Securing The Harvest

Author : Joseph DeVries,Gary H. Toenniessen
Publisher : CABI
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780851995649

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Securing the Harvest by Joseph DeVries,Gary H. Toenniessen Pdf

Improved food security, led by increased productivity among Africa's many small-scale farmers, has been the aim of significant national and international effort in recent decades. It has proved to be one of the most critical challenges facing humankind. This book grew out of a two-year exploration conducted by the food security theme of The Rockefeller Foundation focusing on the potential for crop genetic improvement to contribute to food security among rural populations in Africa. It provides a critical assessment of the ways in which recent breakthroughs in biotechnology, participatory plant breeding, and seed systems can be broadly employed in developing and delivering more productive crop varieties in Africa's diverse agricultural environments. It also presents an analysis of current plant breeding and biotechnology strategies for the key crops in Africa including: maize, sorghum, cowpea, rice, and cassava. The book will appeal to plant breeders, biotechnologists, and seed distributors as well as policy-makers in the area of agricultural development.

Author : Scott Whiteford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429722349

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Harvest Of Want by Scott Whiteford Pdf

Harvest of Want demonstrates how hunger and malnutrition can exist simultaneously with growth in agricultural production. It points out a series of factors that have generated food insecurity throughout much of Central America and Mexico. .

Author : Elizabeth Henderson,Robyn Van En
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 9781933392103

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Sharing the Harvest by Elizabeth Henderson,Robyn Van En Pdf

Looks at partnerships between local small farms and nearby consumers, who become members or subscribers in support of the farm, offering advice on acquiring land, organizing, handling the harvest, and money and legal matters.

Author : Ian Cummins,Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez,Alexander Barnard,Robert Nasi
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9786023870097

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Agouti on the wedding menu: Bushmeat harvest, consumption and trade in a post-frontier region of the Ecuadorian Amazon by Ian Cummins,Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez,Alexander Barnard,Robert Nasi Pdf

The availability, consumption and trade of bushmeat is highly variable across time and space. This paper examines how the bushmeat market in Napo, Ecuador has evolved alongside a variety of interconnected factors including local game scarcity, increased law enforcement, infrastructure development and increasing urbanization. Much of the human occupied landscape has already undergone extinction filters with only the most hunting resistant species still present. However, Napo maintains significant areas of largely intact forest which are not hunted due distance from roads and rough topography, which may serve as source habitat in the future. Two modes of hunting are identified both of which have very different implications for conservationists and for rural livelihoods. Supplemental or sustenance hunting generally focuses on more abundant species and thus occurs primarily within local agroforestry systems or nearby patches of forests. Commercial hunting meanwhile takes place within larger catchments and is focused on large-bodied species, which are especially susceptible to hunting pressure. Efforts by the Ecuadorian government to interdict bushmeat have largely driven the trade underground making it difficult to estimate current consumption rates. Demand generated by traditional Kichwa wedding parties remain a significant driver of commercial hunting. Policy recommendations include a greater focus on species-level game management, greater education about endangered species and more emphasis on using conservation programs to create corridors between protected areas. Due to the relatively small size of most communal forest areas, wildlife management is especially difficult for wide-ranging species and conservation efforts should focus on common pool resource management.

Author : Ajay Kumar
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030872892

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Microbial Biocontrol: Food Security and Post Harvest Management by Ajay Kumar Pdf

This second volume of a two-volume work reviews beneficial bioactive compounds from various microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, cyanobacteria in plant diseases management and the postharvest management of fruits using microbial antagonists. Furthermore, it reviews the impact of climate change on food security and addressed the legal aspects of microbial biocontrol applications. The two-volume work “Microbial Biocontrol” introduces to mechanisms of plant-microbe interactions and explores latest strategies of how microbes can be applied in biocontrol and management of plant pathogens, replacing chemical fertilizers and pesticides. The book covers different groups of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, but also the interplay of entire microbiomes, and reviews their specific benefits in crop growth promotion, in enhancing the plants’ tolerance against biotic and abiotic stress as well as in post-harvest management of various plant diseases. Novel tools such as CRISPR/Cas9 and microbe derived nanoparticles are also addressed besides the legal aspects of biocontrol applications. Today, rising global population and changing climatic conditions emerge as a major challenge for agronomist farmers and researchers in fulfilling the requirements of global food production. The conventional agricultural practices utilize undistributed use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides to enhance growth and yield of agricultural products and fresh foods, but their extensive and continuous use have led to a range of negative consequences on the food quality and safety, to environment as well as to human and animal health. Microbial biocontrol applications are presented as a solution, paving the way to a sustainable agriculture in compliance with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The book addresses researchers in academia and agriculture.

Author : David Spurgeon
Publisher : IDRC (International Development Research Centre)
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Crops
ISBN : WISC:89062580261

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Hidden Harvest by David Spurgeon Pdf

The problem; the systems approach;a working example of the systems approach;benefits of the systems approach;recommendations.

