Farming The System

Author : Ika Darnhofer,David Gibbon,Benoît Dedieu
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789400745032

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Farming Systems Research into the 21st Century: The New Dynamic by Ika Darnhofer,David Gibbon,Benoît Dedieu Pdf

Farming Systems Research has three core characteristics: it builds on systems thinking, it depends on the close collaboration between social and biophysical sciences, and it relies on participation to build co-learning processes. Farming Systems Research posits that to contribute towards sustainable rural development, both interdisciplinary collaborations and local actor engagement are needed. Together, they allow for changes in understanding and changes in practices. This book gives an overview of the insights generated in 20 years of Farming Systems Research. It retraces the emergence and development of Farming Systems Research in Europe, summarises the state-of-the-art for key areas, and provides an outlook on new explorations, especially those tackling the dynamic nature of farming systems and their interaction with the natural environment and the context of action.

Author : Miranda P. M. Meuwissen,Peter H. Feindt,Alberto Garrido,Erik Mathijs,Bárbara Soriano,Julie Urquhart,Alisa Spiegel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781009098281

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Resilient and Sustainable Farming Systems in Europe by Miranda P. M. Meuwissen,Peter H. Feindt,Alberto Garrido,Erik Mathijs,Bárbara Soriano,Julie Urquhart,Alisa Spiegel Pdf

An investigation of the sustainability of European farming systems in response to economic, environmental, institutional, and social challenges.

Author : John Dixon,Dennis P. Garrity,Jean-Marc Boffa,Timothy O. Williams,Tilahun Amede,Christopher Auricht,Rosemary Lott,George Mburathi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 896 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781317332268

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Farming Systems and Food Security in Africa by John Dixon,Dennis P. Garrity,Jean-Marc Boffa,Timothy O. Williams,Tilahun Amede,Christopher Auricht,Rosemary Lott,George Mburathi Pdf

Knowledge of Africa’s complex farming systems, set in their socio-economic and environmental context, is an essential ingredient to developing effective strategies for improving food and nutrition security. This book systematically and comprehensively describes the characteristics, trends, drivers of change and strategic priorities for each of Africa’s fifteen farming systems and their main subsystems. It shows how a farming systems perspective can be used to identify pathways to household food security and poverty reduction, and how strategic interventions may need to differ from one farming system to another. In the analysis, emphasis is placed on understanding farming systems drivers of change, trends and strategic priorities for science and policy. Illustrated with full-colour maps and photographs throughout, the volume provides a comprehensive and insightful analysis of Africa’s farming systems and pathways for the future to improve food and nutrition security. The book is an essential follow-up to the seminal work Farming Systems and Poverty by Dixon and colleagues for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the World Bank, published in 2001.

Author : John A. Dixon,David P. Gibbon,Aidan Gulliver,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9251046271

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Farming Systems and Poverty by John A. Dixon,David P. Gibbon,Aidan Gulliver,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

A joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the main farming systems of the six major developing regions of the world.

Author : Gurbir Bhullar,Amritbir Riar
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780128181874

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Long-Term Farming Systems Research by Gurbir Bhullar,Amritbir Riar Pdf

Long-Term Farming Systems Research: Ensuring Food Security in Changing Scenarios presents the legacy and heritage of Long-Term Experiments (LTEs) in Agriculture while also addressing the challenges and potential solutions. The book discusses how LTEs form an important asset in understanding agriculture’s significant influence on life on earth. As global governments and development agencies try to achieve the Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations, this book’s content is of unprecedented importance, providing insights into the interactions of agricultural production with ecological, economic and societal aspects. In this regard, this book offers a thorough resource of information based on experiences from various ongoing LTEs in different parts of the world. The contextual variety and geographic diversity presented in this book makes it useful for agricultural and environmental scientists, as well as students and educators in such fields. --- From the Editors: "Thanks to the excellent panel of our contributing authors, in this book, we have attempted to offer the widest possible thematic and geographical coverage on LTEs. Experts from different institutions leading LTEs across the globe have provided their perspectives on different aspects of LTEs, not only highlighting the unique knowledge contribution of LTEs, but also discussing the unique challenges of effectively managing LTEs and maintaining their relevance to changing scenarios. We hope that this book will offer something for everyone interested in the history, present and future of our agroecosystem." Provides a comprehensive resource of information generated in various LTEs across the globe, with a focus on various aspects of farming systems, crop management practices, plant, soil and human nutrition as well as on capacity development Presents a holistic view on interactions of agricultural production and its relationship to the environment and society Identifies challenges and lessons learned from different LTEs and provides recommendations for potential solutions

Author : A. Ker,International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Agricultural systems
ISBN : 9780889367937

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Farming Systems of the African Savanna by A. Ker,International Development Research Centre (Canada) Pdf

Farming Systems of the African Savanna: A continent in crisis

Author : R.K.NANWAL
Publisher : New India Publishing Agency
Page : 11 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-05
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789389130089

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Farming Systems And Sustainable Agriculture by R.K.NANWAL Pdf

The introductory book covers farming System-scope, importance and concept; Types and systems of farming system and factors affecting types of farming; Farming system components and their maintenance and its advantages; Allied enterprises and their importance; Tools for determining production and efficiencies in cropping and farming system; Sustainable agriculture-problems and its impact on agriculture; Conservation agriculture strategies in agriculture; HEIA, LEIA and LEISA and its techniques for sustainability; Integrated farming system-historical background, objectives and characteristics; Site specific development of IFS model for different agro-climatic zones; Resource use efficiency and optimization techniques, Resource cycling and flow of energy in different farming system; Farming system and environment; Cropping system and pattern, Multiple cropping system; Efficient cropping system and their evaluation; New concept and recent approaches in farming systems; Crop diversification for sustainable agriculture The book is written in a very simple form with up to data and statistics. It is a comprehensive basic text book on integrated farming system and will specifically meet out the requirement of the students of UG and PG students as per 5th Dean’s Committee recommendations.

