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Food Crop Production by Smallholder Farmers in Southern Africa
Challenges and Opportunities for Improvement
Identifies practical opportunities for improving food production and livelihoods in geographically and environmentally at-risk populations in Southern Africa
Ambayeba Muimba-Kankolongo (Author)
9780128143834, Elsevier Science
Paperback, published 12 February 2018
382 pages
27.6 x 21.5 x 2.4 cm, 1.09 kg
Food Crop Production by Smallholder Farmers in Southern Africa: Challenges and Opportunities for Improvement evaluates traditional cultivation practices used by smallholder farmers, providing a synthesis of the latest information on increasing crop yield through adoption of research innovations. The book catalogs smallholder cultivation practices and recommends innovative strategies for improving the agriculture sector including: management practices that reduce net carbon emissions; technologies that improve soil structures and conserve the natural resources base; means of empowering female resources along value chains; and government commitment to adopt policies that enhance agriculture productivity by encouraging farmers to use environmentally sound cultivation technologies. Traditional farming techniques often produce negative impacts on the environment and ecosystem resulting in outbreaks of diseases and pests. In addition to the region’s recurrent droughts, these outbreaks of numerous diseases and pests, weeds and other invasive plants put thousands at risk of poverty and hunger, as well as malnutrition. This book presents enhanced agricultural production technologies for ensuring adequate food production, safety and nutritional quality for the population of Southern Africa and forms the basis for an increased SADC regional effort in food production through which financial and trade institutions can improve stakeholder capacities, encourage micro-enterprise development and enhance employment and regional trade.
1. General Introduction2. Climates and Agro-Ecologies3. Factors Important to Crops Production4. Diseases and Pests of Food Crops in SADC5. Smallholding Farms and Farmers in SADS6. Common Cultivation Practices7. Pre-and Post-Harvest Field Operations8. Cereal Production9. Root and Tuber Crops10. Leguminous Crops11. Vegetables Production12. Fruits Production13. Perspectives for Improvement14. Conclusion
Subject Areas: Agronomy & crop production [TVK], Agriculture & farming [TV], Agriculture & related industries [KNAC]
