TY - BOOK ID - 701118 TI - Food Security Among Small-Scale Agricultural Producers in Southern Africa PY - 2014 SN - 3319094955 3319094947 132219775X PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Food security KW - Sustainable agriculture KW - Food deserts KW - Food insecurity KW - Insecurity, Food KW - Security, Food KW - Human security KW - Food supply KW - Low-input agriculture KW - Low-input sustainable agriculture KW - Lower input agriculture KW - Resource-efficient agriculture KW - Sustainable farming KW - Agriculture KW - Alternative agriculture KW - Agriculture. KW - Sustainable development. KW - Geography. KW - Trade. KW - Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts. KW - Sustainable Development. KW - Economic Geography. KW - Cosmography KW - Earth sciences KW - World history KW - Development, Sustainable KW - Ecologically sustainable development KW - Economic development, Sustainable KW - Economic sustainability KW - ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) KW - Smart growth KW - Sustainable development KW - Sustainable economic development KW - Economic development KW - Farming KW - Husbandry KW - Industrial arts KW - Life sciences KW - Land use, Rural KW - Environmental aspects KW - Climate change. KW - Economic geography. KW - Business. KW - Commerce. KW - Trade KW - Economics KW - Business KW - Transportation KW - Management KW - Commerce KW - Industrial management KW - Geography, Economic KW - World economics KW - Geography KW - Commercial geography KW - Changes, Climatic KW - Changes in climate KW - Climate change KW - Climate change science KW - Climate changes KW - Climate variations KW - Climatic change KW - Climatic changes KW - Climatic fluctuations KW - Climatic variations KW - Global climate changes KW - Global climatic changes KW - Climatology KW - Climate change mitigation KW - Teleconnections (Climatology) KW - Traffic (Commerce) KW - Merchants KW - Global environmental change UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:701118 AB - The book focuses on food security highlighting the role of indigenous knowledge and scientific research in addressing the plight of poor small-scale agricultural producers. Rapidly growing global population and global policies and management governing sustainability, hunger, food security and poverty alleviation are discussed. Additionally, impacts of probable climate change, research on land productivity and performance of dependable food crops i.e. cassava and pearl millet are discussed. Analyzed in great detail are roles of small stock, urban/peri-urban agriculture and advantages of climate-smart agriculture and participatory research in enhancing food security of the small-scale agricultural producers in Southern Africa. ER -