New high-yielding, stress-resilient, and nutritious crop varieties

Okori, P and Chirwa, R and Chisale, V and Jumbo, M B and Makumba, W and Makumbi, D and Matumba, A and Mosha, I and Munthali, W and Nadigatla, G and Ngowi, P and Njeru, J and Ochieng, J and Setimela, P and Swai, E and Tarekegne, A (2022) New high-yielding, stress-resilient, and nutritious crop varieties. In: Sustainable Agricultural Intensifcation: A handbook for practitioners in East and Southern Africa. CABI, United Kingdom, pp. 13-32. ISBN 9978 1 78924 835 7

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Abstract

The Africa RISING research for development agenda is guided by the principles of sustainable intensification (SI) and farming systems. SI refers to efficient use of resources for agriculture that results in increased productivity on the same amount of land (Pretty, 1997; Reardon et al., 1996). A farming system refers to a population of individual farm systems that may have widely different resource bases, enterprise patterns, household livelihoods, and constraints (Giller, 2013). Africa RISING focuses on efficient use of resources for agriculture, to produce more food on the same amount of land, but with reduced negative environmental or social impacts. This approach is necessary given the diverse farming systems of East and Southern Africa (ESA), which are predominantly smallholder-based.

Item Type:	Book Section
Divisions:	Research Program : West & Central Africa
CRP:	UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords:	high-yielding, stress-resilient, nutritious crop varieties
Subjects:	Others > Crop Yield Others > Food and Nutrition
Depositing User:	Mr Nagaraju T
Date Deposited:	17 Apr 2024 04:19
Last Modified:	17 Apr 2024 04:19
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/12630
Acknowledgement:	UNSPECIFIED
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