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This publication, Organic Agriculture: African Experiences in Resilience and Sustainability, demonstrates that organic management can benefit people, the economy and ecosystems and that this can be achieved in Africa, where hunger and degradation stubbornly persist, despite decades of development efforts. This publication expands on selected research presented during the Lusaka Conference. The different chapters document sustainability experiences, including: mainstreaming organic agriculture into African development approaches; community-based livestock systems combining holistic range management indigenous ethno-veterinary practices and new understanding of customary systems of resource management ecofunctional intensification through management of legumes, systems of rice intensification and integrated farming smallholders' knowledge harnessed through family farmers learning groups and customised information and communication technologies.

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Author:   Raymond Auerbach ,  Gunnar Rundgren ,  Nadia El-Hage Scialabba
Publisher:   Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Imprint:   Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Dimensions:   Width: 20.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 25.90cm
Weight:   0.885kg
ISBN:  

9789251076668

ISBN 10:   9251076669
Pages:   106
Publication Date:   30 August 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable  
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