Title:

Food security through improved farm management

Publication Year:
2018
Abstract:

The Southern African Development (SADC) region is already experiencing the adverse effects of climate change leading to low food productivity and decreasing food security at the household level. The cropping seasons tend to start later and last for a shorter period of time. Unfortunately, this problematic reality is complexed by low awareness in the community regarding climatic changes and several other biotic and abiotic factors. The agriculture tasks in SASSCAL investigated alternative farm management approaches for sustainable agricultural production in farming communities of central, southern and western Zambia (Tasks 157 and 188), in Botswana at several locations throughout the country (Tasks 316, 314 and 308), eastern and central Angola (Task 144), and in the Kavango Regions of Namibia (Tasks 051 and 044). This overview chapter will describe the different farming systems encountered during the studies of SASCCAL and outline potential impacts of climate change on subsistence, commercial and investor-driven agriculture. The reasons for low agricultural crop performance and possible remedies in the SASSCAL region will be discussed in this chapter.

Publication Title:

Climate change and adaptive land management in southern Africa - assessments, changes, challenges, and solutions

Place:
Göttingen and Windhoek
Editor:
Revermann R, Krewenka KM, Schmiedel U, Olwoch JM, Helmschrot J, Jürgens N
Publisher:
Klaus Hess Publishers
Series Title:
Biodiversity and Ecology
Series Number:
6
Pages:
236-241
Item Type:
Book or Magazine Section
Language:
en
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