Agricultural Development and Sustainable Intensification: Technology and Policy Challenges in the Face of Climate Change

ISBN-13: 9781138300590 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 306 str.

Udaya Sekhar Nagothu

Opis

This book reviews current SI approaches to the major food crops, advances made in technology, and the institutional and policy measures necessary to overcome the constraints faced by smallholder farmers.

Spis treści

1. Agricultural Development and Sustainable Intensification: Technology and Policy Innovations  2. Save and Grow: Translating Policy Advice into Field Action for Sustainable Intensification of Rice Production  3. Sustainable Intensification and maize value chain improvements in Sub-Saharan Africa  4. The role of wheat in global food security  5. Innovative practices in potato production for food and nutrition security  6. Pulses-Millets crop diversification by smallholders and their potential for sustainable food and nutrition security  7. Global challenges in today's horticulture and prospects offered by protected vegetable cultivation  8. Sustainable crop-livestock intensification in the Sub-Saharan Africa: Improving productivity through innovative adaptation  9. Community-driven approaches to sustainable intensification in river deltas: Lessons from the Ganges and Mekong Rivers  10. Sustainable agriculture intensification: Innovations to strengthen extension services and market linkages  11. Multi-level policy measures to support sustainable agriculture intensification for smallholders  12. Summary, technology and policy options

O autorze

Udaya Sekhar Nagothu is Research Professor and Director (Centre for International Development), Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Ås, Norway. He is editor of the books Food Security: Country Case Studies (Routledge, 2014) and Climate Change and Agricultural Development: Improving Resilience through Climate Smart Agriculture, Agroecology and Conservation (Routledge, 2016).