Resources Tagged: Diversification

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  1. FM 2006 LEISA Magazine Vol 22 #4

    2006-12-20 The System of RiceIntensification and its implications for agriculture Managing pests through plan diversification Powdered rock to revitalise soils The Mambwe mound cultivation system Managing organic resources for soil amendment Conservation Farming in rural Zimbabwe Improving the jhum system...
    SRI Ecological Enginee... Diversification Coffee Nepal Bangladesh Zimbabwe Conservation Farming

  2. Lightning Talk - Inclusive Markets and Diversification of Livelihoods Among Agropastoralist Communities

    Lightning Talk, ECHOEast Africa Pastoralist Symposium, March 29, 2022. Presenter: Loupa Pius
    Diversification Agropastoralists ECHO Conference East Africa Inclusive Markets

  3. The Spice of Life: The Fundamental Role of Diversity on the Farm and on the Plate

    The world is witnessing major shifts in dietary patterns and--in parallel--a signficant threat to agricultural biodiversity. The implications for human health and the resilience of our food systems are far reaching. As this paper shows, these two phenomena are interconnected. It calls for action...
    Food Habits Environmental Aspects Diet Therapy Diversification Nutrition Education Nutritional Value

  4. Rural Transport and Traction Enterprises for Improved Livelihoods

    This booklet is targeted at public and private advisory institutions providing support to rural communities, in particular adviser involved with developing and enhancing revenue-generating rural enterprises for farmers. The booklet focuseson promoting transport and traction services as a viable...
    Animal Traction Rural Enterprises Diversification

  5. Decision-Making to Diversify Farm Systems for Climate Change Adaptation

    Abstract, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems,2020 On-farm diversification is a promising strategy for farmers to adapt to climate change. However, few recommendations exist onhowto diversify farm systems in ways that best fit the agroecological and socioeconomic challenges farmers face....
    Climate Adaptation Sustainability Diversify Diversification

  6. Productive Diversification in African Agriculture and its Effects on Resilience and Nutrition

    Key Resource 2019-01-20 The analysis in this report highlights that although these questions can be formulated in relatively simple terms, they certainly do not have simple answers. In fact, the two main conclusions that can be drawn from our research both highlight this point. First, the specific context in which a...
    Resilience Diversification

  7. Risk Aversion and Diversification

    2014-04-20 Harry van den Burg wrote in response to theEDN 121 articleabout: …the extent to which risk aversion may have been and even is overestimated, at the expense of hunger and exhaustion, as a leading limiting factor on agricultural productivity. “Whereas I certainly think that the argument has merit…I...
    Risk Aversion Smallholder Agricultural System Subsistence Farming Diversification Rain-fed Agriculture

  8. Why Many African Farmers Choose Not to Engage in Development

    2014-04-20 There is no doubt in my mind that West African farmers want development if that means, among other things, more productive farming. Of course they would rather harvest seven than three sacks of sorghum per hectare. If that is so, why do so many choose not to engage in development projects that...
    Rural Development Agricultural Devel... Risk Aversion Diversification Live Fence Natural Regeneration Dependency Subsistence Farming

  9. Ag Diversification: “Wild Gardens” Empower Cambodian Women

    In a perfect world, everyone would have access to nutritious, affordable food. However, as Rick Bates knows, there is no such thing as utopia when it comes to food security, as millions of people around the world have limited food resources. One of those places is Cambodia in Southeast Asia, one...
    Food Security Nutrition Cambodia Diversification Living Fence Vitamin A Asia