Download or read book Slash and Burn Agriculture written by Cheryl Palm and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2005-08-17 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caused in part by the slash-and-burn practices of both large- and small-scale farmers, the environmental implications of tropical deforestation remain a worldwide concern. Yet the small-scale farmers who use slash-and-burn agriculture depend on it to produce food and make a living for their families. With contributions from scientists, economists, ecologists, and anthropologists, this book provides an overall analysis of the environmental, economic, and social reasons for why slash and burn is so common and presents alternatives to this destructive practice.
Download or read book Alternatives to Slash and burn Agriculture written by P. A. Sanchez and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Properties and Management of Soils in the Tropics written by Pedro A. Sanchez and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-10 with total page 685 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long-awaited second edition of classic textbook, brought completely up to date, for courses on tropical soils, and reference for scientists and professionals.
Download or read book Alternatives to Slash and burn Agriculture written by Abib Alexandre de Araújo and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACT: The overall goal of this research was to investigate whether mucuna preta and mechanization are feasible likelihood strategies for diverse limited-resource family farms in Aliança community, located in the Southeastern portion of the state of Acre, Brazil. The main objective of this study was to simulate and analyze the current livelihood system in the Aliança community to serve as the basis for evaluating potential alternative technologies to slash-and-burn agriculture. This community was selected because it has been participating in the Proambiente program and already cultivating mucuna preta as an alternative to recover degraded areas in the livelihood system.
Download or read book Alternatives to Slash and burn Agriculture written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Project Management by Consortium written by Dale E. Bandy and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fire less Alternatives to Slash and burn Agriculture TAVY in the Rainforest Region of Madagascar written by Erika Dorothea Styger and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alternatives to Slash Burn written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is estimated that shifting cultivation accounts for about 70% of the deforestation in Africa, 50% in Asia, and 30% in Latin America of the 14 million hectares of tropical moist forests currently destroyed every year. Tropical deforestation is responsible for 18% of current global warming, for most of the decimation of plant and animal genetic diversity, and for threatening the stability of many watersheds. Landless farmers from crowded areas migrate to the forested areas and attempt to make a living by slash and burn, which results in unsustainable agriculture and continuing rainforest destruction. Several international centers have decided to join efforts to formulate a research and development strategy that provides viable alternatives to slash and burn agriculture on a worldwide basis. This paper is a result of those efforts.
Download or read book Alternatives to Slash and Burn Agriculture written by Pedro A. Sanchez and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Modelling Alternatives in Agroforestry to Slash and burn Agriculture in Yucatan Mexico written by Sarah Amelia Bale and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alternatives to Slash and burn Agriculture written by Pedro A. Sánchez and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Domesticating Forests How Farmers Manage Forest Resources written by Geneviève Michon and published by CIFOR. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nature s Matrix written by Ivette Perfecto and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2009 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Landscapes are frequently seen as fragments of natural habitat surrounded by a 'sea' of agriculture. But recent ecological theory shows that the nature of these fragments is not nearly as important for conservation as is the nature of the matrix of agriculture that surrounds them. Local extinctions from conservation fragments are inevitable and must be balanced by migrations if massive extinction is to be avoided. High migration rates only occur in what the authors refer to as 'high quality' matrices, which are created by alternative agroecological techniques, as opposed to the industrial monocultural model of agriculture. The authors argue that the only way to promote such high quality matrices is to work with rural social movements. Their ideas are at odds with the major trends of some of the large conservation organizations that emphasize targeted land purchases of protected areas. They argue that recent advances in ecological research make such a general approach anachronistic and call, rather, for solidarity with the small farmers around the world who are currently struggling to attain food sovereignty.Nature's Matrix proposes a radically new approach to the conservation of biodiversity based on recent advances in the science of ecology plus political realities, particularly in the world's tropical regions.
Download or read book Agricultural Technologies and Tropical Deforestation written by Arild Angelsen and published by CABI. This book was released on 2001-04-20 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been developed from a workshop on Technological change in agriculture and tropical deforestation organised by the Center for International Forestry Research and held in Costa Rica in March, 1999. It explores how intensification of agriculture affects tropical deforestation using case studies from different geographical regions, using different agricultural products and technologies and in differing demographic situations and market conditions. Guidance is also given on future agricultural research and extension efforts.
Download or read book Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment in the Humid Tropics written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1993-02-01 with total page 721 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rainforests are rapidly being cleared in the humid tropics to keep pace with food demands, economic needs, and population growth. Without proper management, these forests and other natural resources will be seriously depleted within the next 50 years. Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment in the Humid Tropics provides critically needed direction for developing strategies that both mitigate land degradation, deforestation, and biological resource losses and help the economic status of tropical countries through promotion of sustainable agricultural practices. The book includes: A practical discussion of 12 major land use options for boosting food production and enhancing local economies while protecting the natural resource base. Recommendations for developing technologies needed for sustainable agriculture. A strategy for changing policies that discourage conserving and managing natural resources and biodiversity. Detailed reports on agriculture and deforestation in seven tropical countries.
Download or read book Alternatives to Slash and burn Agriculture written by Pedro A. Sánchez and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alley Farming written by B. T. Kang and published by IITA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tropical Agriculturalist is a series of practical field guides and textbooks for: producers, farmers and farm managers, agricultural extension officers agricultural diploma, degree and vocational students, teachers and lecturers, senior secondary students, as reference books, adult education, rural and community development programmes.
