The State Of Food And Agriculture 2007 Paying Farmers For Environmental Services

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9251057508

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The State of Food and Agriculture 2007 by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

International food aid has rightly been credited with saving millions of lives and is often the only thing that stands between vulnerable people and death. However, it was a serious obstacle in the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations and has been sharply criticised as a donor-driven response that creates dependency on the part of recipients and undermines local agricultural producers and traders upon whom sustainable food security depends. This issue of the 'State of Food and Agriculture' report examines the issues and controversies surrounding international food aid, particularly in crisis situations. It considers the ways in which food aid can support sustainable improvements in food security, in order to preserve its essential humanitarian role whilst minimising the possibility of harmful secondary impacts.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Fao
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2007-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9255057502

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The State of Food and Agriculture 2007: Paying Farmers for Environmental Services by Food and Agriculture Organization of the,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

The State of Food and Agriculture 2007 explores the potential for agriculture to provide enhanced levels of environmental services alongside the production of food and fibre. The report concludes that demand for environmental services from agriculture - including climate change mitigation, improved watershed management and biodiversity preservation - will increase in the future, but better incentives to farmers are needed if agriculture is to meet this demand. As one among several other possible policy tools, payments to farmers for environmental services hold promise as a flexible approach to enhancing farmer incentives to sustain and improve the ecosystems on which we all depend. Nevertheless, challenges must be overcome if the potential of this approach is to be realized, especially in developing countries. Policy efforts at international and national levels are necessary to establish the basis for such payments. The design of cost-effective programmes requires careful analysis of the specific biophysical and socio-economic contexts and consideration of the poverty impacts programmes may have. By clarifying the challenges that need to be addressed in implementing such an approach, this report is intended to contribute to the realization of its potential. Included in this issue is a mini CD-ROM of the FAO Statistical Yearbook 2005-2006 Vol.2/1, containing time series data for 200 countries.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9251059802

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The State of Food and Agriculture 2008 by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

The State of Food and Agriculture 2008 explores the implications of the rapid recent growth in production of biofuels based on agricultural commodities -- Back cover.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Agropastoral systems
ISBN : 9789291462834

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Greening livestock: Assessing the potential of payment for environmental services in livestock inclusive agricultural production systems in developing countries by Anonim Pdf

Author : Clayton Campanhola,Shivaji Pandey
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 611 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128121351

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Sustainable Food and Agriculture by Clayton Campanhola,Shivaji Pandey Pdf

Sustainable Food and Agriculture: An Integrated Approach is the first book to look at the imminent threats to sustainable food security through a cross-sectoral lens. As the world faces food supply challenges posed by the declining growth rate of agricultural productivity, accelerated deterioration of quantity and quality of natural resources that underpin agricultural production, climate change, and hunger, poverty and malnutrition, a multi-faced understanding is key to identifying practical solutions. This book gives stakeholders a common vision, concept and methods that are based on proven and widely agreed strategies for continuous improvement in sustainability at different scales. While information on policies and technologies that would enhance productivity and sustainability of individual agricultural sectors is available to some extent, literature is practically devoid of information and experiences for countries and communities considering a comprehensive approach (cross-sectoral policies, strategies and technologies) to SFA. This book is the first effort to fill this gap, providing information on proven options for enhancing productivity, profitability, equity and environmental sustainability of individual sectors and, in addition, how to identify opportunities and actions for exploiting cross-sectoral synergies. Provides proven options of integrated technologies and policies, helping new programs identify appropriate existing programs Presents mechanisms/tools for balancing trade-offs and proposes indicators to facilitate decision-making and progress measurement Positions a comprehensive and informed review of issues in one place for effective education, comparison and evaluation

Author : Yazidhi Bamutaze,Samuel Kyamanywa,Bal Ram Singh,Gorettie Nabanoga,Rattan Lal
Publisher : Springer
Page : 763 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030129743

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Agriculture and Ecosystem Resilience in Sub Saharan Africa by Yazidhi Bamutaze,Samuel Kyamanywa,Bal Ram Singh,Gorettie Nabanoga,Rattan Lal Pdf

This volume discusses emerging contexts of agricultural and ecosystem resilience in Sub Saharan Africa, as well as contemporary technological advances that have influenced African livelihoods. In six sections, the book addresses the sustainable development goals to mitigate the negative impacts on agricultural productivity brought about by climate change in Africa. Some of the challenges assessed include soil degradation, land use changes, natural resource mismanagement, declining crop productivity, and economic stagnation. This book will be of interest to researchers, NGOs, and development organizations. Section 1 focuses on climate risk management in tropical Africa. Section 2 addresses the water-ecosystem-agriculture nexus, and identifies the best strategies for sustainable water use. Section 3 introduces Information Communication Technology (ICT), and how it can be used for ecosystem and human resilience to improve quality of life in communities. Section 4 discusses the science and policies of transformative agriculture, including challenges facing crop production and management. Section 5 addresses landscape processes, human security, and governance of agro-ecosystems. Section 6 concludes the book with chapters uniquely covering the gender dynamics of agricultural, ecosystem, and livelihood resilience.

