Climate Change and Multi-Dimensional Sustainability in African Agriculture

Rattan Lal, Ph.D., is a Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science and Director of the Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, The Ohio State University, and an Adjunct Professor of University of Iceland. His current research focus is on climate-resilient agriculture, soil carbon sequestration, sustainable intensification, enhancing use efficiency of agroecosystems, and sustainable management of soil resources of the tropics. He received honorary degree of Doctor of Science from Punjab Agricultural University (2001), the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas (2005), and Alecu Russo Balti State University, Moldova (2010). He was president of the World Association of the Soil and Water Conservation (1987-1990), the International Soil Tillage Research Organization (1988-91), the Soil Science Society of America (2005-2007), and is President Elect of International Union of Soil Science. He was a member of the Federal Advisory Committee on U.S. National Assessment of Climate Change-NCADAC (2010-2013), member of the SERDP Scientific Advisory Board of the US-DOE (2011-), Senior Science Advisor to the Global Soil Forum of Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam, Germany (2010-), member of the Advisory Board of Joint Program Initiative of Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change (FACCE-JPI) of the European Union (2013-), and Chair of the Advisory Board of Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and Resources of the United Nation University (UNU-FLORES), Dresden, Germany (2014-2017). Prof. Lal was a lead author of IPCC (1998-2000). He has mentored 102 graduate students and 54 postdoctoral researchers, and hosted 140 visiting scholars. He has authored /co-authored 780 refereed journal articles, has written 19 and edited / co-edited 63 books. In 2015, Reuter Thomson listed him among the worlds most influential scientific minds and having citations of publications among top 1% of scientists in agricultural sciences. Bal Ram Singh is a professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB). He earned his M.Sc. degree from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, and his Ph.D. degree from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, India. His program focuses on bioavailability and mobility of heavy metals in the soil and plant system, fertility management and agricultural sustainability in soils of the tropics and on carbon sequestration in soils under different land uses. He has served as chair of the program board Soils and Plants of the Research Council of Norway and the Research and Higher Education Committee in the department. He was chair of the Cost Action FA0905 on Mineral Improved Cop Production for Healthy Food and Feed. Dr. Singh is a fellow of ASA and SSSA and a recipient of International SSSA award. Dr. David Kraybill currently serves as project director for the USAID-funded Innovative Agricultural Research Project in Tanzania. His primary research interest is economic development. His work focuses on regional and spatial development processes that interact with markets and national government policies to determine the economic and social wellbeing of individuals, households, and communities. Dr. Kraybill's recent research includes studies of household poverty, household savings, governmental decentralization, primary and secondary education, and adaptation to climate change. Fluent in French and a Swahili speaker, he has lived in Africa a total of five years, including a sabbatical year as Fulbright Scholar at Makerere University in Uganda. Kraybill has served as Associate Editor or member of editorial boards of seven academic journals. He has received research and advising awards at Ohio State, and received the International Award of Merit from the Gamma Sigma Delta honor society. He has been consultant advisor to World Bank, Rockefeller Foundation, Southeast Consortium fo

Foreword; Mary HobbsForeword; Steve SlackForeword; J. Mark ErbaughPreface; Rattan LalSection I. Multi-Dimensional Sustainability1. Environmental Sustainability; Rattan Lal2. Economic Sustainability; David Kraybill3. Institutional Sustainability in the Face of Climate Change: Empirical Insights from Irrigation Institutions in Iringa Rural District, Tanzania; George C. Kajembe, Pl Vedeld, Innocent H. Babili, Dos Santos Silayo, and Devotha B. Mosha4. Climate Change and Social Sustainability: A Case for Polycentric Sustainabilities; Louise Fortmann, Abraham Ndhlovu, Allyc Ndlovu, Rosina Philippe Atakapa-Ishak, Crystlyn Rodrigue and Ken WilsonSection II. Sustainable Management of Natural Resources5. Land degradation neutrality: Will Africa achieve it? Institutional solutions to land degradation and restoration in Africa; Luc Gnacadja and Liesl Wiese6. Extent of salt affected soils and their effects in irrigated and lowland rain-fed rice growing areas of South Western Tanzania; S. Kashenge-Killenga, J. Meliyo, G. Urassa, and V. Kongo7. Sustainability of intensification in smallholder maize production in Tanzania; Frank Brentrup, Joachim Lammel, Katharina Plassmann, and Dirk Schroeder8. Potentials for Rehabilitating Degraded Land in Tanzania; G.Z. Nyamoga, B. Solberg, H. Sjlie, Y.M. Ngaga and R. Malimbwi9. Economic aspects of genetic resources in addressing agricultural productivity in the context of climate change; Charles Nhemachena, Greenwell Matchaya, Sibusiso Nhlengethwa, Charity R Nhemachena10. Soil and nutrient losses and the role of gender in land degradation in Southwestern Uganda; CL. Kizza, J.G.M. Majaliwa, R. Kunihira, G. Gabiri, A. Zizinga, E. Sebuliba, J. Nampijja, and M.M. Tenywa11. The social dimension of water management in an era of increasing water scarcity; Zebedayo S.K. MvenaSection III. Integrated Management of Natural Resources and Value Chains12. Managing Landscapes for Environmental Sustainability; Rattan Lal13. Economic Impact of Drip Irrigation regimes on Sorghum production in Semi Arid Areas of Tanzania; A.J. Mahinda, C.K.K. Gachene and M. Kilasara14. Social Aspects of Water Governance in the Context of Climate Change and Agriculture; Richard Asaba Bagonza15. Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris Savi, L.) Production in Tanzania; Sixbert Kajumula Mourice, Siza Donald Tumbo and Cornell Lawrence Rweyemamu16. Institutional water resources management and livelihood adaptation A case from Kilombero rural areas, Tanzania; Paul Vedeld Edgar Liheluka, Gimbage E. Mbeyale17. Institutional aspects of genetic resources in respect of climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa; Denis T. Kyetere, Kayode Abiola Sanni18. Crop adaptation to climate change in SSA: the role of genetic resources and seed systems; Ola Westengen and Trygve Berg19. Updating legacy soil maps for climate resilient agriculture: A case of Kilombero Valley, Tanzania; Boniface H J Massawe, Brian K Slater, Sakthi K Subburayalu, Abel K Kaaya, Leigh Winowiecki20. Measuring Agricultural Sustainability in Agroforestry Systems; P.K. Ramachandran Nair and Gregory G. Toth21. Experiences with adopting the Catchment Approach in Sustainable Land Management: The case of Kagera TAMP Tanzania; Fidelis Kaihura and Stefan Schlingloff22. Sustainable intensification in mixed crop-livestock agro-ecosystems in the face of climate change: The case for landscapes in Tanzania; F. Kizito; M. Bekunda; J. Kihara;A. Kimaro23. Smart strategies for enhanced agricultural resilience and food security under a changing climate in sub-Saharan Africa; Kennedy Were, Aweke Mulualem Gelaw, Bal Ram SinghSection IV. Outreach and Extension24. Globalizing Environmental Susainabiltiy:2015International Year of Soil Transitioning to 2015-2024 International Decade of Soil; Rattan Lal25. From Ujamaa to Big Results Now: Sustainable Transformation of Tanzanian Agriculture in the Frame of Climate Change; Ruth HaugSection V. Private Sector Solutions26. Effect