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dc.contributor.authorHauser, S.
dc.contributor.authorNorgrove, L.
dc.contributor.authorTollens, E.
dc.contributor.authorNolte, C.
dc.contributor.authorRobiglio, V.
dc.contributor.authorGockowski, J.
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-30T08:08:29Z
dc.date.available2022-09-30T08:08:29Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationHauser, S., Norgrove, L., Tollens, E., Nolte, C., Robiglio, V. & Gockowski, J. (2019). The forest-based farming system: highly diverse, annual and perennial systems under threat. In: J. Dixon, D.P. Garrity, J.M. Boffa, T.O. Williams, T. Amede, C. Auricht, R. Lott, R. and G. Mburathi, Farming systems and food security in Africa: priorities for science and policy under global change. London, UK: Routledge. (p. 393-422).
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-138-96335-1
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7827
dc.description.abstractAfrican forest-based farming systems (FBFS) are the starting point for most humid zone farming systems; they exist only at low population densities and, depending on population growth, are a relatively short transition phase into more sedentary systems with higher levels of specialization. FBFS provide a wide range of food and non-food products for many of which no alternative sources exist. FBFS farmers are highly food secure yet poorly connected to markets and service providers, thus severely cash-constrained and suffering from a lack of financial, medical, educational and social services rendering families vulnerable and cut off from urban employment opportunities. Due to low labour input FBFS achieve relatively low crop yields yet they are productive because of their often high soil fertility; they draw heavily on the natural resource base for relatively low outputs. FBFS are heavily threatened by land-grabbing attempts of large-scale investors. Policies need to address human welfare and conservation / environmental protection issues in parallel with providing technical support to FBFS farmers without leading to a rapid transition into more productive yet less sustainable farming systems. Intensification and modernization of FBFS have not received sufficient attention from research and policy makers, yet are a potential way to maintain forest environments combined with agricultural production.
dc.format.extent393-422
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEarthscan Food and Agriculture;
dc.subjectFarming Systems
dc.subjectFood Production
dc.subjectFood Security
dc.subjectUrbanization
dc.subjectAgroforestry
dc.subjectLivelihoods
dc.titleThe forest-based farming system: highly diverse, annual and perennial systems under threat
dc.typeBook Chapter
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
cg.contributor.affiliationWorld Agroforestry Centre
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest and Central Africa
cg.coverage.countryCameroon
cg.coverage.countryCentral African Republic
cg.coverage.countryCote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
cg.coverage.countryDemocratic Republic of the Congo
cg.coverage.countryEquatorial Guinea
cg.coverage.countryGabon
cg.coverage.countryLiberia
cg.coverage.countryRepublic of the Congo
cg.coverage.hubHeadquarters and Western Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeNatural Resource Management
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidHAUSER:2020b
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research institute
cg.iitasubjectFarming Systems
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectForestry
cg.iitasubjectLivelihoods
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.notesPublished online: 18 Dec 2019
cg.publicationplaceNew York, USA
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.iitaauthor.identifierStefan Hauser: 0000-0002-6329-7783
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