2st Century Smallholder

Author : Paul Waddington
Publisher : Random House
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-27
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781409082958

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21st-Century Smallholder by Paul Waddington Pdf

Achieving genuine self-sufficiency of the kind described in John Seymour's classic guide is sadly beyond the vast reach of the urban majority today. Few have the space, and for those few there are comprehensive guidebooks. But where do the rest of us look for the answers to questions like how much effort does it really take to grow your own food? Is beekeeping difficult? Is solar power really worth the bother? From a small terraced house in the middle of a big city, Paul Waddington has made it his business to find out, and while trying it himself, has created a practical and absorbing guidebook along the way. It includes easy-to-read lists, tables, personal anecdote, and stunning illustrations, and more importantly demystifies the subject with practical tips that get to the heart of the matter to show you how you can enjoy the fulfilling aspects of the smallholding life without the hassle and expense of 'going all the way'. If you want to go back to the land without leaving home, this is the perfect guide.

Author : Paul Waddington
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1409082970

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21st-Century Smallholder from Window Boxes to Allotments by Paul Waddington Pdf

Author : Paul Waddington
Publisher : Eden Project Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 190391969X

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2st Century Smallholder by Paul Waddington Pdf

Ever wondered how much effort it really takes to grown your own food? Is beekeeping difficult? Can you keep chickens in your garden and would you ever be able to go on vacation again? Is solar power really worth the bother? From a small terraced house in the middle of a big city, Paul Waddington has made it his business to find out, and while trying it himself, has created a practical and absorbing guidebook on the way. It includes easy-to-read lists, tables, personal anecdotes, and stunning illustrations, and more importantly demystifies the subject with practical tips that get to the heart of the matter to show you how you can enjoy the fulfilling aspects of the smallholding life without the hassle and expense of "going all the way." If you want to go back to the land without leaving home, this is the perfect guide.

Author : Paul Waddington
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : OCLC:1244230436

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21st-century Smallholder by Paul Waddington Pdf

Author : Knerr, Béatrice,Becerril García, Javier
Publisher : kassel university press GmbH
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783862199075

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Traditional Smallholder Farmers in a Growing Economy and a Globalized World by Knerr, Béatrice,Becerril García, Javier Pdf

?Smallholder farming plays a central role for the livelihood security of rural families in most low- to middle income countries. Beyond that it contributes to sustain important ecological functions and services. Yet, world-wide, increasing economic pressure threatens its viability, while young and capable labour force is attracted away to urban centres. In the Mexican state of Yucatán - where foremost indigenous Mayan people are practicing traditional farming under adverse natural conditions, using a broad variety of agro-biodiversity - these predominant trends can be observed like in a burning lens. Farming is more and more just performed for subsistence while cash for daily expenses is obtained from other sources. Aware of the sector’s benefits for society, Mexican policy makers recently put its services regarding food and livelihood security, agro-biodiversity, and maintenance of cultural heritage high on the agenda. Starting from that baseline, research teams affiliated to the University of Kassel and the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán (UADY) conducted several interrelated research projects. All investigations are grounded in field work, including intensive interviews among local people and experts. The results are assembled in this volume.

Author : Mary Hilson,Bjørn Poulsen,Thorsten Borring Olesen
Publisher : Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9788775973453

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A History of Denmark from the Viking Age to the 21st Century by Mary Hilson,Bjørn Poulsen,Thorsten Borring Olesen Pdf

Beginning with the emergence of a Danish kingdom during the Viking Age, this book provides an introduction to the history of Denmark as a political entity, from the eighth century to the present day. It shows how what we know as ‘Denmark’ has evolved – from Cnut the Great’s North Sea empire in the eleventh century, through disintegration and civil war in the Middle Ages, the Kalmar Union of 1397–1523 and the establishment of the absolutist state and its overseas colonies in the seventeenth century, to the emergence of the modern nation state during the nineteenth century. The book also deals with significant developments in the economic, social and cultural history of Denmark, and sheds light on complex problems such as the country’s relationship with its Nordic neighbours, the origins of the current border with Germany and the historical development of the Danish welfare state.

Author : International Finance Corporation
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464819636

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Working with Smallholders by International Finance Corporation Pdf

Smallholder farmers are the stewards of more than 80 percent of the world’s farms. These small family businesses produce about one-third of the world’s food. In Africa and Asia, smallholders dominate the production of food crops, as well as export commodities such as cocoa, coffee, and cotton. However, smallholders and farm workers remain among the poorest segments of the population, and they are on the frontline of climate change. Smallholder farmers face constraints in accessing inputs, finance, knowledge, technology, labor, and markets. Raising farm-level productivity in a sustainable way is a key development priority. Agribusinesses are increasingly working with smallholder farmers in low- and middle-income countries to secure agricultural commodities. More productive smallholders boost rural incomes and economic growth, as well as reduce poverty. Smallholders also represent a growing underserved market for farm inputs, information, and financial services. Working with Smallholders: A Handbook for Firms Building Sustainable Supply Chains (third edition) shows agribusinesses how to engage more effectively with smallholders and to develop sustainable, resilient, and productive supply chains. The book compiles practical solutions and cutting-edge ideas to overcome the challenges facing smallholders. This third edition is substantially revised from the second edition and incorporates new material on the potential for digital technologies and sustainable farming. This handbook is written principally to outline opportunities for the private sector. The content may also be useful to the staffs of governmental or nongovernmental development programs working with smallholders, as well as to academic and research institutions.

