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100 1 _aMsangi, Josephine Phillip.
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210 1 0 _aFood Security Among Small-Scale Agricultural Producers in Southern Africa
245 1 0 _aFood Security Among Small-Scale Agricultural Producers in Southern Africa
_h[electronic resource] /
_cby Josephine Phillip Msangi.
260 _aNew York
_bSpringer International Publishing :
_c2014
264 1 _aCham :
_bSpringer International Publishing :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2014.
300 _axvi,173p.:
_billus.
_c24cm
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 _a1. 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..
506 _aLicense restrictions may limit access.
520 _aThe 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 poverty alleviation are discussed. Additionally, impacts of probable climate change, research on land productivity and performance of dependable food crops i.e. cassava and pearl millet are discussed. Analyzed in great detail are roles of small stock, urban/peri-urban agriculture and advantages of climate-smart agriculture and participatory research in enhancing food security of the small-scale agricultural producers in Southern Africa.
590 _aB-37127/SABA/14/12/16
650 0 _aLife sciences.
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650 0 _aGeography.
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650 0 _aAgriculture.
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650 0 _aSustainable development.
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650 1 4 _aLife Sciences.
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650 2 4 _aAgriculture.
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650 2 4 _aClimate Change/Climate Change Impacts.
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650 2 4 _aSustainable Development.
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650 2 4 _aEconomic Geography.
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650 2 4 _aTrade.
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710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
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773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
773 0 _tSpringerLINK ebooks - Biomedical and Life Sciences (2014)
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9783319094946
856 4 0 _uhttp://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio10982737
_zFull text available from SpringerLINK ebooks - Biomedical and Life Sciences (2014)
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