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  1. Risk Aversion vs Hunger and Exhaustion

    2013-10-20 This article challenges the long-held assumption that smallholder farmers are risk averse and delay land preparation and planting until they are assured of adequate rainfall, and that they inefficiently used the natural resources available to them. The author proposes that farming operations are...
    Economic Development Smallholder Farm Family Farm Rural Development Hunger Risk Aversion Risk Management Agricultural Devel...

  2. Agricultural programmes: from initial assessment to programmes implementation

    This book focuses on the different aspects and methodologies for implementing food security agricultural programmes. It is the second book of the series to be published and usesthe "Introduction to Food Security" and "Food Security Assessments and Surveillance" as reference documents.
    Family Farm Agriculture Assist...

  3. Agriculture Components for Small Institutions

    Key Resource 2013-01-01 The ECHO Asia Regional Office receives frequent inquiries from small organizations seeking input and other assistance relatedto their agricultural initiatives, including questions such as the following: How many acres would it take to grow enough food (other than rice) to feed 38 people year...
    Community Supporte... Family Farm Small Enterprise D... Small Enterprises

  4. Women and Agriculture

    Key Resource
    2017-06-06 A version of this material first appeared in EDN 134. Gender dynamics in relation to agriculture is a big topic, and one we had not previously written about in EDN. In recent years, widespread attention has been paid to the disparity that often exists between men and women when it comes to...
    Women Family Farm Women in Agriculture

  5. El Sistema Milpa

    2011-01-01 *Disponible solo en español. El proposito de este manual es proporionar a promotores y propmotoras una herraminenta que les permita conocer y difundir las buenas practicas agroecologicas indigenas, cuya aplicacion les permitira hacer una agricultura sostenible y ecologicamente segura, obtener...
    Ecology Agroecology Sustainable Agricu... Small-Scale Agricu... Family Farm Indigenous Food Pl... Indigenous Knowledge

  6. FM 2013 Farming Matters Vol 29 #4

    2013-12-20 Ten qualities of family farming New peasants in Spain When family farmers lead development The mother of our breath "We are a political and economic force" From conflicts to profitable alliances Learning from new peasants Agri-ProFocus Agro-ecology
    Development Agroecology Family Farm

  7. FM 2009 LEISA Magazine Vol 25 #2

    2009-06-20 Supportive policies secure a future for family farming Adding value to local livelihoods Creating conditions for growth Plenty of fruit, but also plenty of hurdles Supportive policies secure a future for family farming For these women, money does grow on (neem) trees It works to work together...
    Entrepreneurship Fruit Marketing Neem Bees Family Farm

  8. FM 2005 LEISA Magazine Vol 21 #2

    2005-06-20 Transforming the land More than profit: Horta e Arte Organic coffee Holding on to the family farm An alternative to slash-and-burn Supporting the local economy Microcredit, poverty and the environment Organizing access to local seeds in a context of crisis Community seed banks Recovering...
    Termites Slash-and-Burn Seed Storage Biodiversity Family Farm Coffee Community Seed Banks

  9. Lightning Talk - Improving the Livelihood of Pastoralists, Family Farmers and Entrepreneurs Through Land Use Planning and Land Range Management in Northern Tanzania

    Lightning Talk, ECHOEast Africa Pastoralist Symposium, March 29, 2022. Presenter: Ritha Tarimo
    ECHO Conference East Africa Rangeland Management Land Use Family Farm Pastoral Systems Pastoralists

  10. FM 2014 Farming Matters Vol 30 #3

    2014-09-20 Reclaiming denuded landscapes Emerging waterscapes From illegal logger to family farmer How territorial cooperatives carved an unconventional pathway Farming communities in living landscapes Sustaining our families and our landscape Listening and trust- the basis for working with forest and farm...
    Landscaping Natural landscaping Family Farm Landscape Ecology