Author : Vilas A. Tonapi,Harvinder Singh Talwar,Ashok Kumar Are,B. Venkatesh Bhat,Ch. Ravinder Reddy,Timothy J. Dalton
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 932 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789811582493

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Sorghum in the 21st Century: Food – Fodder – Feed – Fuel for a Rapidly Changing World by Vilas A. Tonapi,Harvinder Singh Talwar,Ashok Kumar Are,B. Venkatesh Bhat,Ch. Ravinder Reddy,Timothy J. Dalton Pdf

Sorghum is the most important cereal crop grown in the semi-arid tropics (SAT) of Africa, Asia, Australia and Americas for food, feed, fodder and fuel. It is the fifth most important cereal crop globally after rice, wheat, maize and barley, and plays a major role in global food security. Sorghum is consumed in different forms for various end-uses. Its grain is mostly used directly for food purposes. After the release of the proceedings of two international symposia in the form of books “Sorghum in Seventies” and “Sorghum in Eighties”, global sorghum research and development have not been documented at one place. Of course, few books on sorghum have been released that focus on specific issues/research areas, but comprehensive review of all aspects of recent development in different areas of sorghum science has not been compiled in the form a single book. This book is intended to fill in a void to bridge the gap by documenting all aspects of recent research and development in sorghum encompassing all the progress made, milestones achieved across globe in genetic diversity assessment, crop improvement and production, strategies for high yield, biotic and abiotic stress resistance, grain and stover quality aspects, storage, nutrition, health and industrial applications, biotechnological applications to increase production, including regional and global policy perspectives and developmental needs. This book will be an institutional effort to compile all the latest information generated in research and development in sorghum across the globe at one place.

Author : Takeshima, Hiroyuki,Shrestha, Rudra Bahadur,Kaphle, Basu Dev,Karkee, Madhab,Pokhrel, Suroj,Kumar, Anjani
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Effects of agricultural mechanization on smallholders and their self-selection into farming by Takeshima, Hiroyuki,Shrestha, Rudra Bahadur,Kaphle, Basu Dev,Karkee, Madhab,Pokhrel, Suroj,Kumar, Anjani Pdf

This research was undertaken to better assess the role of mechanization in the future of smallholder farmers in Nepal. It addresses the knowledge gap about whether promoting mechanization that is often complementary to land can effectively support smallholders, particularly in the face of a growing nonfarm sector. Rising rural wages in Nepal have increasingly put pressures on smallholder farmers, who tend to operate labor-intensive farming. Agricultural mechanization through custom hiring of tractor services has recently been considered as an option to mitigate the impact of rising labor costs for smallholders. However, the benefit of agricultural mechanization may still be better captured by exploiting the economies of scale of medium to large farmers rather than smallholders. In the meantime, the Nepal agricultural sector still employs a disproportionate share of workers given its share in the economy, potentially depressing agricultural labor productivity. It is therefore an important policy question whether to (1) continue supporting smallholders through custom-hired tractor services or (2) encourage smallholders to rent their farms out to medium-size or larger farmers, while helping smallholders specialize in the nonfarm sector, where their labor productivity may be higher. Using samples from the Terai zone—one of the agroecological belts in Nepal, largely consisting of lowland plains— from the Nepal Living Standards Survey, we assess whether the benefits of hiring in tractor services are greater among medium to large farmers than among smallholders, and how these benefits may depend on smallholders’ decision to remain in or leave farming. This study also contributes to the impact evaluation literature by showing that jointly assessing the effects of two treatments (whether to adopt custom-hired tractor services and continue farming, or to search for better options and specialize in off-farm activities) can lead to different implications than assessing them separately. Our analyses suggest that the government should continue to promote custom-hired tractor services not only for medium to large farmers but also for smallholders. If, over time, barriers to specializing in nonfarm activities are lowered and more smallholders start leaving farming, mechanization may no longer benefit the remaining smallholders. Support for mechanization can then be focused more on medium to large farmers, while types of support other than mechanization can be devised for the remaining smallholders.

Author : Gudrun Kochendörfer-Lucius,Boris Pleskovic
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : UCSD:31822028147544

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Development Issues in the 21st Century by Gudrun Kochendörfer-Lucius,Boris Pleskovic Pdf

Author : Stephen Leslie
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781603586139

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Horse-Powered Farming for the 21st Century by Stephen Leslie Pdf

Now is a time of exciting new developments for live animal power. As the numbers of adherents to this way of life grow, ecologically minded farmers in their fields are developing efficient horse-drawn systems, and equipment manufacturers in small shops all across North America and Europe are coming forth with new innovations in ground-drive technology that have us poised on the cusp of another agricultural revolution—with working horses, mules, donkeys, and oxen at the heart of it. --Publisher

Author : Peter Kimuyu,Bernard Mbui Wagacha,Okwach Abagi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105029517781

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Kenya's Strategic Policies for the 21st Century by Peter Kimuyu,Bernard Mbui Wagacha,Okwach Abagi Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Agricultural education
ISBN : CORNELL:31924097788792

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Building Pathways Out of Rural Poverty Through Investments in Agricultural Information Systems by Anonim Pdf

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UIUC:30112110353676

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FAO in the 21st Century by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

FAO in the 21st Century: Ensuring Food Security in a Changing World details the current knowledge of complex and interrelated challenges that are compounding efforts to achieve global food security. It discusses likely implications for the food and agriculture sector and for hunger and poverty reduction efforts, including FAO's role in assisting members in the coming years. This book is for everyone interested in better understanding the dynamics of the current global issues and changing patterns in agriculture and natural resources.

Author : United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Publisher : United Nations Publications
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822034262519

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Industrial Development for the 21st Century by United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs Pdf

This book highlights key challenges for developing countries, across different regions and sectors, and how effectively and with what sorts of policies different countries have responded to them.