Food security in Africa and Asia : strategies for small-scale agricultural development /

• Main Author: Bakker, H. 1926- (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2011.
• Subjects: Food security > Africa.; Food security > Asia.; Rural development > Africa.; Rural development > Asia.; Farms, Small > Africa.; Farms, Small > Asia.; Agricultural Economics.; Food Economics, (New March 2000); Community Participation and Development, (New March 2000); Agricultural development.; Community involvement.; Food security.; Participation.; Small farms.; Subsistence farming.; Electronic books.
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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. It states that any such effort will endure only i...

Table of Contents:

• Defining the Food Security Problem
• Evaluating the Resources of Small-scale and Subsistence Farmers
• Alternative Approaches Examined
• The Need for a Participatory Approach
• Researching the Situation to Define Strategies
• Challenges Presented by Natural and Man-made Factors
• The Competition for Resources for Food Production
• Monitoring Intervention Strategies in Different Farming Systems
• Small-scale and Subsistence Farmers' Households and Selected Farming Systems
• Liaison of International, National and Local Agencies : Conclusion.