Foreword 1; Foreword 2; Foreword 3; Preface; Contents; About the Editors; Multi-dimensional Sustainability; 1 Environmental Sustainability; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Environmental Sustainability; 1.3 Agro-ecosystems and Their Resilience; 1.4 Soil Quality and Agro-ecosystem Productivity; 1.5 Sustainable Intensification of Agro-ecosystems; 1.6 Processes, Factors, and Causes of Environmental Sustainability; 1.7 Impacts of Land Use and Management; 1.8 Stewardship; 1.9 Conclusion; References; 2 Economic Sustainability; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 A One-Dimensional View of the Economy

2.3 Interlinked Human and Natural Systems2.4 A Sustainability Framework for Extension and Outreach Practitioners; 2.5 Conclusion; References; 3 Institutional Sustainability in the Face of Climate Change: Empirical Insights from Irrigation Institutions in the Iringa Rural District, Tanzania; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Understanding the Concepts of Climate Change, Adaptation and Mitigation; 3.3 Institutions and Institutional Sustainability; 3.3.1 Definitions of an Institution; 3.3.2 Types of Institutions; 3.3.3 Institutions Versus Organizations; 3.3.4 Institutional Sustainability

3.4 Methodology3.5 Conditions Underlying Institutional Sustainability in the Face of Climate Change; 3.5.1 Evolution and Change; 3.5.1.1 Change of Formal Institutions; 3.5.1.2 Evolution of Informal Institutions; 3.5.2 Institutional Bricolage; 3.5.3 Institutional Legitimacy; 3.5.4 Institutional Performance; 3.5.5 Good Governance; 3.6 The Case Study; 3.6.1 Overview; 3.6.2 Empirical Evidence of Conditions Underlying Institutional Sustainability; 3.6.2.1 Evolution, Change and Bricolage; Evolution of Informal Institutions; Changes in Formal Institutions; Institutional Bricolage

3.6.2.2 Institutional Legitimacy3.6.2.3 Institutional Performance; 3.7 Good Governance; 3.8 Conclusion; References; 4 Climate Change and Social Sustainability: A Case for Polycentric Sustainabilities; Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Polycentric Social Sustainabilities; 4.3 Case Studies: The Muonde Trust and the Lowlander Center; 4.4 A Conversation on Climate Change; 4.5 Muonde Trust Activities; 4.6 The Lowlander Center; 4.7 Two Stories of Polycentric Sustainability in the Bayou; 4.8 A Network of Polycentric Sustainabilities; 4.9 Conclusion; References

Sustainable Management of Natural Resources5 Land Degradation Neutrality: Will Africa Achieve It? Institutional Solutions to Land Degradation and Restoration in Africa; Abstract; 5.1 Introduction; 5.1.1 The Global Importance of Land Degradation; 5.1.2 The Strategic Importance of Land for Sustainable Development in SSA; 5.1.3 The Cure for Land Degradation: Prevention, Rehabilitation, Restoration; 5.2 Land Degradation Neutrality: Emergence of a Goal to Effectively Address Land Degradation; 5.3 Land Degradation, Agriculture, Poverty, and Food Insecurity in SSA; 5.3.1 Land Degradation in SSA