Pro-IntensAfrica: Towards a long-term partnership to raise sustainable food and nutrion security in Africa
Abstract
New approaches will be required since sustainable intensification is not only about higher outputs, but also about prudent and efficient use of resources, eco-system services, social and economic impacts, induced technological dependency, limits of natural and energetic resources, etc., all at different scales of time and space. New exciting avenues are offered by agro-ecological approaches based on the understanding and mobilization of agroecological processes like the optimization of available water and nutrients and the control of pests with limited use of fertilizers, pesticides and energy. These avenues need to be analyzed and compared, with the appropriate tools and metrics, in order to evaluate their performance and resource use efficiency as well as their sustainability.
keywords sustainability intensification strategies research strategy
Publikationen
Sustainable intensification through certified organic agriculture in Uganda. Market opportunities & civil society as drivers of intensification
Autoren: Kral, R; Probst,L Jahr: 2016
Expertengutachten (extern. Auftraggeber)
Project staff
Maria Wurzinger
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Maria Wurzinger
maria.wurzinger@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-93001, 93220, 93414
BOKU Project Leader
01.03.2015 - 31.03.2017
Rosana Kral
Mag.rer.nat. Dr. Rosana Kral B.A.
rosana.kral@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-93412
Project Staff
01.03.2015 - 31.03.2017
Lorenz Probst
Mag. Dr. Lorenz Probst
lorenz.probst@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-93414
Project Staff
01.03.2015 - 31.03.2017
BOKU partners
External partners
Wageningen UR
Jaap Uitdenbogaardt
coordinator