Innovation and Development of Agricultural Systems

This book focuses on innovations in agriculture that is aimed at eliminating global hunger and poverty and promoting sustainable development of global agriculture. Collectively, chapters in the book address innovations of BRICS Agricultural Food System, future actions of BRICS Agricultural cooperation, the impact of epidemics on agricultural investment and trade transactions in BRICS, and how BRICS countries can provide solutions for global grain and agriculture governance under the impact of the epidemic. In doing so, it highlights technological advancement tools and solutions in agribusiness value chain in emerging economies towards the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, with a particular focus on SDG2: Zero Hunger. Phokele Maponya holds a PhD (Environmental & Agricultural) from the University of South Africa and has more than 15 years Teaching, Research and Project Management experience. He has acted as a reviewer for various journals including Climate Services, Agroforestry Systems, African Journal of Business and Economic Research and Journal of Asian and Africa Studies (International & South Africa Department of Higher Education and Training accredited) and served in various journal’s editorial boards including Journal of Agricultural Science and Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics and Sociology. Ndivhuho Tshikovhi, is a Postdoctoral fellow at the Durban University of Technology (DUT) under the Faculty of Management Sciences. He holds a doctorate in social and political sciences from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. Fulufhelo Netswera is the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Management Sciences at the Durban University of Technology. He is the former Director of the North-West University Business School, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Management Sciences at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology and Director of the South African BRICS Think Tank (SABTT). He holds a doctoral degree in sociology of development and research in the broad areas of economic development and entrepreneurship.