The role of ecosystem services in sustainable food systems / edited by Leonard Rusinamhodzi, BSc, MPhil, PhD.

Other author Rusinamhodzi, Leonard.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon, United Kingdom : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2020]
Descriptionxix, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from eBook - Agricultural, Biological, and Food Sciences 2019
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Contents Sustainable food systems : diversity, scope and challenges / Peter Jeranyama, Anil Shrestha and Nilhari Neupane -- Ecosystem services in sustainable food systems : operational definition, concepts, and applications / C.C. Du Preez, C.W. Van Huyssteen, E. Kotzé, and J.J. van Tol -- Indices to identify and quantify ecosystem services in sustainable food systems / Paramu L. Mafongoya and Gudeta W. Sileshi -- Harnessing ecosystem services from biological nitrogen fixation / Sipho T. Maseko, Mpelang P. Maredi, Cherian Mathews and Felix D. Dakora -- The role of synthetic fertilizers in enhancing ecosystem services in crop production systems in developing countries / Justice Nyamangara, Jefline Kodzwa, Esther Nyaradzo Masvaya and Gabriel Soropa -- Reinforcing ecosystem services through conservation agriculture in sustainable food systems / P.H. Nyanga, B.B. Umar, D. Chibamba, K.H. Mubanga, C.F. Kunda-Wamuwi and B.M. Mushili -- Ecosystem services from different livestock management systems / Irvin Mpofu -- Crop-livestock integration to enhance ecosystem services in sustainable food systems / Sabine Homann-Kee Tui, Roberto O. Valdivia, Katrien Descheemaeker, Trinity Senda, Patricia Masikati, Milton T. Makumbe and Andre F. van Rooyen -- Ecosystem services in doubled-up legume systems / Regis Chikowo, Vimbayi Chimonyo, Chiwimbo Gwenambira and Sieg Snapp -- Ecosystem services in paddy rice systems / P. Chivenge, O. Angeles, B. Hadi, C. Acuin, M. Connor, A. Stuart, R. Puskur and S. Johnson-Beebout -- The role of ecosystem services in offsetting effects of climate change in sustainable food systems in the Zambezi Basin, Southern Africa / Chipo Plaxedes Mubaya and Mzime Regina Ndebele-Murisa -- Accounting for the invisible value of trees on farms through valuation of ecosystem services / Brian Chiputwa, Hanna J. Ihli, Priscilla Wainawna and Anja Gassneer -- Challenges in maximizing benefits from ecosystem services and transforming food systems / Leonard Rusinamhodzi.
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