Sustainable intensification and the African smallholder farmer

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-22

  Vanlauwe, B ^a   Coyne, D ^a   Gockowski, J ^b   Hauser, S ^c   Huising, J ^c   Masso, C ^a   Nziguheba, G ^a   Schut, M ^d   Van Asten, P ^e  

^a International Institute of Tropical Agriculture IITA   (Kenya)

^b NATIONAL NUCLEAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^e Burundi c/o ISABU   (Burundi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; INNOVATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; SMALLHOLDER; BIOPHYSICS; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; TYPOLOGY;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; AFRICA;

EID: 84904311343     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2014.06.001     Document Type: Review

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