Author : Leslie Lipper,Takumi Sakuyama,Randy Stringer,David Zilberman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780387729718

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Payment for Environmental Services in Agricultural Landscapes by Leslie Lipper,Takumi Sakuyama,Randy Stringer,David Zilberman Pdf

In recent years, development policy has responded to an increasing concern about natural resource degradation by setting up innovative payment for environmental services (PES) programs in developing countries. PES programs use market and institutional incentives in order to meet both environmental and poverty alleviation objectives. However, their optimal design, implications for the rural poor, and how these initiatives integrate into international treaties on global warming and biodiversity loss are still being discussed. This book addresses these issues by scrutinizing analytical tools, providing policy insights and stimulating debate on linkages between poverty alleviation and environmental protection. In particular, it turns attention towards the role of environmental services in agricultural landscapes as they provide a living for many poor in developing countries. It serves as a valuable reference for academics and students in various disciplines, as well as for policy makers and advisors. This book is a co-publication between Springer and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Author : Christine Boisrobert,Sangsuk Oh,Aleksandra Stjepanovic,Huub Lelieveld
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780080889306

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Ensuring Global Food Safety by Christine Boisrobert,Sangsuk Oh,Aleksandra Stjepanovic,Huub Lelieveld Pdf

Taking into account toxicity levels at normal consumption levels, intake per kg bodyweight and other acknowledged considerations, each chapter in this book will be based on one or more proven examples. It is intended to provide specific examples and potential improvements to the safety of the world's food supply, while also increasing the amount of food available to those in undernourished countries. This book is designed to to provide science-based tools for improving legislation and regulation. Reduce amount of food destroyed due to difference in regulations between nations Positively impact the time-to-market of new food products by recognizing benefit of "one rule that applies to all" Use the comparison of regulations and resulting consequences to make appropriate, fully-informed decisions Employ proven science to obtain global consensus for regulations Understand how to harmonize test protocols and analytical methods for accurate measurement and evaluation Take advantage of using a risk/benefit based approach rather than risk/avoidance to maximize regulatory decisions

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789290922018

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ADB Accountability Mechanism by Asian Development Bank Pdf

The new Accountability Mechanism became effective on 24 May 2012 after a full-scale review of the 2003 version. The review resulted in clearer and closer collaboration between the functions of problem solving—handled by the Office of the Special Project Facilitator (OSPF)—and those of compliance review by the Office of the Compliance Review Panel (OCRP). This report marks the first joint Accountability Mechanism Annual Report of the OSPF and OCRP in the spirit of promoting synergy in the new Accountability Mechanism. It outlines complaint-related activities of the OSPF and OCRP in 2012 and touches on its outreach and the information-sharing initiatives of the new Accountability Mechanism. Background ADB's Accountability Mechanism allows persons affected by ADB-assisted projects to submit complaints about harm resulting from those projects. It is guided by the principles of: responsiveness to project-affected persons’ concerns; fairness to all stakeholders; independence and transparency; cost effectiveness and efficiency; and complementing other ADB systems (including supervision, audit, and quality control).

Author : W. Bruce Campbell,Silvia López Ortíz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789400713093

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Integrating Agriculture, Conservation and Ecotourism: Examples from the Field by W. Bruce Campbell,Silvia López Ortíz Pdf

Issues In Agroecology – Present Status and Future Prospectus not only reviews aspects of ecology, but the ecology of sustainable food production systems, and related societal and cultural values. To provide effective communication regarding status and advances in this field, this series connects with many disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, environmental sciences, ethics, agriculture, economics, ecology, rural development, sustainability, policy and education, and integrations of these general themes so as to provide integrated points of view that will help lead to a more sustainable construction of values than conventional economics alone. Such designs are inherently complex and dynamic, and go beyond the individual farm to include landscapes, communities, and biogeographic regions by emphasizing their unique agricultural and ecological values, and their biological, societal, and cultural components and processes.

