Overview
- Relevant to African context
- Presents practical research results from Africa
- Aims to identify opportunities and challenges for achieving the African Green Revolution
- Represents case studies from different agro-ecological zones
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Table of contents (137 papers)
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Potential And Feasibility Of Use Of External Input And Improved Soil And Crop Management To Achieve The African Green Revolution
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Limitations To Access And Adoption Of Innovations By Poor Farmers
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About this book
Africa can achieve self sufficiency in food production through adoption of innovations in the agriculture sector. Numerous soil fertility and crop production technologies have been generated through research, however, wide adoption has been low. African farmers need better technologies, more sustainable practices, and fertilizers to improve and sustain their crop productivity and to prevent further degradation of agricultural lands. The agricultural sector also needs to be supported by functional institutions and policies that will be able to respond to emerging challenges of globalization and climate change.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Innovations as Key to the Green Revolution in Africa
Book Subtitle: Exploring the Scientific Facts
Editors: Andre Bationo, Boaz Waswa, Jeremiah M. Okeyo, Fredah Maina, Job Maguta Kihara
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2543-2
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-2541-8Published: 28 September 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0494-4Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-2543-2Published: 30 August 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XLIX, 1363
Additional Information: 2 volumes, not available separately
Topics: Agriculture, Life Sciences, general