Agricultural Biodiversity in Smallholder Farms of East Africa
Contributors: Michael Stocking (Editor); Fidelis Kaihura (Editor)
Publisher: United Nations University Press
Published: December 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9789280810882
Subjects: Agriculture & Farming; Management of land & natural resources; Development - Business Development; Agrobiodiversity; Technology; Business / Economics / Finance; Science/Mathematics; East Africa; Farms, Small; Industries - Agribusiness; Agriculture - General; Africa, East; Agrobiodiversity conservation
First sentence: Throughout eastern Africa, broadly taken as extending from the Horn of Africa down through the former British colonies of East-Central Africa to Mozambique, there is a large diversity of farming systems, human societies, and ways of managing complex external pressures on sustainable land use.