Land degradation neutrality: Will Africa achieve it? Institutional solutions to land degradation and restoration in Africa

Climate Change and Multi-Dimensional Sustainability in African Agriculture: Climate Change and Sustainability in Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 61-95

  Gnacadja, Luc ^a   Wiese, Liesl ^b  

^a Governance and Policies for Sustainable Development GPS Dev   (Benin)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Agricultural expansion; Desertification; Food insecurity; Land degradation; Land degradation neutrality (LDN); Land restoration; Poverty; Sustainable development goals (SDG)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009658167     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-41238-2_5     Document Type: Chapter

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