Gebundenes Buch

University Engagement with Farming Communities in Africa

Community Action Research Platforms

Herausgeber: Egeru, Anthony; Muir Leresche, Kay; Lindow, Megan

Beschreibung

This book explains and explores how collaborations can be built and strengthened between African universities and farming communities to address real-world contemporary challenges.

Autor

Anthony Egeru is the Training and Community Development Manager at the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) Secretariat and is an Associate Professor at Makerere University, Uganda. His research focuses on stochastic environmental change processes and social systems, and he has facilitated community action research across 23 African countries. Megan Lindow is a writer based in Cape Town, South Africa, whose work focuses on documenting complex processes of development and change in spaces of education, research, agriculture and food systems, climate change, gender equality and sustainable development across Africa and beyond. She holds an MA in journalism from Stanford University, USA, and an MPhil in Sustainable Development from Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Kay Muir Leresche is a former Professor of Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics at the University of Zimbabwe, Africa. After retiring, she chaired the RUFORUM Technical Committee from 2004 to 2017 and worked with many international development and research agencies. She is committed to supporting universities to catalyse the transformation of sustainable and inclusive agriculture in Africa.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 661g
• ISBN-13: 9781032481203
• ISBN-10: 103248120X
• Artikelnr.: 68714432