Agroecology, Information and Communications Technology, and Smallholders' Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa

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ID2308706
AutoresCheng Wei (0000-0002-4457-3957, Shangrao Normal University)
Año2020
Volumen55
Número8
Páginas1194-1208
Fecha de publicación2020-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Asian and African Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0021-9096 • E-ISSN: 1745-2538
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0021909620912784
OpenAlexW3022523692
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas27

As a bottom-up, grassroots paradigm for sustainable rural development, agroecology is particularly promising for smallholders in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa. However, by adopting agroecology, smallholders will be challenged to take on new perspectives and compile and integrate different sourced information to innovate. Today's fast evolving information and communications technology in sub-Saharan Africa represents great opportunities for rural populations to enhance the adoption and success of agroecology and to address their daunting challenges simultaneously while conserving, protecting and enhancing natural resources. Agroecology combined with information and communications technology will probably be smallholders' "precision agriculture" in many developing countries to enhance their food security and livelihood

Agriculture · Agroecology · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Food security · Geography · Grassroots · Information and Communications Technology · Livelihood · Natural resource · Political science · Sustainable agriculture · Agricultural Innovations and Practices · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development

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