Food Security Among Small-Scale Agricultural Producers in Southern Africa
The book focuses on food security highlighting the role of indigenous knowledge and scientific research in addressing the plight of poor small-scale agricultural producers. Rapidly growing global population and global policies and management governing sustainability, hunger, food security and povert...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2014, 2014
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2014 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Population, agriculture, poverty and food security: an overview
- 2. Policies and legislations governing marketing and food trade: Southern Africa
- 3. Urban, peri-urban agriculture and food security among small-scale agricultural producers: Southern Africa
- 4. Indigenous plant resources and food security among small-scale agricultural producers: Southern Africa
- 5. Role of small stock in safeguarding food security in dry lands: case in Namibia
- 6. Improving productivity, food safety and nutritional levels of dependable food crops: Southern Africa
- 7. Climate-smart agriculture: incorporating weather information into small-scale agricultural producers’ system: South Africa.