Sustaining natural resources in African agriculture: What have we learned in the past two decades?

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dc.creatorPlace, Frank
dc.date2022-12-02
dc.date2024-04-12T13:37:26Z
dc.date2024-04-12T13:37:26Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:24:21Z
dc.descriptionCalls for increased attention to natural resource management (NRM) in African agriculture have been around for many decades. They became more vocal around the turn of the century following decades of poor yield growth and emerging data showing concerns about land quality and productivity. In recent years, these intensified further with the specter of climate change and continuing rural population growth challenging agricultural systems on the continent. Researchers have responded to these challenges, advancing research frameworks and hypotheses, deploying more research tools, and conducting more studies. However, it is unclear that all this response has significantly advanced our state of knowledge on the extent and nature of land degradation in agricultural land, the particular practices that work in different socioeconomic contexts, and how best to induce their uptake by households facing different priorities and constraints. This chapter will motivate this conclusion and offer options for moving forward in some of these topical areas.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/141193
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/103410
dc.languageen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourcePlace, Frank. 2022. Sustaining natural resources in African agriculture: What have we learned in the past two decades? In Agricultural Development in Asia and Africa, eds. Jonna P. Estudillo, Yoko Kijima, Tetsushi Sonobe. Pp. 139-150. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5542-6_11
dc.subjectresource management
dc.subjectrural population
dc.subjectnatural resources
dc.subjectdata
dc.subjecthouseholds
dc.subjectquality
dc.subjectpopulation growth
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectnatural resources management
dc.subjectland quality
dc.subjectproductivity
dc.subjectyields
dc.subjectagricultural systems
dc.subjectland degradation
dc.subjectland
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.titleSustaining natural resources in African agriculture: What have we learned in the past two decades?
dc.typeBook Chapter

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