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Climate change and multi-dimensional sustainability in African agriculture : climate change and sustainability in agriculture / Rattan Lal . . . [et al.]

Contributor(s): Publisher: New York, NY : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2016Description: xxiv, 717p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25cmISBN:
  • 9783319412368
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 631.58 CLI
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Contents:

Part I: Multi-dimensional sustainability
Environmental sustainability
Economic sustainability
Institutional sustainability in the face of climate change: empirical insights from irrigation institutions in Iringa rural district, Tanzania
etc.

Part II: Sustainable management of natural resources
Land degradation neutrality: will Africa achieve it? Institutional solutions to land degradation and restoration
Extent of salt-affected soils and their effects in irrigated and lowland rain-fed rice growing areas of southwestern
Sustainability of intensification of smallholder maize production in Tanzania
etc.

Part III: Integrated management of natural resources and value chains
Managing landscapes for environmental sustainability
Economic impact of drip irrigation regimes on sorghum production in semi-arid areas of Tanzania
Social aspects of water governance in the context of climate change and agriculture
etc.

Part IV: Outreach and extension
Globalizing environment sustainability: "2015 international year of soil" transitioning to "2015-2024 international decade of soil"
From Ujamaa to big results now: sustainable transformation of Tanzanian agriculture in the frame of climate change

Part V: Private sector solutions
Effect of improved plant nutrition on maize (Zea mays) and rice (Oriza sativa) grain chemical nutrient content under smallholder farming systems in Tanzania
Public-private partnership for sustainable production and marketing of goat's milk in light of climate change
etc.

Includes index

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