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| Amalu, Uche C. / Gottwald, Franz-Theo (eds.) |
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| Studies of Sustainable Agriculture and Animal Science in sub-Saharan Africa |
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Studies in sub-Saharan Africa  Vol. 1 |
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| Year of Publication: 2004 |
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| Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2004. 154 pp., 3 fig., num. tables |
| ISBN 978-3-631-53138-9 / US-ISBN 978-0-8204-7377-2 pb. |
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| SFR 56.00 |
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€ 35.80 |
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US-$ 55.95 |
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| Book synopsis |
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| African scholars discuss various aspects of the development of sustainable agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa like constraints of food production, fragile and vulnerable ecosystems, soil fertility, land tenure system, crop protection and woman's role as well as policy and management, socio-economic and cultural aspects, ecological features, soil productivity and land availability, freshwater access and irrigation, plant nutrient supply, genetic resources and bio-diversity. In the second part living conditions of animals in sub-Saharan Africa are investigated. Due to the fact of numerous animal diseases and a limited access to international markets, the improvement of the health of domestic animals and nomadic pastoralism is discussed. Topics are lifestyle and hazards of nomadic pastoralism and measures for improvement, constraints to domestic animals and milk production, environmental factors, animal rights and government regulations, animal marketing and slaughtering. |
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| Contents: Baldur Ed. Pfeiffer: Foreword - Franz-Theo Gottwald: Sustainable agriculture - good soil, healthy plants and animals - a challenge for scientists in sub-Saharan Africa - Uche C. Amalu: Food security and issues of sustainable food production in sub-Saharan Africa - James A. Okeno: History, aspects and strategies for sustainable agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa - Emanuel Emilian Chingonikaya: Effect of improved fallow technology on soil fertility and maize yield at Gairo in Morogoro, Tanzania - Noah Angwenyi: Survey of sweet potato production in Western Kenya - Getachew Tikubet: The integrated biofarm system in Ethiopia: a model - Timothy Rotimi Fayeye: Improving nomadic pastoralism in sub-Saharan Africa - Abiodun A. Adeloye/James O. Daramola: Improving living conditions of domestic animals in Nigeria: a review - Brook Lemma: Improving living conditions of domestic animals in Ethiopia: protecting animal rights - N. J. Okeudo: Empirical studies of the living conditions of domestic animals: results from Nigeria - Charles Okoli: Aerial gases and temperature levels in poultry houses in selected poultry houses in Imo State, Nigeria. |
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| About the author(s)/editor(s) |
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The Editors: Uche C. Amalu, Ph.D., Professor of Soil Science at the University of Calabar (Nigeria) since 1999. Winner of the Research Award for Sustainable Agriculture 2004 (SUPPORT AFRICA INTERNATIONAL). Special fields of interest: Soil science (soil fertility, crop nutrition, management), farming system research and extension, delivering systems, international agricultural research and development studies.
Franz-Theo Gottwald, Honorary Professor in Ecological Ethics at Humboldt-University Berlin and Visiting Professor for Stakeholder Management and Business Governance at the Academy of Social Science Shanghai. CEO of the Schweisfurth-Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the support of science, research and education in organic agriculture, food quality and food politics. |
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