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  1. ECHO Asia Seed Catalog 2024/2025

  2. Food from Dryland Gardens

    David Cleveland & Daniela Soleri Food from Dryland Gardens encourages gardens that serve local needs, that are based on local knowledge, and that conserve natural resources and the biological diversity of traditional crops. It was written for field workers, extension agents, students, project workers, and program planners. Both...
    635.043 CLE | PD.043

  3. Edible Leaves of the Tropics ; 3rd ed.

    Franklin W. Martin, Ruth M. Ruberte, Laura S. Meitzner Third Edition [library also has 2 copies of the 1975edition] People interested in tropical gardening or botany will find this an indispensable guide to several hundred species of plants with edible leaves. Leaves can provide high-quality food, and in the tropics, many are from perennials...
    581.632 MAR | PD.004, PD.015

  4. Small-Scale Seed Production, Agrodok 37

    Harry van den Burg 2 Copies Seed production and the maintenance of crop cultivars by small farmers is a subject that has attracted increasing attention over the past decade. The increasing dominance of large multinationals in the seed trade, the controversy over genetic engineering, and the recognition of farmersí...
    631.521 AGR

  5. Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture @ Second Edition

    Toby Hemenway Second Edition The first edition of Gaia's Garden, sparked the imagination of Americas home gardeners, introducing permacultures central message: Working with Nature, not against her, results in more beautiful, abundant, and forgiving gardens. This extensively revised and expanded second edition...
    635.048 HEM

  6. Community Seed Banks Origins, Evolution and Prospects

    Ronnie Vernooy et al Despite 25 years of history and the rapid growth in number, organizational diversity and geographical coverage of community seed banks, recognition of their roles and contributions has remained scanty. This book reviews their history, evolution, experiences, successes and failures, challenges and...
    631.521 VER

  7. Mainstreaming Agrobiodiversity in Sustainable Food Systems

    Editor: Arwen Bailey A new book which summarizes the most recent evidence on how to use agrobiodiversity to provide nutritious foods through harnessing natural processes. What people are saying about the book “With a host of case studies, facts and figures about this growing area of research, this is a must-read for...

  8. Constructing markets for agroecology : an analysis of diverse options for marketing products from agroecology

    Loconto, Allison Marie ; Jimenez, A ; Vandecandelaere, Emilie 197 pp. : ill. INRA Science & Impact [ Gift of Dr Abram Bicksler Jan 24, 2023 ] This book examines the emerging phenomenon of markets for “agroecological” products and asks two fundamental questions: (i) do they exist? and (ii) what forms do they take? Based on a meta-analysis of 12 case...
    658.8 LOC

  9. Food Environments: Where People Meet the Food System

    Food environments is a new concept and its relevance for a better understanding of food systems is still a matter of debate. Researchers have not yet reached a unique agreed-upon definition of food environments but they tend to converge towards a combination of external and personal factors...

  10. Community Seed Banks: Concept and Practice - Facilitator Handbook (Updated Version)

    Vernooy, R., Sthapit, B. and Bessette, G. Over three decades, a number of international and national organizations have provided technical and financial support to community seed banks around the world. Only a few of these organizations have developed and published a practical guide about how they have offered this support. This...