Multifunctional Land Uses in Africa: Sustainable Food Security Solutions

ISBN-13: 9780367785420 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 176 str.

Elisabeth Simelton; Madelene Ostwald

Opis

This book presents contemporary case studies of land use, management practices and innovation in Africa with a view to exploring how multifunctional land uses can alleviate food insecurity and poverty.

Spis treści

1. Multifunctional land-use systems – a solution for food security in Africa?  2. Nigerian climate-smart agriculture practices with scaling potential 3. Treating shea trees as crops improves women’s livelihoods in Burkina Faso  4. Economic benefits from cassava in peri-urban multiple-cropping systems in Nigeria  5. Integrated aquaculture: balancing food production systems and livelihoods in Kenya  6. What integrated watershed management can deliver for the environment and livelihoods: the Ethiopian experience  7. Smallholder maize-based systems: a piece of the puzzle for sustaining food security in Nigeria  8. Multifunctional land-use practices in Africa: what else do we need to do?

O autorze

Elisabeth Simelton is a climate change scientist at World Agroforestry (ICRAF), Vietnam and project leader of the CGIAR research programme Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Her research interests include environmental sustainability issues related to farms, food and the future. Her current work covers landscape adaptation strategies, agroclimate information services and climate policy.

Madelene Ostwald is Senior Researcher in the Gothenburg Centre for Sustainable Development (GMV), Sweden and leader of the Multifunctional landscape theme within the AgriFoSe2030 programme for agriculture for food security. With a focus on land use, forestry and overall multifunctional land use, her research deals with land-based issues related to climate policy, food security, energy, development, and monitoring issues.