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Book Farming Systems Research

Download or read book Farming Systems Research written by Jayne T. MacLean and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Farming Systems Research 1979 1987

Download or read book Farming Systems Research 1979 1987 written by Jayne T. MacLean and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A History of Farming Systems Research

Download or read book A History of Farming Systems Research written by Michael P. Collinson and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book Farming Systems Research Paper Series

Download or read book Farming Systems Research Paper Series written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Northeast Thailand

Download or read book Northeast Thailand written by Integrated Farming Systems Research (FSR) Project (Thailand) and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Integrated Farming Systems Research Project

Download or read book The Integrated Farming Systems Research Project written by Mahāwitthayālai Khō̜n Kǣn and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Farming Systems and Poverty

Download or read book Farming Systems and Poverty written by John A. Dixon and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book Development of Sustainable Agricultural System in Northeast Thailand Through Local Resource Utilization and Technology Improvement

Download or read book Development of Sustainable Agricultural System in Northeast Thailand Through Local Resource Utilization and Technology Improvement written by 伊藤治 and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outline of the project "Comprehensive Studies on Sustainable Agricultural Systems in Northeast Thailand"; Hydrological and geochemical behavior of saline groundwater in Phra Yun, Northeast Thailand; Classification of salt affected areas using remote sensing and GIS; Location and function of the reservoirs in Ban Nong Saeng, Northeast Thailand; Land suitability analysis concerning water resource and soil property; A farmer participatory approach to development of a research agenda for water managment priorities in Nong Saeng village, Khon Kaen Province, Thailand; Utilization of organic resources in cassava farming in Northeast Thailand;; Nitrogen cycles and nutrient balancein agro-ecosystems in Northeast Thailand; Colleting and evaluating wild relatives of sugarcane as breeding materials of new type sugarcane cultivars of cattle feed in Northeast Thailand; Evaluation of sustainability of sugarcane production in Thailand based on nitrogen fixation, efficiency of nitrogen fertilizer and flow of organic matter; Role of native ruminants in establishment of sustainability agricultural systems in Northeast Thailand; Sugarcane stalk as a roughage for dairy cattle; Energy and nitrogen metabolism in Holstein crossbred by cows given Ruzi grass hay with different levels of soybean meal; Energy and nitrogen metabolism in lactating cows fed with rice straw and corn silage; A study on nutritive values of tropical forages (1) Ruzi grass (Brachiaria ruziziensis), (2) Verano stylo (Stylosanthes hamata cv. Verano); A study on nutritive values of forage crops (3) Purple Guinea grass (Panicum maximum cv. TD58), (4) Thapra stylo legume (Stylosanthes guianensis CIATI84); Present situations and improvement of upland farm management: Focusing on sugarcane production; Prevalent agricultural practices and soil fertility in sugarcane cropping in Northeast Thailand; Alternative tillage system for soil conservation, enhancement of crop growth and increasing working efficiency; Development of a sustainable lowland cropping system in Northeast Thailand; Development of no-tillage direct seedling cultivation of rice; Crop Management of direct seeded rice; Economy of direct seeding of rice in Northeast Thailand; and its future direction; Quality evaluation of Khao Dawk Mali 105, an aromatic rive variety of Northeast Thailand; Vegetable production using energy-saving hydroponic system in Khon Kaen; Development and evaluation of bagasse silage for cattle feed; Processing and utilization of small round-bale wrapped silage made from tropical forages; Feed management and significance of storage of roughage for dry season in dairy farming; Eco-physiological characteristics of Erianthus spp. and yield abilities of three forages under conditions of cattle feces application; Effects of dry cattle feces application on soil chemical properties in upland fields in Khon Kaen; Nitrogen cycles in current and improved crop/animal integrated systems in Northeast Thailand.

Book Integrated Livestock fish Farming Systems

Download or read book Integrated Livestock fish Farming Systems written by David Little and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrated farming in Asia is either considered an eco-friendly good that should be preserved for environmental reasons or a poor practice that will soon be superseded by industrial aquaculture. This report finds that most livestock-fish integration is sound business conducted by entrepreneurs accessing urban markets where the price of fish is relatively low. It can be used as part of a strategy to reduce environmental impacts of intensive livestock production and to produce low-cost food. Farmers have proved adept at both developing their systems to meet their own needs and diversifying the role of ponds, fish and livestock within their complex livelihoods.

