TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ostwald,Madelene
AU  - Simelton ,Elisabeth
TI  - Multifunctional Land Uses in Africa
T2  - Earthscan Food and Agriculture Series
PY  - 2019///
PB  - Taylor & Francis
KW  - Africa
KW  - Environmental Management
KW  - Food Security
KW  - Innovation
KW  - Land Use
N2  - This book presents contemporary case studies of land use, management practices,  and innovation in Africa with a view to exploring how multifunctional land uses  can alleviate food insecurity and poverty.  Food security and livelihoods in Africa face multiple challenges in the form of  feeding a growing population on declining land areas under the impacts of climate  change. The overall question is what kind of farming systems can provide resilient  livelihoods? This volume presents a selection of existing farming systems that  demonstrate how more efficient use of land and natural resources, labour and other  inputs can have positive effects on household food security and livelihoods. It  examines how aquaculture, integrated water management, peri-urban  farming  systems, climate-smart  agriculture practices and parkland agroforestry contribute  multiple benefits. Drawing on case studies from Kenya, Ethiopia, Nigeria and  Burkina Faso, contributed by young African scientists, this book provides a unique  perspective on multifunctional land use in Africa and illustrates how non-conventional  uses can be profitable while promoting social and environmental  sustainability. Tapping into the global discussion on land scarcity and linking food  security to existing land use change processes, this volume will stimulate readers  looking for diversified land uses that are compatible with both household and  national food security ambitions.  This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of African development,  agriculture, food security, land use and environmental management, as well  as sustainable development more generally, in addition to policymakers and practitioners  working in these areas
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/24946/1/9780367246440_text.pdfhttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/24946
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