A 2020 vision for food, agriculture, and the environment


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Speeches from the 2020 conference, “The Vision, Challenge and Recommended Action” - June 13-15, 1995, Washington, DC.










A 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture, and the Environmental in Sub-saharan Africa


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Introduction; The global environment facing Africa's food economy: trends, challenges, and perspectives; Strategic issues facing africa countries; Agenda; Participants; Wokshop on issues facing african countries: terms of reference for the working groups; Conference of the Ministers of agriculture of west and central africa (CMA/WCA): strategic framework for agricultural recovery and growth in the CMA/WCA member countries; Getting agriculture moving in eastern and southern africa and a framework for action.





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Understanding Environmental Policy Processes


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A critical analysis of the post-Rio consensus on environment and development which questions the role of particular forms of internationalized elite scientific expertise. It asks why certain understandings of environmental change stick with such tenacity. In exploring this, the authors unravel the politics of knowledge surrounding policymaking, looking particularly at Ethiopia, Mali and Zimbabwe and their land and soils management. The book also looks at prospects for more inclusive, participatory forms of policymaking.




Perspectives on Agricultural Transformation


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Perspectives on Agricultural Transformation - A View From Africa







Advances in Integrated Soil Fertility Management in sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Opportunities


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Food insecurity is a fundamental challenge to human welfare and economic growth in Africa. Low agricultural production leads to low incomes, poor nutrition, vulnerability to risk and threat and lack of empowerment. This book offers a comprehensive synthesis of agricultural research and development experiences from sub-Saharan Africa. The text highlights practical lessons from the sub-Saharan Africa region.