Sustainable intensification in African agriculture

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-24

  Pretty, Jules ^a   Toulmin, Camilla ^b   Williams, Stella ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c Iju Isaga   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Africa; Farming; Scaling up; Social capital; Sustainable intensification

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; AGROECOLOGY; AGROFORESTRY; AGRONOMY; AQUACULTURE; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; FODDER; HORTICULTURE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK; POLICY MAKING; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; RURAL ECONOMY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOIL CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY;

AFRICA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79951759018     PISSN: 14735903     EISSN: 1747762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/ijas.2010.0583     Document Type: Article

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