Author : Leslie A. Loveless,Arthur Melville Wettach
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Photography
ISBN : 0877458138

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A Bountiful Harvest by Leslie A. Loveless,Arthur Melville Wettach Pdf

Although Wettach was not hired as an FSA photographer, his pictures provide a fascinating parallel to the more famous work of his FSA colleagues Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, and Russell Lee. Yet unlike their photographs, his reveal an amazing intimacy and familiarity with his subjects, who were frequently his friends, neighbors, family members, and clients."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Bees
ISBN : UCAL:$B229546

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The Progressive Bee-keeper by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1966-07
Category : East Asia
ISBN : UOM:39015020139997

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Summary of World Broadcasts by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Patent Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : OSU:32435068273671

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Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the Year ... by United States. Patent Office Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Bee culture
ISBN : CORNELL:31924065399614

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British Bee Journal & Bee-keepers Adviser by Anonim Pdf

Author : Richard Stiennon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1945254041

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Security Yearbook 2020 by Richard Stiennon Pdf

Security Yearbook 2020 is the story of the people, companies, and events that comprise the history of of the IT security industry. In this inaugural edition you will discover the early history of Symantec, Network Associates, BorderWare, Check Point Software, and dozens of other companies that contributed to the growth of an industry that now is comprised of 2,336 vendors of security products. In addition to the history there are stories from industry pioneers such as Gil Shwed CEO and founder, Check Point Software Chris Blask Co-inventor of Borderware Firewall and NAT (network address translation) Ron Moritiz Executive at Finjan, Symantec, CA, Microsoft, Our Crowd Barry Schrager Progenitor of RACF and creator of ACF2 David Cowan Partner at Bessemer and founder of Verisign The directory lists all the vendors alphabetically, by country, and by category, making an invaluable desk reference for students, practioners, researchers, and investors.

Author : Vandana Shiva
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781623170639

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Who Really Feeds the World? by Vandana Shiva Pdf

Debunking the notion that our current food crisis must be addressed through industrial agriculture and genetic modification, author and activist Vandana Shiva argues that those forces are in fact the ones responsible for the hunger problem in the first place. Who Really Feeds the World? is a powerful manifesto calling for agricultural justice and genuine sustainability, drawing upon Shiva’s thirty years of research and accomplishments in the field. Instead of relying on genetic modification and large-scale monocropping to solve the world’s food crisis, she proposes that we look to agroecology—the knowledge of the interconnectedness that creates food—as a truly life-giving alternative to the industrial paradigm. Shiva succinctly and eloquently lays out the networks of people and processes that feed the world, exploring issues of diversity, the needs of small famers, the importance of seed saving, the movement toward localization, and the role of women in producing the world's food.

Author : Natalie Baszile
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780063139893

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We Are Each Other's Harvest by Natalie Baszile Pdf

A WALL STREET JOURNAL FAVORITE FOOD BOOK OF THE EAR From the author of Queen Sugar—now a critically acclaimed series on OWN directed by Ava Duvernay—comes a beautiful exploration and celebration of black farming in America. In this impressive anthology, Natalie Baszile brings together essays, poems, photographs, quotes, conversations, and first-person stories to examine black people’s connection to the American land from Emancipation to today. In the 1920s, there were over one million black farmers; today there are just 45,000. Baszile explores this crisis, through the farmers’ personal experiences. In their own words, middle aged and elderly black farmers explain why they continue to farm despite systemic discrimination and land loss. The "Returning Generation"—young farmers, who are building upon the legacy of their ancestors, talk about the challenges they face as they seek to redress issues of food justice, food sovereignty, and reparations. These farmers are joined by other influential voices, including noted historians Analena Hope Hassberg and Pete Daniel, and award-winning author Clyde W. Ford, who considers the arrival of Africans to American shores; and James Beard Award-winning writers and Michael Twitty, reflects on black culinary tradition and its African roots. Poetry and inspirational quotes are woven into these diverse narratives, adding richness and texture, as well as stunning four-color photographs from photographers Alison Gootee and Malcom Williams, and Baszile’s personal collection. As Baszile reveals, black farming informs crucial aspects of American culture—the family, the way our national identity is bound up with the land, the pull of memory, the healing power of food, and race relations. She reminds us that the land, well-earned and fiercely protected, transcends history and signifies a home that can be tended, tilled, and passed to succeeding generations with pride. We Are Each Other’s Harvest elevates the voices and stories of black farmers and people of color, celebrating their perseverance and resilience, while spotlighting the challenges they continue to face. Luminous and eye-opening, this eclectic collection helps people and communities of color today reimagine what it means to be dedicated to the soil.

Author : Calestous Juma
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780190237233

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The New Harvest by Calestous Juma Pdf

African agriculture is currently at a crossroads, at which persistent food shortages are compounded by threats from climate change. But, as this book argues, Africa can feed itself in a generation and can help contribute to global food security. To achieve this Africa has to define agriculture as a force in economic growth by advancing scientific and technological research, investing in infrastructure, fostering higher technical training, and creating regional markets.