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  • Social Sciences And Farming Systems Research

    Methodological Perspectives On Agricultural Development

    par Jeffrey R Jones, Ben J Wallace, Robert Booth, Robert E Rhoades ...
    The publication of this book has required the cooperation of many people along the way. From its very conception, the project of bringing together experiences from ongoing Farming Systems Research projects has faced a problem of communication due to the dispersal of the participants. Dr. William Partridge and Lynne Goldstein were instrumental in the initial presentation of the symposium on Social ... En savoir plus

    $86.56 CAD

  • Seeds of Resistance, Seeds of Hope

    Place and Agency in the Conservation of Biodiversity

    Modifié par Virginia D. Nazarea, Robert E. Rhoades, Jenna Andrews-Swann ...
    Food is more than simple sustenance. It feeds our minds as well as our bodies. It nurtures us emotionally as well as physically. It holds memories. In fact, one of the surprising consequences of globalization and urbanization is the expanding web of emotional attachments to farmland, to food growers, and to place. And there is growing affection, too, for home gardening and its “grow your own food” ... En savoir plus

    $41.99 CAD

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  • Coping with Water Scarcity: An Action Framework for Agriculture and Food Security

    par FAOoftheUN ...
    This report aims to provide a conceptual framework to address food security under conditions of water scarcity in agriculture. It has been prepared by a team of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the framework of the project "Coping with water scarcity: the role of agriculture", and has been discussed at an Expert Consultation meeting organized in FAO, Rome in ... En savoir plus

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  • Restoration in Action against Desertification: A Manual for Large-Scale Restoration to Support Rural Communities’ Resilience in the Great Green Wall Programme

    par FAOoftheUN ...
    It serves a dual purpose of consolidating biophysical operations and socio-economic assessments, and is mainly built on five-year interventions and practical experiences gathered through Action Against Desertification.The first part of the publication is a practical manual expressly created for stakeholders, partners, non-governmental organizations and community-based organizations. Its purpose is ... En savoir plus

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  • Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Synthesis for the State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture

    par FAOoftheUN ...
    based largely on information provided in fourteen country reports submitted to FAO as part of the reporting process for the report on The State of the World's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture.Biodiversity for food and agriculture is the diversity of plants, animals and micro-organisms at genetic, species and ecosystem levels, present in and around crop, livestock, forest and aquatic ... En savoir plus

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  • The Peri-Urban Interface

    Approaches to Sustainable Natural and Human Resource Use

    Modifié par Duncan McGregor, David Simon, Donald Thompson ...
    Peri-urban interfaces - the zones where urban and rural areas meet - suffer from the greatest problems to humans caused by rapid urbanization, including intense pressures on resources, slum formation, lack of adequate services such as water and sanitation, poor planning and degradation of farmland. These areas, home to hundreds of millions of people, face unique problems and need distinctive and ... En savoir plus

    $94.81 CAD

  • Sustainable Land Management: Challenges, Opportunities, And Trade-Offs

    par World Bank ...
    Land is the integrating component of all livelihoods depending on farm, forest, rangeland, or water (rivers, lakes, coastal marine) habitats. Due to varying political, social, and economic factors, the heavy use of natural resources to supply a rapidly growing global population and economy has resulted in the unintended mismanagement and degradation of land and ecosystems. Sustainable Land ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD

  • Drip Irrigation for Agriculture

    Untold Stories of Efficiency, Innovation and Development

    Modifié par Jean-Philippe Venot, Marcel Kuper, Margreet Zwarteveen ...
    Collections series Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management
    Initially associated with hi-tech irrigated agriculture, drip irrigation is now being used by a much wider range of farmers in emerging and developing countries. This book documents the enthusiasm, spread and use of drip irrigation systems by smallholders but also some disappointments and disillusion faced in the global South. It explores and explains under which conditions it works, for whom and ... En savoir plus

    $90.68 CAD

  • Climate Change and Threatened Communities eBook

    Vulnerability, Capacity, and Action

    Modifié par Professor A. Peter Castro, Dan Taylor, Professor David W. Brokensha ...
    Global climate change disproportionately affects rural people and indigenous groups, but their rights, knowledge, and interests concerning it are generally unacknowledged. Shifts in precipitation, cloud cover, temperature, and other climatic patterns alter their livelihood pursuits and cultural landscapes, accentuating their existing social and economic marginalization. Planners and researchers of ... En savoir plus

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  • A Twenty-First Century US Water Policy

    par Juliet Christian-Smith, Peter H. Gleick, Heather Cooley, Lucy Allen, Amy Vanderwarker, Kate A. Berry ...
    It is zero hour for a new US water policy! At a time when many countries are adopting new national approaches to water management, the United States still has no cohesive federal policy, and water-related authorities are dispersed across more than 30 agencies. Here, at last, is a vision for what we as a nation need to do to manage our most vital resource. In this book, leading thinkers at world ... En savoir plus

    $33.59 CAD

  • Agriculture in Urban Planning

    Generating Livelihoods and Food Security

    Modifié par Mark Redwood ...
    This volume, by graduate researchers working in urban agriculture, examines concrete strategies to integrate city farming into the urban landscape. Drawing on original field work in cities across the rapidly urbanizing global south, the book examines the contribution of urban agriculture and city farming to livelihoods and food security.Case studies cover food production diversification for robust ... En savoir plus

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  • 2018 The State of the World’s Forests: Forest Pathways to Sustainable Development

    par FAOoftheUN ...
    This edition of The State of the World's Forests is aimed at enhancing our understanding of how forests and their sustainable management contribute to achieving several of the SDGs. Time is running out for the world's forests: we need to work across sectors, bring stakeholders together, and take urgent action.The State of the World's Forests 2018 identifies actions that can be taken to increase ... En savoir plus

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