Fostering Subsistence Agriculture, Food Supplies and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa

ISBN-13: 9783631573808 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 200 str.

Franz-Theo Gottwald;Susan Keino;Timothy Rotimi Fayeye

Spis treści

Contents: Franz-Theo Gottwald: Foreword - Abiodun Ade Adeloye: Strategies for fostering subsistence agriculture - Augustine O. Angba: The strategies for fostering subsistence agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa - Anozie Edith Ngozi: Farming system approach - Cyril Ifeanyi Duruigbo: Strategies for fostering subsistence agriculture - Gabriel O. Ihejirika: Strategies for fostering subsistence agriculture - Magnus Chima Ofoh: Towards fostering subsistence agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa: constraints and strategies - Timothy Rotimi Fayeye: Strategies for fostering subsistence agriculture - Andrew Malekani: A review of the potential role of bambra groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L) Verdc) in sustaining the livelihood system of peasantry farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa - Rose A. Olwambula: Assessment of coping strategies among Kenyan women in alleviating of household food insecurity - Joshua O. Ogunwole: Prospects for enhanced food security and improved agricultural sustainability of small holder system in sub-Saharan Africa - S. Adesola Ajayi: Strategies for the development of smallholder agriculture and health improvement in sub-Saharan Africa - Uche C. Amalu: The development of agriculture and its impact on health improvement in sub-Saharan Africa - Susan Keino: Linking poverty to food insecurity and malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa - A.A. Musotsi/M.O.A. Onyango/A. Sigot: The role of home gardens in improving health, nutrition and food security in sub-Saharan Africa.

O autorze

The Editors: Franz-Theo Gottwald is Hon. Professor in Ecological Ethics at Humboldt University, Berlin, Visiting Professor for Stakeholder Management and Business Governance at the Academy of Social Science, Shanghai and CEO of the Schweisfurth-Foundation, Munich.
Susan Keino, M.Sc. is Graduate Assistant in the School of Family Consumer at the Maseno University (Kenya).
Timothy Rotimi Fayeye is Lecturer at the Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Ilorin (Nigeria).