Download or read book Sostenibilidad agropecuaria y sistemas de producci n campesinos written by Elcy Corrales Roa and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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.
Download or read book Seminario Internacional sobre el Ambiente written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A New roadmap for the Man and the Biosphere MAB Programme and its World Network of Biosphere Reserves written by UNESCO and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-20 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alternatives for Sustainable Agriculture written by Jürgen Carls and published by Agroamerica. This book was released on 1996 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Sustainability Assessment written by Alan James Bond and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Currently the writing on the subject is limited and comprises, for the most part, guidance documents and completed assessments.
Download or read book Communication for Rural Innovation written by Cees Leeuwis and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important book is the re-titled third edition of the extremely well received and widely used Agricultural Extension (van den Ban & Hawkins, 1988, 1996). Building on the previous editions, Communication for Rural Innovation maintains and adapts the insights and conceptual models of value today, while reflecting many new ideas, angles and modes of thinking concerning how agricultural extension is taught and carried through today. Since the previous edition of the book, the number and type of organisations that apply communicative strategies to foster change and development in agriculture and resource management has become much more varied and this book is aimed at those who use communication to facilitate change in agriculture and resource management. Communication for Rural Innovation is essential reading for process facilitators, communication division personnel, knowledge managers, training officers, consultants, policy makers, extension specialists and managers of agricultural extension or research organisations. The book can also be used as an advanced introduction into issues of communicative intervention at BSc or MSc level.
Download or read book Ecological Principles of Agriculture written by Laura E. Powers and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 2000 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to ecology and ecological principles for agricultural students with no prior coursework in ecology.
Download or read book Transforming the Rural Nonfarm Economy written by Steven Haggblade and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2007-11-16 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contrary to conventional wisdom that equates rural economies with agriculture, rural residents in developing countries often rely heavily on activities other than farming for their income. Indeed, nonfarm work accounts for between one-third and one-half of rural incomes in the developing world. In recent years, accelerating globalization, increasing competition from large businesses, expanding urban markets for rural goods and services, and greater availability of information and communication technology have combined to expose rural nonfarm businesses to new opportunities as well as new risks. By examining these rapid changes in the rural nonfarm economy, international experts explore how the rural nonfarm economy can contribute to overall economic growth in developing countries and how the poor can participate in this rapidly evolving segment of the economy. The authors review an array of recent studies of the rural nonfarm economy in order to summarize existing empirical evidence, explore policy implications, and identify future research priorities. They examine the varied scale, structure, and composition of the rural nonfarm economy, as well as its relationship with agricultural and urban enterprises. And they address key questions about the role of public intervention in the rural nonfarm economy and how the rural poor can participate in and navigate the rapid transition underway in rural areas. The contributors offer new insights to specialists in rural development and to others interested in overall economic development.
Download or read book International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The understanding that some pesticides are more hazardous than others is well established. Recognition of this is reflected by the World Health Organization (WHO) Recommended Classification of Pesticides by Hazard, which was first published in 1975. The document classifies pesticides in one of five hazard classes according to their acute toxicity. In 2002, the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) was introduced, which in addition to acute toxicity also provides classification of chemicals according to their chronic health hazards and environmental hazards.
Download or read book Soil Management and Climate Change written by Maria Angeles Munoz and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soil Management and Climate Change: Effects on Organic Carbon, Nitrogen Dynamics, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions provides a state of the art overview of recent findings and future research challenges regarding physical, chemical and biological processes controlling soil carbon, nitrogen dynamic and greenhouse gas emissions from soils. This book is for students and academics in soil science and environmental science, land managers, public administrators and legislators, and will increase understanding of organic matter preservation in soil and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. Given the central role soil plays on the global carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycles and its impact on greenhouse gas emissions, there is an urgent need to increase our common understanding about sources, mechanisms and processes that regulate organic matter mineralization and stabilization, and to identify those management practices and processes which mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, helping increase organic matter stabilization with suitable supplies of available N. - Provides the latest findings about soil organic matter stabilization and greenhouse gas emissions - Covers the effect of practices and management on soil organic matter stabilization - Includes information for readers to select the most suitable management practices to increase soil organic matter stabilization
Download or read book Land Tenure and Rural Development written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by FAO. This book was released on 2002 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication deals with key issues in land tenure, especially as they relate to food insecurity and rural development situations. Land tenure issues are frequently ignored in rural development interventions, with often long-lasting, negative results. This guide is designed to assist technical officers in governments and civil society in understanding why and how land tenure issues should be considered in rural development projects. It analyses important contexts such as environmental degradation, gender discrimination, and conflicts, where land tenure is currently of critical concern.
Download or read book Metodolog as para la estimaci n de sostenibilidad agropecuaria written by Jorge Armando Fonseca Carreño and published by Sello Editorial UNAD. This book was released on 2018-12-10 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En el documento titulado “Metodologías para la estimación de la sostenibilidad agropecuaria”, los autores en tres capítulos presentan algunas herramientas de diagnóstico de la sustentabilidad agropecuaria, donde inicialmente se hace el abordaje conceptual de las metodologías, la descripción de su estrategia de aplicación en el contexto agropecuario y la explicación de los resultados obtenidos en diferentes trabajos de investigación. En el primer capítulo del documento se presenta la Evaluación de agroecosistemas familiares campesinos mediante indicadores de sustentabilidad, usando para ello el “Marco para la Evaluación de Sistemas de Manejo de Recursos Naturales Incorporando Indicadores de Sustentabilidad (MESMIS)”, que evalúa integralmente los sistemas agrarios, generando una visión dinámica de su estado de desarrollo y conservación, a la vez que permite su análisis y la generación de posibles estrategias de mejora. En el segundo capítulo se presenta la metodología para la estimación de la huella de carbono en actividades agrarias, lo cual constituye un valioso aporte para que este sector avance en el proceso de ajuste tecnológico que le permita estar dentro de parámetros normativos internacionales, se aborda desde los elementos básicos de la emisión de gases de efecto invernadero como causa antrópica del cambio climático, sus efectos sobre los agroecosistemas, los estándares internacionales de estimación de huella de carbono desde la perspectiva del ciclo de vida, para finalmente presentar experiencias de su estimación en el sector agropecuario. En el tercer capítulo se presenta la metodología para la evaluación de la huella hídrica la cual se aborda desde el enfoque del recurso hídrico como base para el desarrollo de las actividades agroalimentarias, la metodología para la evaluación de la huella hídrica como indicador de sustentabilidad, y por último el análisis de la aplicabilidad de la huella hídrica en la evaluación de la sostenibilidad agrícola. Este documento constituye un valioso recurso de consulta para profesionales, asistentes técnicos, estudiantes de ciencias agrarias y ambientales, consultores y productores agropecuarios con interés en dar los primeros pasos en la identificación y aplicación de metodologías para determinar los niveles de sustentabilidad agropecuaria. Proceso “casi” obligatorio para las agroempresas con miras al cumplimiento de la normatividad cada vez más exigente que les permita ingresar a mercados especializados nacionales e internacionales. Esperamos que su lectura constituya la base conceptual y motivacional para profundizar en estos importantes temas agroambientales
