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Building a resilient and sustainable agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa /

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license What are the challenges and action points for agricultural sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa? This collection of papers offers technical analyses, policy recommendations and an overview of success stories to date. Each carefully selected paper pr...

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Corporate Authors: African Economic Conference Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria),, Ohio Library and Information Network.
Other Authors: Abebe Shimeles, (Editor), Verdier-Chouchane, Audrey, 1973- (Editor), Boly, Amadou, (Editor)
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
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Sustainable agriculture > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Congresses.
Agricultural productivity > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Congresses.
Resilience (Ecology) > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Congresses.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Understanding the Challenges of the Agriculture Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Part I
  • Improving Agricultural Productivity
  • Chapter 2: Improved Seeds and Agricultural Productivity of Family Farms in Cameroon
  • Chapter 3: Breaking the Traditional Trap: Assessing Drivers of Modern Technology Adoption by Smallholder Farmers in Hurungwe District, Zimbabwe
  • Chapter 4: Input Utilization and Agricultural Labour Productivity: A Gender Analysis
  • Chapter 5: Evaluation of Women's On-Farm Trial of Drought Tolerant Maize in Southern Guinea Savannah Agro-Ecological Zone of Nigeria
  • Chapter 6: Impact of Bioenergy Crop Adoption on Total Crop Incomes of Farmers in Northern Ghana: The Case of Jatropha Curcas
  • Part II
  • Addressing Climate Change Challenges
  • Chapter 7: Profitability in a Sustainable Agricultural Production System: An Approach by the Soil and Water Conservation
  • Chapter 8: Land Tenure and Communities' Vulnerability to Climate Shocks: Insights from the Niger Basin of Benin
  • Chapter 9: Impact of Drought Index Insurance on Supplemental Irrigation: A Randomized Controlled Trial Experimental Evidence in Northern Ghana
  • Part III
  • Promoting Agro-Industrialization
  • Chapter 10: Does the Development of the Agricultural Sector Affect the Manufacturing Sector?
  • Chapter 11: Transforming African Agriculture through Special Economic Zones: Opportunities and Challenges
  • Chapter 12: Global Value Chains and Upmarket of ECOWAS countries
  • Chapter 13: Enhancing the Resilience and Sustainability of the Agriculture Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa

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