ABSTRACT
Sustainable intensification has recently been developed and adopted as a key concept and driver for research and policy in sustainable agriculture. It includes ecological, economic and social dimensions, where food and nutrition security, gender and equity are crucial components. This book describes different aspects of systems research in agriculture in its broadest sense, where the focus is moved from farming systems to livelihoods systems and institutional innovation.
Much of the work represents outputs of the three CGIAR Research Programs on Integrated Systems for the Humid Tropics, Aquatic Agricultural Systems and Dryland Systems. The chapters are based around four themes: the conceptual underpinnings of systems research; sustainable intensification in practice; integrating nutrition, gender and equity in research for improved livelihoods; and systems and institutional innovation.
While most of the case studies are from countries and agro-ecological zones in Africa, there are also some from Latin America, Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|140 pages
Conceptual underpinnings of systems research
chapter 3|15 pages
Systems science at the scale of impact
chapter 6|11 pages
What works where for which farm household?
chapter 9|13 pages
Foresight for institutional innovation and change in agricultural systems
chapter 10|14 pages
Exploring futures of aquatic agricultural systems in Southern Africa
part II|74 pages
Sustainable intensification in practice
chapter 11|18 pages
System productivity and natural resource integrity in smallholder farming
chapter 14|12 pages
Sustainable intensification of smallholder agriculture in Northwest Vietnam
part III|85 pages
Integrating nutrition, gender and equity in research for improved livelihoods
chapter 17|12 pages
Nutrition-sensitive landscapes
chapter 18|16 pages
Integrated systems research in nutrition-sensitive landscapes
chapter 21|12 pages
Gender transformative approaches in agricultural innovation
part IV|64 pages
Systems and institutional innovation