Agro-Ecological Intensification of Agricultural Systems in the African Highlands
Edited by Bernard Vanlauwe, Piet van Asten, Guy Blomme
To Be Published November 1st 2013 by Routledge – 336 pages
Description
With growing population and food security risks, there is an urgent need to increase sustainable agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa. This book addresses the issue of agricultural intensification in the humid highland areas of Africa.
Its framework is built on the activities carried out during the last six years in the Great Lakes Region through the Consortium for Improving Agriculture-based Livelihoods in Central Africa, but expanded to include views and contributions from the international scientific community, particularly Europe, North America and Australia.
In addition to introductory and synthesis chapters, the book focuses on four themes: system components required for agricultural intensification; the integration of components at the system level; drivers for adoption of technologies towards intensification; and the dissemination of complex knowledge. It provides case studies of improved crop and soil management for staple crops such as cassava and bananas, as well as examples of how the livelihoods of rural people can be improved.
Contents
1. Agro-ecological Intensification of Farming Systems in the East and Central African Highlands
Bernard Vanlauwe, Guy Blomme and Piet van Asten
2. Agricultural Intensification and the Food Security Challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa
Brian A. Keating, Peter S. Carberry and John dixon
3. The Agro-ecological Solution?! Food Security and Poverty Reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa, with an Emphasis on the East African Highlands
Henk Breman
Theme 1: Systems Components
4. CIALCA Interventions for Productivity Increase of Cropping System Components in the African Great Lakes Zone
Pieter Pypers et al.
5. Exploring the Scope of Fertilizer Use in the East African Region
Lydia Wairegi and Piet van Asten
6. The 4R Nutrient Stewardship in the Context of Smallholder Agriculture in Africa
Shamie Zingore and Adrian Johnston
7. Mitigating the Impact of Biotic Constraints to Build Resilient Banana Systems in Central and Eastern Africa
Rony Swennen et al.
8. Challenges for the Improvement of Seed Systems for Vegetatively Propagated Crops in Eastern Africa
Julian Smith, Daniel Coyne and Elmar Schulte-Geldermann
Theme 2: System Integration
9. CIALCA's Efforts on Integrating Farming System Components and Exploring Related Trade-offs
Piet van Asten et al.
10. Towards Ecologically Intensive Smallholder Farming Systems: Design, Scales and Trade-offs Evaluation
Pablo Tittonell
11. Using the ‘Livestock Ladder’ as a Means for Poor Crop–livestock Farmers to Exit Poverty in Sud-Kivu Province, Eastern DR Congo
Brigitte L. Maass et al.
12. N2Africa: Putting Nitrogen Fixation to Work for Smallholder Farmers in Africa
Ken E. Giller et al.
13. Integrating Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in East African Coffee Ecosystems
Henk van Rikxoort et al.
Theme 3: Drivers for Adoption
14. Agricultural Technology Diffusion and Adoption in Banana and Legume Based Systems of Central Africa
Emily Ouma et al.
15. Supply and Demand Drivers of the Sustainable Intensification of Farming Systems through Grain Legumes in Central, Eastern and Southern Africa
Joseph Rusike et al.
16. Assessing and Improving the Nutritional Diversity of Cropping Systems
Roseline Remans et al.
17. Disseminating Agroforestry Innovations in Cameroon: Are Relay Organizations Effective?
Ann Degrande et al.
18. Participatory Re-introduction of Vicia Faba Beans in Resource-poor Farming Systems: Adoption of a Farmer-led Initiative
Erik Karltun et al.
Theme 4: Communicating and Disseminating Complex Knowledge
19. Walking the Impact Pathway: CIALCA’s Efforts to Mobilize Agricultural Knowledge for the African Great Lakes Region
Boudy van Schagen et al.
20. Scalability and Farmer Heterogeneity: Implications for Research on Sustainable Intensification
John Lynam
21. Integrated Agricultural Research for Development (IAR4D): An Approach to Enhance the Livelihoods of Smallholder Farmers in the Lake Kivu Region
Robin Buruchara et al.
22. Communication Channels Used in Dissemination of Soil Fertility Management Practices in the Central Highlands of Kenya
Sarah W. Kimaru-Muchai et al.
23. Targeting Farmers’ Priorities for Effective Agricultural Intensification in the Humid Highlands of Eastern Africa
Jeremias Mowo et al.
Index
Author Bio
Bernard Vanlauwe is Principal Scientist in Integrated Soil Fertility Management at the Tropical Soil Biology and Fertily Programme of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (TSBF - CIAT), based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Piet van Asten is a systems agronomist at IITA-Uganda working on sustainable intensification of perennial-based cropping systems (coffee, banana, cocoa) in Africa's humid zones, based in Kampala, Uganda.
Guy Blomme is an Associate Scientist with Bioversity International, and is Assistant to the Regional Coordinator in Kampala, Uganda.
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