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|a Transforming Agriculture in Southern Africa :
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|a Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- About the editors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part I Overview of Southern African agriculture -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The strategic role of agriculture in the economic space of the Southern Africa region -- Part II Major drivers and constraints impacting agricultural transformation -- 3 Twice as many people in 2050: the need for agricultural transformation in Southern Africa -- 4 Climate change and the threat to food production in Southern Africa -- 5 Land rich but water poor: the prospects for agricultural intensification in Southern Africa -- 6 The big giveaway: farmers and biological constraints -- 7 The impact of global and regional markets on agricultural transformation in Southern Africa -- Part III Current technologies -- 8 Soil fertility maintenance and nutrient management for agricultural transformation -- 9 The role of seed systems development in African agricultural transformation -- 10 Scaling climate-smart agriculture for agricultural transformation in Southern Africa -- 11 Crop improvement for agricultural transformation in Southern Africa -- 12 Integrated pest management in Southern Africa: approaches and enabling policy issues -- 13 Options for improving stored product protection in Southern Africa -- 14 Technology as a transformative tool in livestock production -- 15 Technologies for agricultural transformation: animal health -- Part IV Emerging technologies -- 16 Harnessing ecosystem services in transforming agriculture in Southern Africa -- 17 The role of mechanization in transformation of smallholder agriculture in Southern Africa: experience from Zimbabwe -- 18 Advanced genetic technologies for improving plant production -- 19 Unleashing the power of vegetables and fruits in Southern Africa.
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|a 20 Going digital: harnessing the power of emerging technologies for the transformation of Southern African agriculture -- 21 Reducing the impact of mycotoxigenic fungi on food safety and security in Southern Africa -- 22 Small-scale renewable energy as a catalyst for advancing agriculture and food security in Southern Africa -- 23 Trees on farms and farmers in the forest: good practices and a need for policy -- Part V Improving policies and processes -- 24 Land reform and land tenure for agricultural transformation in Southern Africa -- 25 Engendering agricultural transformation -- 26 Building human capacity to transform agriculture in Southern Africa -- 27 Urban markets and agricultural transformation in Southern Africa -- 28 Importance of small rural markets in the transformation of Southern African agriculture -- 29 Agricultural growth corridors in sub-Saharan Africa - new hope for agricultural transformation and rural development? The case of the Southern agricultural growth corridor of Tanzania -- 30 Policy options for cropping systems diversification in Southern Africa -- 31 Entrepreneurship as an economic development strategy for agricultural transformation in Southern Africa -- 32 Changing farm structure in Africa: implications on agricultural transformation in Southern Africa -- 33 Food security in Africa: a complex issue requiring new approaches to scientific evidence and quantitative analysis -- Part VI Conclusions -- 34 The way forward: the editors -- Index.
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|a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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