Sustainable intensification and the African smallholder farmer
Sub-Saharan Africa needs to produce more food, feed, and fiber to support its growing population and intensification of smallholder agriculture is a crucial component of any strategy towards this goal. Sustainable Intensification (SI) acknowledges that enhanced productivity needs to go hand in hand...
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| author | Vanlauwe, Bernard Coyne, Danny L. Gockowski, J. Hauser, S. Huising, J.E. Masso, C. Nziguheba, Generose Schut, Marc Asten, Piet J.A. van |
| author_browse | Asten, Piet J.A. van Coyne, Danny L. Gockowski, J. Hauser, S. Huising, J.E. Masso, C. Nziguheba, Generose Schut, Marc Vanlauwe, Bernard |
| author_facet | Vanlauwe, Bernard Coyne, Danny L. Gockowski, J. Hauser, S. Huising, J.E. Masso, C. Nziguheba, Generose Schut, Marc Asten, Piet J.A. van |
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| description | Sub-Saharan Africa needs to produce more food, feed, and fiber to support its growing population and intensification of smallholder agriculture is a crucial component of any strategy towards this goal. Sustainable Intensification (SI) acknowledges that enhanced productivity needs to go hand in hand with the maintenance of other ecosystem services and enhanced resilience to shocks. A very diverse group of smallholders dominate SSA agriculture, with large heterogeneity in socio-technical conditions, famer typologies, production objectives, and the biophysical environment. This potentially generates a multitude of pathways from the current low productivity based on nutrient mining to SI. The institutional context needs to be right for delivering the necessary goods and services underlying SI, ensuring inclusiveness across household types and facilitating local innovation. |
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| spelling | CGSpace661012024-05-01T08:19:57Z Sustainable intensification and the African smallholder farmer Vanlauwe, Bernard Coyne, Danny L. Gockowski, J. Hauser, S. Huising, J.E. Masso, C. Nziguheba, Generose Schut, Marc Asten, Piet J.A. van food fibre sustainability smallholders Sub-Saharan Africa needs to produce more food, feed, and fiber to support its growing population and intensification of smallholder agriculture is a crucial component of any strategy towards this goal. Sustainable Intensification (SI) acknowledges that enhanced productivity needs to go hand in hand with the maintenance of other ecosystem services and enhanced resilience to shocks. A very diverse group of smallholders dominate SSA agriculture, with large heterogeneity in socio-technical conditions, famer typologies, production objectives, and the biophysical environment. This potentially generates a multitude of pathways from the current low productivity based on nutrient mining to SI. The institutional context needs to be right for delivering the necessary goods and services underlying SI, ensuring inclusiveness across household types and facilitating local innovation. 2014-10 2015-05-14T15:13:31Z 2015-05-14T15:13:31Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66101 en Limited Access Elsevier Vanlauwe, B., Coyne, D., Gockowski, J., Hauser, S., Huising, J.E., Masso, C., Nziguheba, G. & Van Asten, P. (2014). Sustainable intensification and the African smallholder farmer. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability vol. 8 p. 15-22. doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2014.06.001 |
| spellingShingle | food fibre sustainability smallholders Vanlauwe, Bernard Coyne, Danny L. Gockowski, J. Hauser, S. Huising, J.E. Masso, C. Nziguheba, Generose Schut, Marc Asten, Piet J.A. van Sustainable intensification and the African smallholder farmer |
| title | Sustainable intensification and the African smallholder farmer |
| title_full | Sustainable intensification and the African smallholder farmer |
| title_fullStr | Sustainable intensification and the African smallholder farmer |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainable intensification and the African smallholder farmer |
| title_short | Sustainable intensification and the African smallholder farmer |
| title_sort | sustainable intensification and the african smallholder farmer |
| topic | food fibre sustainability smallholders |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66101 |
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