Book Development  Environment and Sustainable Livelihood

Download or read book Development Environment and Sustainable Livelihood written by Soumyendra Kishore Datta and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-16 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the outcome of an international conference held in the Department of Economics, Burdwan University, in 2013. The major part of the conference had been related to development, environment and livelihood issues which are also in some way linked to the theme of the ongoing DRS project in the Department, pertaining to issues on rural livelihood. The achievement of higher economic growth is one of the principal objectives of current government policies, and involves intensive resource development programmes with equitable access and distribution of output. It is a great challenge for developing countries and the only vehicle which can bring these countries out of poverty. India’s development path is based on its unique resource endowments. As a welfare state, its overriding priority lies in generating its citizens’ wellbeing with the multifarious programmes of eradicating poverty through providing means of earning income for a sustainable livelihood. While a number of programmes have been undertaken by the Government with the aim of eliminating poverty, the purpose of generating an all-round enhanced livelihood opportunity based on the creation of an improved ambience is only partially served by such programmes. The recent focus, therefore, has been on the assets/processes/activity framework concerned with not only poverty reduction, but also promoting sustainable livelihood enhancing strategies and access to assets like human capital, physical assets, social capital, financial capital and natural capital. In terms of the sustainable livelihood framework, livelihood comprises the activities, the assets, the capabilities and the access that combine to determine the standard of living attainable for an individual. A livelihood is deemed to be sustainable when it can absorb unforeseen shocks and recover from stresses and uncertainties, while maintaining or enhancing the capability and asset base both at present and for future periods without distorting the natural resources and creating social unrest. This book is composed of seventeen papers covering the socio- developmental aspects and natural resources connected with the concept of sustainable livelihood, as well as livelihood issues intimately linked with the farm and non-farm sectors and impacted by gender aspect.

Book Doing Development

Download or read book Doing Development written by Richard Holloway and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The absolutely poor, who are mostly rural people, are a large part of the developing world's population and their numbers are growing. Government development programmes, aided by the big donors, have made the poor poorer and have rendered them more powerless in relation to the rest of society. They have done this by sustaining and reinforcing existing exploitative economic, social and political structures. Yet people's movements. religious organizations, voluntary groups, universities and so on have often devised 'alternative' development strategies whose programmes are specifically intended to empower the powerless and selectively enrich the poorest. These groups lack the funds and the political punch to make much more than a dent in the situation. This book brings together some of these workers from the South who describe the problems and provide the answers. They are a challenge to the received 'wisdom' of the North. Originally published in 1989

Book Foreign assistance and related programs appropriations for 1988

Download or read book Foreign assistance and related programs appropriations for 1988 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Foreign Operations and Related Agencies (1981-1987) and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 1496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Voices from the Forest

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  • Author : Malcolm Cairns
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2010-09-30
  • ISBN : 1136522271
  • Pages : 854 pages

Download or read book Voices from the Forest written by Malcolm Cairns and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook of locally based agricultural practices brings together the best of science and farmer experimentation, vividly illustrating the enormous diversity of shifting cultivation systems as well as the power of human ingenuity. Environmentalists have tended to disparage shifting cultivation (sometimes called 'swidden cultivation' or 'slash-and-burn agriculture') as unsustainable due to its supposed role in deforestation and land degradation. However, a growing body of evidence indicates that such indigenous practices, as they have evolved over time, can be highly adaptive to land and ecology. In contrast, 'scientific' agricultural solutions imposed from outside can be far more damaging to the environment. Moreover, these external solutions often fail to recognize the extent to which an agricultural system supports a way of life along with a society's food needs. They do not recognize the degree to which the sustainability of a culture is intimately associated with the sustainability and continuity of its agricultural system. Unprecedented in ambition and scope, Voices from the Forest focuses on successful agricultural strategies of upland farmers. More than 100 scholars from 19 countries--including agricultural economists, ecologists, and anthropologists--collaborated in the analysis of different fallow management typologies, working in conjunction with hundreds of indigenous farmers of different cultures and a broad range of climates, crops, and soil conditions. By sharing this knowledge--and combining it with new scientific and technical advances--the authors hope to make indigenous practices and experience more widely accessible and better understood, not only by researchers and development practitioners, but by other communities of farmers around the world.

Book Integrated Agriculture aquaculture

Download or read book Integrated Agriculture aquaculture written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document is an edited and slightly revised version of a previously published integrated agriculture-aquaculture (IAA) technology information kit. It contains 38 contributions in seven sections, outlining the basic issues and characteristics of IAA systems and making generous use of pictorial drawings and visual representations.