Sustainable intensification in African agriculture

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dc.contributor.authorPretty, Julesen
dc.contributor.authorToulmin, C.en
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, S.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialAfricaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:29:28Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:29:28Zen
dc.date.issued2011en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractFor many developing countries, agricultural production gains have facilitated rural and urban economic growth. However, African countries in general are viewed as being unsuccessful in increasing productivity. Sustainable intensification is a method of production that incorporates the principles of natural resource conservation and efficient use with intensive agricultural practices. Recently, it is a coming into ideological and practical popularity among agriculturalists, environmentalists, and economists as a means to increase productive capacity sustainably. In this study, forty projects and programs utilizing concepts of sustainable intensification in twenty African states were evaluated the determine the commonalities of success. Increased yields and benefits to farmers and their families were demonstrated, and scaling out now presents significant issues and challenges. Common factors in the success of these forty endeavors include farmer and scientist-generated animal integration technologies, improving social infrastructure, incorporation of the private sector, adoption of modern communication technologies, developing rural banking and microfinance opportunities, garnering support from the public sector, and focusing on impacts and issues related to gender.en
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dc.identifier5545en
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 9(1): 5 - 24en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3763/ijas.2010.0583en
dc.identifier.issn1473-5903en
dc.identifier.issn1747-762Xen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/69951en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherLondon, UK: Earthscanen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2011 Earthscanen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectEconomic growthen
dc.subjectEconomic policyen
dc.subjectLocal policyen
dc.subjectGovernment policyen
dc.subjectFood securityen
dc.subjectSustainable agricultureen
dc.subjectLocal knowledgeen
dc.subjectEcoagricultureen
dc.subjectSustainable intensificationen
dc.subjectAfricaen
dc.subjectEcosystem Farm/Enterprise Scale Field Scale Governance Watersheden
dc.titleSustainable intensification in African agricultureen
dc.typeAbstracten
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