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Contents
Part I Introduction
Agricultural and Natural Resource Sustainability Under
Changing Climate in Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Bal Ram Singh, Andy Safalaoh, Nyambilila A. Amuri, Lars Olav Eik,
Bishal K. Sitaula, and Rattan Lal
Part II Conservation Agriculture, Carbon Sequestration,
and Soil and Water Management
The Prospects for Conservation Agriculture in Ethiopia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Jens B. Aune
Land Use Changes and Sustainable Land Management Practices
for Soil Carbon Sequestration in Sub-Saharan African
Agro-ecosystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Kennedy Were, Bal Ram Singh, and George Ayaga
Gendered Adaptation and Coping Mechanisms to Climate
Variability in Eastern Uganda Rice Farming Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Thelma Akongo and Charity Chonde
Integrated Soil Fertility Management Based on Pigeon Pea
and Cowpea Cropping Systems Influences Nitrogen Use Efficiency,
Yields and Quality of Subsequent Maize on Alfisols
in Central Malawi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Keston O. W. Njira, Ernest Semu, Jerome P. Mrema,
and Patson C. Nalivata
A Hydrological Assessment of Wetlands in Lilongwe Peri-urban
Areas: A Case of Njewa Catchment, Lilongwe, Malawi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Abel K. Mkulama, Austin Tibu, and Kenneth Wiyo