Food security in Africa and Asia [ strategies for small-scale agricultural development
This book builds on the premise that food security in low-income countries may be achieved through sustained effort by the local small-scale and subsistence farming communities, with the active support from local, national and international agencies. Itstates that any such effort will endure only if...
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
CABI ,
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| Online Access: | https://www.cabi.org/cabebooks/FullTextPDF/2011/20113205931.pdf |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Defining the food security problem
- 2. Evaluating the resources of small-scale and subsistence farmers
- 3. Alternative approaches examined
- 4. The need for a participatory approach
- 5. Researching the situation to define strategies
- 6. Chalenges presented by natural and man-made factors
- 7. The competition for resources for food production
- 8. Monitoring intervention strategies in different farming systems
- 9. Small-scale and subsistence farmers? households and selected farming systems
- 10. Liaison of international, national and local agencies - conclusion