Overview
- Addresses the challenges in sustainable food security
- Covers components of food production and food security
- Provides broad relevance to the Global South
Part of the book series: Sustainable Development Goals Series (SDGS)
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Agriculture, Horticulture, and Post-harvest Management
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Livestock and Fisheries
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Keywords
- Agricultural and food systems and food security
- Food production and productivity growth
- Cereal crops and fruits and vegetables
- Livestock and aquaculture and fisheries
- Soil and food security
- Genetically engineered food, feed and fibre crops
- Conservation agriculture for improved resource management
- Crop simulation modelling for improved food security
- Food toxins, food safety and post-harvest management
- Plant health clinics for improved crop management
- Land and livestock ownership and household food security
- Community forestry and sustainable forest management
- Climate change and food security
- Gender and social equity in agriculture and food security
- Agrobiodiversity and neglected and underutilized species
About this book
This book explains how a former net food exporting Nepal has become a net food importing country due to a lack of an integrated system-wide approach to planning and governance of agriculture and natural resources. It demonstrates how various components of the food system, such as agronomy, agrobiodiversity, plant health, post-harvest management, livestock and fisheries, and socio-economics including marketing and trade, have been managed in sectoral silos, crippling the very foundations of food systems innovations. The book also explores ways to tackle climate change impacts while considering gender, social equity, conservation agriculture practices, and crop modeling as cross-cutting themes.
This book utilizes Nepal as a case study in relation to wider questions of food security and livelihoods facing South Asia and synthesizes lessons that are relevant to the Global South where countries are struggling to harmonize and integrate natural resources management for sustainable and effective food security outcomes. As such, it significantly contributes to the knowledge toward achieving various United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Professor Tek Maraseni earned a double BSc Science and Forestry in Nepal, an MSc Natural Resources Management in Thailand, and a PhD Environmental Science and Management inAustralia. He has over 26 years of research experience in identifying and adopting management practices that improve productivity, profitability and the sustainability of agriculture and forestry systems whilst reducing greenhouse gas emissions. His research work has been recognized through several national and international awards/fellowships including but not limited to: Research Excellence Award from University of Southern Queensland in 2009 & 2014; “Senior International Scientist” award from Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2013; and “Climate Change Professional Fellows” award from the US State Department in 2011.
Dr Jagannath Adhikari is affiliated with University of New South Wales, Australia, as sessional lecturer. He taught as Visiting Professor in Kyoto University, Japan, and worked as Visiting Scholar in universities like Heidelberg University, Germany, The Australian National University, Canberra, University of Sussex, UK, and Worcester Poly-Technique Institute – WPI, USA. He is a human geographer has over 20 years research, teaching and consultancy experiences in various areas of international development - sustainable livelihood; climate change and food security; globalization, migration, remittances and development; sustainable agriculture; participatory natural resources management; land management and land reform; agrarian change and livelihoods.
Dr. Devendra Gauchan is an Agricultural Economist with expertise in agrobiodiversity, seed system and food security. He has PhD degree from the University of Birmingham, UK, and has worked in various national and international organizations over the last 25-years. He is currently the National Project Manager at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, Kathmandu, Nepal, and also serving as Adjunct-Professor at Institute of Agriculture and Animal Sciences (IAAS), Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu. Previously, he was the Head of Socioeconomics & Agricultural Research Policy Division at Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) Kathmandu.
Dr Hemant Ojha is Director of the Institute for Study and Development Worldwide (IFSD), Sydney, Australia. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at University of Canberra, Australia. He blends social and environmental sciences to conduct research on forest, water, agriculture and climate change. He also brings rich experiences in policy engagement and practice from Asia and Africa, including expert advisory works for various international agencies in the field of environment and development. He has worked in both developing and developed countries, including Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Cameroon, the UK, and Australia. He is a co-founder and former chair of Forest Action Nepal (2000), South Asia Institute for Advanced Studies (2011).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Agriculture, Natural Resources and Food Security
Book Subtitle: Lessons from Nepal
Editors: Jagadish Timsina, Tek N. Maraseni, Devendra Gauchan, Jagannath Adhikari, Hemant Ojha
Series Title: Sustainable Development Goals Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09555-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-09554-2Published: 02 November 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-09557-3Published: 02 November 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-09555-9Published: 01 November 2022
Series ISSN: 2523-3084
Series E-ISSN: 2523-3092
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXI, 434
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 59 illustrations in colour
Topics: Human Geography, Food Science, Climate, general, Agriculture, Agricultural Economics