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The impact of sustainable intensification on landscapes and livelihoods (SILL) in Zambia

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Title The impact of sustainable intensification on landscapes and livelihoods (SILL) in Zambia
 
Creator Richardson, Robert B.
 
Contributor Schmitt Olabisi, Laura
Sakana, Naomi
Waldman, Kurt
Grabowski, Philip
 
Description Sustainable intensification interventions have the potential to mitigate the impact of
agriculture on the landscape by intensifying agricultural production without increasing deforestation or
the cultivation of more land and without reducing biodiversity (The Royal Society, 2009; Garnett et al.,
2013; Keating et al., 2013). It is common think of intensification in terms of land as the key input and
improving yields (productivity of the land) as the key objective. Pretty et al. (2011) define SI as (i)
production of more food, feed, fiber, and/or fuel per unit of land, labor, and/or capital used; (ii)
maintained and or improved natural resource base, including enhanced ecosystems services; and (iii)
resilience to shocks and stresses, include climate change. SI practices could reduce agricultural
encroachment into forests, preserving biodiversity and soil carbon stocks (Phalan et al., 2011; Pretty et
al., 2011). Thus, SI approaches can potentially minimize environmental and long-term economic costs by
increasing the efficiency of agricultural systems and by contributing to household and ecosystem
resilience. SI approaches must include higher yields overall because most potentially useable land
consists mainly of forests, wetlands, or grasslands, whose conversion would greatly increase emissions
of greenhouse gases (Garnett et al., 2013), which is not sustainable in the long term. Increasing the land
area in agriculture would also have significant environmental costs in terms of wildlife conservation,
carbon storage, flood protection, recreation, and other ecosystem services.
 
Date 2015-08-01
2016-05-15T07:08:07Z
2016-05-15T07:08:07Z
 
Type Report
 
Identifier https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/download/hash/NUyrhGs9
Robert B. Richardson, Laura Schmitt Olabisi, Naomi Sakana, Kurt Waldman, Philip Grabowski. (1/8/2015). The impact of sustainable intensification on landscapes and livelihoods (SILL) in Zambia.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/4797
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Language en
 
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