"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...

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Körperschaften:	African Organic Conference Lusaka, Zambia, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Natural Resources Management and Environment Department
Weitere Verfasser:	Auerbach, Raymond, 1953-, Rundgren, Gunnar, Scialabba, Nadia
Format:	Elektronisch Tagungsbericht E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Rome : Natural Resources Management and Environment Dept., Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2013.
Schlagworte:	Organic farming > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Congresses. Sustainable agriculture > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Congresses. Agriculture biologique > Afrique subsaharienne > Congrès. Agriculture durable > Afrique subsaharienne > Congrès. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > General. Organic farming Sustainable agriculture Sub-Saharan Africa Conference papers and proceedings
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Zusammenfassung:	"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; and smallholders' knowledge harnessed through family farmers learning groups and customized information and communication technologies. The studies from different Sub-Saharan countries demonstrate that successful organic farming is about whole farm management, where feeding the soil feeds the plant, where optimal nutrient cycling is achieved through plant and animals management in time (i.e. rotations) and space (i.e. associations) and where quality production goes hand-in-hand with market linkages. Sound agronomy is a recipe that needs to be owned by farmers who have specific cultures and by pastoralists who have specific environments: traditional knowledge and flexible management strategies are therefore key for successful outcomes. The experiences featured in this publication show that the complexity of plant and animal interactions with the environment can be managed for improved productivity and resilience, and that farming requires enhancing natural processes, rather than substituting them with external inputs. Managing rangelands and croplands through controlled use of local resources starts with social capital, that is by building on traditional community knowledge. Furthermore, the most efficient productivity "tools" for pastoralists and farmers are local deep-rooted perennial grasses and adapted indigenous livestock and diverse crop varieties, as these are readily available, time-tested and suitable to socio-economic realities and environmental conditions"--Page iii
Beschreibung:	Papers from the Second African Organic Conference entitled Mainstreaming Organic Agriculture in the African Development Agenda, held in Lusaka, Zambia, from 2 to 4 May 2012.
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (210 pages)
Bibliographie:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9789251076675 9251076677