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Author : H. J. W. Mutsaers,P. Walker
Publisher : IITA
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 9781310642
Author : S.P. Palaniappan,K. Annadurai
Publisher : Scientific Publishers
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789387869431
This book makes an attempt to present the available information on organic agriculture in a cogent and easily understandable manner. Though it is not exhaustive, which it is not meant to be, it is felt that book will a give an overview on the subject to the interested reader. A viewpoint on organic agriculture has been presented in the book, based on the experience of the authors. The book contains chapters on organic manures (including green manures), recycling of organic wastes, vermiculture, biofertilizers, organic methods of pest and weed management, integrated nutrient management, farming systems and case studies of organic farming. Selected literature is presented for further reading. A compilation of the available information has been a felt need of students, teachers, research workers and administrators in agriculture.
Author : Laurie E. Drinkwater
Publisher : Department of Agriculture
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-01
Category : Agricultural systems
ISBN : 188862616X
Author : Sara Finley
Publisher : CABI
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781780646862
Water is critical to all human activities, but access to this crucial resource is increasingly limited by competition and the effects of climate change. In agriculture, water management is key to ensuring good and sustained crop yields, maintaining soil health, and safeguarding the long-term viability of the land. Water management is especially challenging on smallholder farms in resource-poor areas, which tend to be primarily rainfed and thus highly dependent on unreliable rainfall patterns. Sustainable practices can help farmers promote the development of soils, plants and field surfaces to allow maximum retention of water between rains, and encourage the efficient use of each drop of water applied as irrigation. Especially useful for farmers' groups, agricultural extension workers, NGOs, students and researchers working with farmers in dryland areas, this comprehensive yet concise book is a practical and accessible resource for anyone interested in sustainable water management.
Author : Erkan Rehber
Publisher : ICFAI Books
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007-05-11
Category : Agricultural contracts
ISBN : 9788131406205
Nowadays, agricultural-food system has been experiencing major changes which are driven mainly by recent developments in consumer preferences and attitudes, technological improvements, food safety issues and related regulations. The advanced agro-food sec
Author : Masanobu Fukuoka
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 8185987009
...A natural way of farming that renounces all human knowledge and intervention. - preface.
Author : Sietze Vellema
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789086867172
Public pressure and societal changes induce interventions and policies, which aim to transform agriculture and food provision. This book shows that for upscaling novel practices and organizational models it is important to include meso-level regime aspects in analysis and practice. The argument presented is that our understanding of the human and social dimensions of transformation processes can be enriched by anchoring practice and policy in social theory. A focus on transitions offers a clear view on the direction and velocity of change. This publication aims to complement this by highlighting theoretical insights in the social or institutional mechanisms enabling or hindering change. Essays on a selection of theorists, varying from idealist or materialist accounts, to actor or system approaches, examine what the presented explanatory framework on social change offers in terms of guidance for intervention and action. The value of these theoretical insights is further explored in a selection of case studies in agriculture and food: rural reconstruction in horticulture and livestock, seed supply systems, and pest control. Each case study systematically applies six theoretical frameworks with the purpose of investigating what novel insights arise from looking at the change process from a particular perspective. Through this exercise the often implicit assumptions of hands-on change processes surface. This book is of interest to practitioners engaged in changing current practices in agriculture and food provision, policy makers interested in grasping why transitions are challenging, applied researchers who like to move beyond individual case studies and social and natural scientists involved in integrative studies of complex change processes.
Author : David Arthur Cleveland,Daniela Soleri
Publisher : CABI
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Agricultural extension work
ISBN : 085199881X
The purpose of this book is to examine the nature of and relationship between the knowledge of farmers and of scientists, and how these can be best integrated in plant breeding.
Author : Julian M. Alston,George W. Norton,Philip G. Pardey
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UVA:X004302541
Resources for agricultural science are scarce across the world. Yet even as resources are shrinking, agricultural science has expanded its inquiry into many new areas - such as environmental preservation, food quality, and rural development - without forsaking its more traditional concerns. In a time of tight government budgets, research administrators are faced with the need to provide strong evidence that costs are justified by benefits. Science under Scarcity is an invaluable guide to the theory and methods necessary for evaluating research in agriculture and for setting priorities for resource allocation. Although economists have made significant progress in developing more sophisticated methods for research evaluation and priority setting, many research analysts and administrators do not have a working knowledge of those practices. Without the assistance of formal economic analysis it is particularly difficult to assess the social value of new technologies or to make informed judgements about the trade-offs that are involved in allocation decisions. Addressing that knowledge gap, this book reviews, synthesizes, and extends such methods as economic surplus analysis, econometric techniques, mathematical programming procedures, and scoring models. It discusses these practices in the context of scientific policy, describes their conceptual foundations, and explains how to do them. Originally published in 1995 in hardcover by Cornell University Press, it is now reissued in paperback by CAB INTERNATIONAL.
Author : Michael P. Collinson
Publisher : CABI
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781845933012
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 : André Viljoen,Johannes S.C. Wiskerke
Publisher : Wageningen Academic Publishers
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789086861873
With over half the world's population now deemed to be urbanised, cities are assuming a larger role in political debates about the security and sustainability of the global food system. Hence, planning for sustainable food production and consumption is becoming an increasingly important issue for planners, policymakers, designers, farmers, suppliers, activists, business and scientists alike. The rapid growth of the food planning movement owes much to the fact that food, because of its unique, multi-functional character, helps to bring people together from all walks of life. In the wider contexts of global climate change, resource depletion, a burgeoning world population, competing food production systems and diet-related public health concerns, new paradigms for urban and regional planning capable of supporting sustainable and equitable food systems are urgently needed. This book addresses this urgent need. By working at a range of scales and with a variety of practical and theoretical models, this book reviews and elaborates definitions of sustainable food systems, and begins to define ways of achieving them. To this end 4 different themes have been defined as entry-points into the discussion of 'sustainable food planning'. These are (1) urban agriculture, (2) integrating health, environment and society, (3) food in urban design and planning and (4) urban food governance.
Author : Ika Darnhofer,David Gibbon,Benoît Dedieu
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789400745032
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 : Laurens van Veldhuizen
Publisher : Ileia Readings in Sustainable
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015041535017
This book examines farmers' innovation through 17 wide-ranging case studies from around the world. It concludes by revisiting the major themes in relation to the lessons learned, and sets out the future issues and challenges for governmental and non-governmental organizations involved in agricultural development.
Author : Adiel N. Mbabu,Andy Hall (Researcher in agriculture and economics)
Publisher : LINK Ltd.
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 9789280850000
Author : Jacques-Eric Bergez,Elise Audouin,Olivier Therond
Publisher : Springer
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030019532
This Open Access book presents feedback from the ‘Territorial Agroecological Transition in Action’- TATA-BOX research project, which was devoted to these specific issues. The multidisciplinary and multi-organisation research team steered a four-year action-research process in two territories of France. It also presents: i) the key dimensions to be considered when dealing with agroecological transition: diversity of agriculture models, management of uncertainties, polycentric governance, autonomies, and role of actors’ networks; ii) an operational and original participatory process and associated boundary tools to support local stakeholders in shifting from a shared diagnosis to a shared action plan for transition, and in so doing developing mutual understanding and involvement; iii) an analysis of the main effects of the methodology on research organisation and on stakeholders’ development and application; iv) critical analysis and foresights on the main outcomes of TATA-BOX, provided by external researchers.