Climate Impacts on Agricultural and Natural Resource Sustainability in Africa
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Climate Impacts on Agricultural and Natural Resource Sustainability in Africa
Singh, Bal Ram; Safalaoh, Andy; Lal, Rattan; Amuri, Nyambilila A.; Sitaula, Bishal K.; Eik, Lars Olav
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
03/2021
637
Mole
Inglês
9783030375393
15 a 20 dias
991
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PartI: Introduction.- Chapter1: Agricultural and Natural Resource Sustainability under changing climate in Africa.- PartII: Conservation Agriculture, carbon sequestration and soil and water management.- Chapter2: The Prospects for Conservation Agriculture in Ethiopia.- Chapter3: Land Use Changes and Sustainable Land Management Practices for Soil Carbon Sequestration in Sub-Saharan African Agro-Ecosystems.- Chapter4: Gendered adaptation and coping mechanisms to climate variability in Eastern Uganda rice farming systems.- Chapter5: Integrated soil fertility management based on pigeon pea and cowpea cropping systems influences nitrogen use efficiency, yields and quality of subsequent maize on Alfisols in central Malawi.- Chapter6: A Hydrological Assessment of Wetlands in Lilongwe Peri-Urban Areas: A Case of Njewa, Catchment, Lilongwe Malawi.- PartIII: Sustainable crop/livestock/aquaculture/fish production.- Chapter7: Productivity and chemical composition of maize stover and rice straw under smallholder farming systems intensification in Tanzania.- Chapter8: INTENSIFICATION OF SORGHUM AND PEARL MILLET PRODUCTION IN THE SAHEL-SUDANIAN CLIMATIC ZONES OF MALI.- Chapter9: Impact of climate variability on the use and exposure of pesticides in sugarcane production in Malawi.- Chapter10: Yield and profitability of cotton grown under smallholder organic and conventional cotton farming systems in Meatu District, Tanzania.- Chapter11: In Search of Climate-Smart Feeds: The Potential of Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum, L) to replace maize as an energy feed ingredient in broiler diets in Malawi.- Chapter12: Climate Change and Weather Variability Effects on Cattle Production: Perception of Cattle Keepers in Chikwawa, Malawi.- Chapter13: A cohort study of reproductive performance, associated infections and management factors in Zebu cows from smallholder farms in Malawi.- Chapter14: Effect of dry season supplement feeding of Malawi Zebu cows on reproductive performance, lactation and weight gain in calves.- Chapter15: Effects of concentrate supplementation on the fatty acid composition of fat depots in crossbred goats.- Chapter16: Goat milk quality and possible dairy products from rural households of Tanzania and Malawi under the Farmers-Processor's partnership.- Chapter17: The need for farmer support and record keeping to enhance sustainable dairy goats breeding in Tanzania and Malawi.- Chapter18: Stratified livestock production and live animal and meat export from Ethiopia: Lessons from the experience of a donor funded project.- Chapter19: Of 'white elephants' in fisheries: A conflict resolution model around the usage of climate-smart fish postharvest technologies in Lake Malawi .- PartIV: Policy and Institutions for sustainable agriculture and natural resource management.- Chapter20: Policy and Action for food and climate uncertainties in Malawi.- Chapter21: Need for personal transformations in a changing climate: reflections on environmental change and climate-smart agriculture in Africa.- PartV: Value addition options for smallholder market access and integration.- Chapter22: Between the Sun and Fish are People: A Socio-Economic Study of Solar Dryers for Fish Processing in Malawi.- Chapter23: Profitability of supplementary feeding of indigenous cattle in dry areas of Tanzania.- Chapter24: Integrating smallholder farmers to commodity value chains in sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges, prospects and policy issues.- Chapter25: Economic Rationale of Using African Weaver ants, Oecophylla longinoda Latreille (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) for Sustainable Management of Cashew Pests in Tanzania.- PartVI: Upscaling innovative technologies on smallholder farms.- Chapter26: Determinants of ISFM Technology Adoption and Dis-adoption Among Smallholder Maize Farmers in Central Malawi.- Chapter27: Exploiting arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-rhizobia-legume symbiosis to increase smallholder farmers' crop production and resilience under a changing climate.- Chapter28: Availability, access and use of weather and climate information by smallholder farmers in the Kilombero River Catchment, Tanzania.- Chapter29: Gender differentiation in the adoption of climate smart agriculture technologies and level of adaptive capacity to Climate Change in Malawi.- Chapter30: Smallholder farming in Mara and Iringa Regions, Tanzania: Current practices, Constraints and Opportunities.- Chapter31: Impact of Farm Input Subsidies vis-a-vis Climate-Smart Technologies on Maize Productivity: A Tale of Smallholder Farmers in Malawi.- Chapter32: Digital storytelling as an agricultural extension communication tool in smallholder farming and fishing communities in Malawi.- Chapter33: Assessing the role of storytelling presentation in knowledge transfer from climate change projects in Tanzania: The case of the EPINAV programme.- PartVII: Conclusion.- Chapter34: Knowledge gaps and research priorities.
