Sustainable intensification: A new paradigm for African agriculture
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2013
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London, United Kingdom: Imperial College London
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Sub-Saharan Africa faces a rapid population growth that drives food demand and scarcity together with scarcity in natural resources such as land, water, and soil fertility. This Montpellier Panel report identifies the paradigm of sustainable intensification as a framework to address both of these issues. It provides a comprehensive overview of the sustainable intensification paradigm, which seeks to utilize existing land to maximize yields, incomes, and nutrition while minimizing negative externalities.
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Conservation agriculture, Sustainable development, Social capital, Livelihoods, Malnutrition, Small-scale farming, Markets, Poverty, Sustainable agriculture, Natural resource management, Fertilization, Sustainable intensification, Farm/Enterprise Scale Field Scale Governance