Resources Tagged: Sustainable Agriculture Development
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2018-01-20 “Charles Massy has written a definitive masterpiece that takes its place along with the writings of Aldo Leopold, Wendell Berry, Masanobu Fukuoka, Humberto Maturana, and Michael Pollan. No work has more brilliantly defined regenerative agriculture and the breadth of its restorative impact upon...
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2015-01-01 At present, a grave concern facing the Caribbean is the creation of sustainable food production systems. Over the past four decades, the increasing unsustainable use of agricultural inputs has become very evident in the farming sector, without much warnings being given about the adverse health...
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Having established the central concepts of farmers' research, this book examines farmers' innovation through 17 wide-ranging case studies from around the world. It concludes by revisiting the major themes in relation to the lessons learned, and sets out the future issues and challenges for...
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1988-01-01 This is a directory of sustainable agriculture and horticulture organizations, 1987-1988 177 pages, illustrated
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Presenters and participants gathered from all over the world in order to address the present-day soil challenges and collectively share comprehensive solutions to take home to their very diverse communities. The presenters ranged from highly trained scientists to a South American rural priest who...
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This study examined paired plots of farmland that were selected for their similarities in nearly every respect. They shared the same topography, angle of slope, location on the watershed, intensity of the storm, type of crops, etc. The only variation was that one was agroecologically farmed and...
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1992-01-01 The purpose of the study is to recommend a strategy and program actions that will enable animal agriculture to contribute to the optimization of food production and human development in sub-Saharan Africa on an equitable, sustainable, and environmentally sound basis. The prospective users of this...
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1999-09-01 The Case Studies of ILEIA in Leusden, the Netherlands and ECHO in Ft. Myers, USA 63 pages, plus appendices, illustrated, photos
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2002-01-01 This book includes question and answers on how to improve and maintain tropical soil fertility. It also includes activity guides and a resource listing.
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2018-01-01 Sustainable intensification (SI) has emerged in recent years as a powerful new conceptualisation of agricultural sustainability and has been widely adopted in policy circles and debates. It is defined as a process or system where yields are increased without adverse environmental impact and...