This volume discusses emerging contexts of agricultural and ecosystem resilience in Sub Saharan
Africa as well as contemporary technological advances that have influenced African
livelihoods. In six sections the book addresses the sustainable development goals to mitigate
the negative impacts on agricultural productivity brought about by climate change in Africa.
Some of the challenges assessed include soil degradation land use changes natural resource
mismanagement declining crop productivity and economic stagnation. This book will be of
interest to researchers NGOs and development organizations.Section 1 focuses on climate risk
management in tropical Africa. Section 2 addresses the water-ecosystem-agriculture nexus and
identifies the best strategies for sustainable water use. Section 3 introduces Information
Communication Technology (ICT) and how it can be used for ecosystem and human resilience to
improve quality of life in communities. Section 4 discusses the science and policies of
transformative agriculture including challenges facing crop production and management. Section
5 addresses landscape processes human security and governance of agro-ecosystems. Section 6
concludes the book with chapters uniquely covering the gender dynamics of agricultural
ecosystem and livelihood resilience.