Author : Mariagrazia Alabrese,Margherita Brunori,Silvia Rolandi,Andrea Saba
Publisher : Springer
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783319647562

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Agricultural Law by Mariagrazia Alabrese,Margherita Brunori,Silvia Rolandi,Andrea Saba Pdf

This book focuses on the social and environmental issues being addressed by agricultural law within the current globalised system. What is agricultural law? Agricultural regulations concern and affect essential human needs and values that must be dealt with by pursuing a comprehensive and coordinated global approach. By tracking the developments in this context, this book explores the new challenges that agricultural law needs to address in order to frame emerging dilemmas. International governance of natural resources and their role in addressing food insecurity is the object of the first Part of the volume, which deals with sustainable agriculture and agro-ecosystem services in connection with the food security issue. The second Part focuses on the regulation of food as the main product of agricultural activity, and explores the answers that the law can provide in order to accommodate consumers’ interests and concerns (inter alia, novel foods, animal welfare, direct sales and e-commerce). The third Part examines the social, environmental and legal consequences of a renewed interest in agricultural investments. Further, it analyses the evolution and the interplay between different legal systems with regard to land tenure, environmental concerns and investments in agriculture.

Author : Sara J. Scherr,Michael T. Bennett
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789290923534

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Buyer, Regulator, and Enabler: The Government's Role in Ecosystem Services Markets by Sara J. Scherr,Michael T. Bennett Pdf

This paper was originally produced for the "International Conference on Payments for Environmental Services," held in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in China on 6-7 September 2009, and jointly hosted by the People's Republic of China's National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the government of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). It is part of the full volume of conference proceedings published by ADB in December 2010, entitled "Payments for Ecological Services and Eco-Compensation: Practices and Innovations in the People's Republic of China".

Author : Mannava V.K. Sivakumar,Rattan Lal,Ramasamy Selvaraju,Ibrahim Hamdan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789400767515

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Climate Change and Food Security in West Asia and North Africa by Mannava V.K. Sivakumar,Rattan Lal,Ramasamy Selvaraju,Ibrahim Hamdan Pdf

The countries of West Asia and North Africa (WANA) have long had the challenge of providing sustainable livelihoods for their populations in the fragile ecosystems of semi-arid and arid areas. Climate change is already a reality in WANA and it places additional constraints on the already fragile ecosystems of dry areas and limited natural resources in WANA. A comprehensive and integrated approach to planning and implementing the climate change adaptation strategies across the wide range of agro-ecosystems in different countries in WANA could help both the planners and the local communities to deal effectively with the projected impacts and also contribute to overall sustainability of agricultural production systems. This book addresses the important issue of climate change and food security in West Asia and North Africa and presents the appropriate strategies which could help in the development of new policies to better adapt agriculture production systems and enhance food security in WANA.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789251369517

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Terminal evaluation of the project “Rehabilitation of Degraded Agricultural Lands in Kandy, Badulla and Nuwara Eliya Districts in the Central Highlands” by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

The Central Highlands are an important area in Sri Lanka that generates important ecosystem services for the country. However, the area suffers from land degradation and related issues. The project “Rehabilitation of Degraded Agricultural Lands in Kandy, Badulla and Nuwara Eliya Districts in the Central Highlands” (GCP/SRL/063/GFF) was designed to tackle the above-mentioned challenges. The terminal evaluation found that the project generated relevant planned and unplanned outcomes including spontaneous dissemination of project models (e.g. tea smallholding productivity improvement) and demand for replication and use of Participatory Land Use Development Plans (PLUDP) as national model for village level resource planning. Positive gender results and lateral dissemination of technology and strengthened peer-to-peer learning were evaluation findings. The recommendations include: i) the project should catalyse and showcase their knowledge management, training and outreach related innovations post COVID-19; ii) future projects trying to innovate conservation approaches beyond the traditional ones should receive dedicated, embedded technical advisory support; iii) long-term and innovative financing should be embedded into sustainable land use models in project and pilot design; and iv) land use planning and development planning should be connected.

Author : Volker Beckmann,Martina Padmanabhan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009-02-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781402096907

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Institutions and Sustainability by Volker Beckmann,Martina Padmanabhan Pdf

From the first vague idea to use Konrad Hagedorn’s 60th birthday as an inspi- tion for taking stock of his vibrant academic contributions, this joint book project has been a great pleasure for us in many ways. Pursuing Hagedorn’s intellectual development, we have tried to reflect on the core questions of humanity according to Ernst Bloch “Who are we?”, “Where do we come from?” and “Where are we heading?” In this way, and without knowing it, Konrad Hagedorn initiated a c- lective action process he would have very much enjoyed ... if he had been allowed to take part in it. But it was our aim and constant motivation to surprise him with this collection of essays in his honour. Konrad Hagedorn was reared as the youngest child of a peasant family on a small farm in the remote moorland of East Frisia, Germany. During his childhood in the poverty-ridden years after the Second World War, he faced a life where humans were heavily dependent on using nature around them for their livelihoods; meanwhile, he learned about the fragility of the environment. As a boy, he - tended a one-room schoolhouse, where his great intellectual talents were first r- ognised and used for co-teaching his schoolmates. These early teaching expe- ences might have laid the foundations for his later becoming a dedicated lecturer and mentor.