Author : Dana L. Jackson,Laura Jackson
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2002-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1597262692

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The Farm as Natural Habitat by Dana L. Jackson,Laura Jackson Pdf

The Farm as Natural Habitat is a vital new contribution to the debate about agriculture and its impacts on the land. Arising from the conviction that the agricultural landscape as a whole could be restored to a healthy diversity, the book challenges the notion that the dominant agricultural landscape -- bereft of its original vegetation and wildlife and despoiled by chemical runoff -- is inevitable if we are to feed ourselves. Contributors bring together insights and practices from the fields of conservation biology, sustainable agriculture, and environmental restoration to link agriculture and biodiversity, farming and nature, in celebrating a unique alternative to conventional agriculture.Rejecting the idea that "ecological sacrifice zones" are a necessary part of feeding a hungry world, the book offers compelling examples of an alternative agriculture that can produce not only healthful food, but fully functioning ecosystems and abundant populations of native species. Contributors include Collin Bode, George Boody, Brian DeVore, Arthur (Tex) Hawkins, Buddy Huffaker, Rhonda Janke, Richard Jefferson, Nick Jordan, Cheryl Miller, Heather Robertson, Carol Shennan, Judith Soule, Beth Waterhouse, and others.The Farm as Natural Habitat is both hopeful and visionary, grounded in real examples, and guided by a commitment to healthy land and thriving communities. It is the first book to offer a viable approach to addressing the challenges of protecting and restoring biodiversity on private agricultural land and is essential reading for anyone concerned with issues of land or biodiversity conservation, farming and agriculture, ecological restoration, or the health of rural communities and landscapes.

Author : Wally Satzewich,Roxanne Christensen
Publisher : Spin Farming LLC
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Family farms
ISBN : 0615384099

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SPIN-farming Basics by Wally Satzewich,Roxanne Christensen Pdf

SPIN-Farming Basics outlines how to make money growing common vegetables in backyards, front lawns,neighborhood lots or as part of larger acreages in the country. SPIN stands for small plot intensive, and SPIN-Farming Basics provides everything you'd expect from a good franchise: a business concept, marketing advice, financial benchmarks and a detailed day-to-day workflow. It is non-technical, easy-to-understand and inexpensive-to-implement and shows readers how to farm commercially wherever they live, as long as there are nearby markets to support them.

Author : Michael P. Collinson
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Agricultural systems
ISBN : 9251043116

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A History of Farming Systems Research by Michael P. Collinson Pdf

This book provides a detailed history of farming systems research (FSR). While it includes the application of FSR to developed country agriculture, its main focus is on FSR in its original role, with small scale, resource-poor farmers in less developed countries. There are some 40 contributions from nearly 50 contributors from 20 countries, illustrating both the diversity and yet the coherence of FSR. The five parts of the book cover: (1) FSR - understanding farmers and their farming (FSR origins and perspectives; understanding farming systems); (2) the applications of farming systems research (FSR in technology choice and development; FSR in extension and policy formulation); (3) institutional commitment to FSR (FSR: some institutional experiences in national agricultural research; dimensions of the organization of FSR; training for FSR); (4) FSR: the professional dimension (regional and international associations; FSR and the professional disciplines); and (5) cutting edge methods, abiding issues and the future for FSR.

Author : S.S. Walia,U.S. Walia
Publisher : Scientific Publishers
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789388812924

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Farming System and Sustainable Agriculture by S.S. Walia,U.S. Walia Pdf

The land holding of the farmer is decreasing day by day due to urbanisation and there is no chance for horizontal increase in agricultural land. To increase the income of the farmers, few steps for vertical increase in agricultural production have been discussed in this book. A detailed and comprehensive information regarding the historical background of farming system, farming system and its components, integrated farming system and allied enterprises, integrated farming system models in different agroclimatic zones, role of integrated farming system in agriculture and livelihood security, resource cycling and flow of energy in different farming systems, role of crop residues in agriculture, farming system of dryland agriculture, role of agroforestry in farming system, scope of organic farming in farming system have been given. A detailed information regarding the latest concepts of agronomy like conservation agriculture strategies in cropping system, sustainable agriculture, scope of hydroponics techniques in agriculture have also been discussed. In the end tools for determining production and efficiencies in cropping and farming system have also been given.

Author : Wenhua Li
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9231037846

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Agro-ecological Farming Systems in China by Wenhua Li Pdf

Concepts, principles, history, classification, structure and function analysis of various models in the same production sector and in different sectors, at different scales, in mountain and dryland ecosystems. The book is aimed primarily at young post-graduate scientists in the disciplines or at agronomy, forestry, animal husbandry, land use management and ecology experts.

Author : Michael P. Collinson
Publisher : CABI
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781845933012

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A History of Farming Systems Research by Michael P. Collinson Pdf

This book provides a detailed history of Farming Systems Research (FSR). While it includes the application of FSR to developed country agriculture, its main focus is on FSR in its original role, with small-scale, resource-poor farmers in less developed countries.

Author : Alec Narraway Duckham,Geoffrey Bussell Masefield
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Agricultural systems
ISBN : 0701113618

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Farming Systems of the World by Alec Narraway Duckham,Geoffrey Bussell Masefield Pdf

Author : David W. Norman,Malcolm Douglas
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9251034486

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Farming Systems Development and Soil Conservation by David W. Norman,Malcolm Douglas Pdf