Food Security Among Small-Scale Agricultural Producers in Southern Africa

Food Security Among Small-Scale Agricultural Producers in Southern Africa by Josephine Phillip Msangi.

The book focuses on food security highlighting the role of indigenous knowledge and scientific research in addressing the plight of poor small-scale agricultural producers. Rapidly growing global population and global policies and management governing sustainability, hunger, food security and povert...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Msangi, Josephine Phillip (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Agriculture.
Climate change.
Sustainable development.
Economic geography.
Trade.
Business.
Commerce.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Population, agriculture, poverty and food security: an overview
  • 2. Policies and legislations governing marketing and food trade: Southern Africa
  •  3. Urban, peri-urban agriculture and food security among small-scale agricultural producers: Southern Africa
  • 4. Indigenous plant resources and food security among small-scale agricultural producers: Southern Africa
  • 5. Role of small stock in safeguarding food security in dry lands: case in Namibia
  • 6. Improving productivity, food safety and nutritional levels of dependable food crops: Southern Africa
  • 7. Climate-smart agriculture: incorporating weather information into small-scale agricultural producers’ system: South Africa. .

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