture

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