Resources Tagged: Case Studies

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  1. The Permaculture Handbook

    2012-06-26 The urban landscape has swallowed vast swaths of prime farmland across North America. Imagine how much more self-reliant our communities would be if thirty million acres of lawns were made productive again. Permaculture is a practical way to apply ecological design principles to food, housing,...
    Case Studies Ecology Permaculture

  2. Root Crop Processing

    Covers the the most common processing techniques for the major root crops including potato, cassava, sweet potato, yam and other edible aroid crops. Includes sections on basic food science principles, small-scale processing methods and case studies.
    Root Crops Root Crop Processing Potatoes Cassava Sweet Potato Yam Aroids Food Science Case Studies Women in Development Developing countries

  3. Conservation Agriculture in Subsistence Farming: Case Studies from South Asia and Beyond

    2015-01-01 This book presents South Asia as a case study, due to the high soil erosion caused by monsoon rainfall and geophysical conditions in the region, which necessitate conservation agriculture approaches, and the high percentage of people in South Asia relying on subsistence and traditional farming....
    Conservation Agric... South Asia Subsistence Farming Sustainable Agricu... Case Studies