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Organic agriculture : African experiences in resilience and sustainability / edited by Raymond Auerbach, Gunnar Rundgren and Nadia El-Hage Scialabba.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- African Organic Conference, Corporate Author.
- Conference Name:
- African Organic Conference (2nd : 2012 : Lusaka, Zambia)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Organic farming--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Congresses.
- Organic farming.
- Sustainable agriculture--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Congresses.
- Sustainable agriculture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (210 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Rome : Natural Resources Management and Environment Dept., Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This publication, Organic Agriculture: African Experiences in Resilience and Sustainability , demonstrates that organic management can benefit people, the economy and ecosystems and that this can be achieved in Africa, where hunger and degradation stubbornly persist, despite decades of development efforts. This publication expands on selected research presented during the Lusaka Conference. The different chapters document sustainability experiences, including: mainstreaming organic agriculture into African development approaches; community-based livestock systems combining holistic range management; indigenous ethno-veterinary practices and new understanding of customary systems of resource management; ecofunctional intensification through management of legumes, systems of rice intensification and integrated farming; and smallholders knowledge harnessed through family farmers learning groups and customized information and communication technologies."
- Contents:
- ""Preface""; ""Acronyms""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""SECOND AFRICAN ORGANIC CONFERENCE IN MAY 2012 AND THE LUSAKA DECLARATION ""; ""TRANSFORMING AFRICAN AGRICULTURE: ORGANICS AND AGRA ""; ""MANAGING COMMUNITY-BASED RANGELANDS IN NAMIBIA""; ""HOLISTIC MANAGEMENT OF LIVESTOCK IN NAMIBIA""; ""INDIGEN OUS NIGERIAN ETHNO-VETERINARY PRACTICES ""; ""KEEKENYOKIE: ADDING VALUE TO MAASAI BEEF ""; ""ORGANIC COTTON IN NIGERIA? USE AFRICAN BUSH TEA AND LEGUMES! ""; ""ORGANIC PRODUCTION OF PINK RICE IN MADAGASCAR ""; ""ORGANIC FARMING SYSTEMS IN ZAMBIA ""; ""OLD ORCHARD ORGANIC FARM IN ZAMBIA ""
- ""FARMER FAMILY LEARNING GROUPS IN UGANDA """"INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION IN ORGANIC AGRICULTURE ""; ""INFORMATION FOR BETTER YIELDS AND NEW MARKETS ""
- Notes:
- Papers from the Second African Organic Conference entitled Mainstreaming Organic Agriculture in the African Development Agenda, held in Lusaka, Zambia, from 2 to 4 May 2012.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 92-5-107667-7
- OCLC:
- 923762692
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