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Agricultural productivity;Natural resource management;Climate smart agriculture;Value addition and policies;Sub-Saharan Africa;CABMACC;Managing climate change in Malawi;Sustainable smallholder farms;climate change;climate change impacts;natural resources and energy economics
PartI: Introduction.- Chapter1: Agricultural and Natural Resource Sustainability under changing climate in Africa.- PartII: Conservation Agriculture, carbon sequestration and soil and water management.- Chapter2: The Prospects for Conservation Agriculture in Ethiopia.- Chapter3: Land Use Changes and Sustainable Land Management Practices for Soil Carbon Sequestration in Sub-Saharan African Agro-Ecosystems.- Chapter4: Gendered adaptation and coping mechanisms to climate variability in Eastern Uganda rice farming systems.- Chapter5: Integrated soil fertility management based on pigeon pea and cowpea cropping systems influences nitrogen use efficiency, yields and quality of subsequent maize on Alfisols in central Malawi.- Chapter6: A Hydrological Assessment of Wetlands in Lilongwe Peri-Urban Areas: A Case of Njewa, Catchment, Lilongwe Malawi.- PartIII: Sustainable crop/livestock/aquaculture/fish production.- Chapter7: Productivity and chemical composition of maize stover and rice straw under smallholder farming systems intensification in Tanzania.- Chapter8: INTENSIFICATION OF SORGHUM AND PEARL MILLET PRODUCTION IN THE SAHEL-SUDANIAN CLIMATIC ZONES OF MALI.- Chapter9: Impact of climate variability on the use and exposure of pesticides in sugarcane production in Malawi.- Chapter10: Yield and profitability of cotton grown under smallholder organic and conventional cotton farming systems in Meatu District, Tanzania.- Chapter11: In Search of Climate-Smart Feeds: The Potential of Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum, L) to replace maize as an energy feed ingredient in broiler diets in Malawi.- Chapter12: Climate Change and Weather Variability Effects on Cattle Production: Perception of Cattle Keepers in Chikwawa, Malawi.- Chapter13: A cohort study of reproductive performance, associated infections and management factors in Zebu cows from smallholder farms in Malawi.- Chapter14: Effect of dry season supplement feeding of Malawi Zebu cows on reproductive performance, lactation and weight gain in calves.- Chapter15: Effects of concentrate supplementation on the fatty acid composition of fat depots in crossbred goats.- Chapter16: Goat milk quality and possible dairy products from rural households of Tanzania and Malawi under the Farmers-Processor's partnership.- Chapter17: The need for farmer support and record keeping to enhance sustainable dairy goats breeding in Tanzania and Malawi.- Chapter18: Stratified livestock production and live animal and meat export from Ethiopia: Lessons from the experience of a donor funded project.- Chapter19: Of 'white elephants' in fisheries: A conflict resolution model around the usage of climate-smart fish postharvest technologies in Lake Malawi .- PartIV: Policy and Institutions for sustainable agriculture and natural resource management.- Chapter20: Policy and Action for food and climate uncertainties in Malawi.- Chapter21: Need for personal transformations in a changing climate: reflections on environmental change and climate-smart agriculture in Africa.- PartV: Value addition options for smallholder market access and integration.- Chapter22: Between the Sun and Fish are People: A Socio-Economic Study of Solar Dryers for Fish Processing in Malawi.- Chapter23: Profitability of supplementary feeding of indigenous cattle in dry areas of Tanzania.- Chapter24: Integrating smallholder farmers to commodity value chains in sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges, prospects and policy issues.- Chapter25: Economic Rationale of Using African Weaver ants, Oecophylla longinoda Latreille (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) for Sustainable Management of Cashew Pests in Tanzania.- PartVI: Upscaling innovative technologies on smallholder farms.- Chapter26: Determinants of ISFM Technology Adoption and Dis-adoption Among Smallholder Maize Farmers in Central Malawi.- Chapter27: Exploiting arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-rhizobia-legume symbiosis to increase smallholder farmers' crop production and resilience under a changing climate.- Chapter28: Availability, access and use of weather and climate information by smallholder farmers in the Kilombero River Catchment, Tanzania.- Chapter29: Gender differentiation in the adoption of climate smart agriculture technologies and level of adaptive capacity to Climate Change in Malawi.- Chapter30: Smallholder farming in Mara and Iringa Regions, Tanzania: Current practices, Constraints and Opportunities.- Chapter31: Impact of Farm Input Subsidies vis-a-vis Climate-Smart Technologies on Maize Productivity: A Tale of Smallholder Farmers in Malawi.- Chapter32: Digital storytelling as an agricultural extension communication tool in smallholder farming and fishing communities in Malawi.- Chapter33: Assessing the role of storytelling presentation in knowledge transfer from climate change projects in Tanzania: The case of the EPINAV programme.- PartVII: Conclusion.- Chapter34: Knowledge gaps and research priorities.
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