Fallow Fields (LP)

Fallow Fields (LP)
Author: Hadley Hoover
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2017-11-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 138734322X

A startling pronouncement changes Dutchville's Wedding-of-the-Decade from predictable to unusual. A furtive letter delivered at the reception generates speculation and dismay. Is anyone even thinking about the bride and groom? It's doubtful!

Voices from the Forest

Voices from the Forest
Author: Malcolm Cairns
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 853
Release: 2010-09-30
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 113652228X

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.

Applications of Systems Approaches at the Farm and Regional Levels

Applications of Systems Approaches at the Farm and Regional Levels
Author: P.S. Teng
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 467
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9401154163

Systems approaches for agricultural development are needed to determine rational strategies for the role of agriculture in national development. Mathematical models and computer simulation provide objective tools for applying science to determine and evaluate options for resource management at field, farm and regional scales. However, these tools would not be fully utilizable without incorporating social and economic dimensions into their application. The second international symposium, Systems Approaches for Agricultural Development, held in Los Baños, 6-8 December 1995, fostered this link between the bio-physical sciences and the social sciences in the choice of keynote papers and oral presentations, a selection of which is included in this book. The book's contents further reflect how systems approaches have definitely moved beyond the research mode into the application mode. The large number and high quality of interdisciplinary research projects reported from different parts of the globe, to determine land use options that will meet multiple goals and yet sustain natural resource bases, is a key indicator of this `coming of age'. At the farm level, where trade-off decisions between processes and products (commodities) feature strongly, much progress is also evident in the development of systems-based tools for decision making. This book will be of particular interest to all agricultural scientists and planners, as well as students interested in multidisciplinary and holistic approaches for agricultural development.

Agricultural Policy Analysis

Agricultural Policy Analysis
Author: Jeevika Weerahewa
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 492
Release: 2022-04-09
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9811632847

This book is centred around various interwoven topics which are fundamental to policy analysis in agriculture. Key concepts and tools that are fundamental for the analysis of agricultural policies and programmes are presented. Key concepts introduced include, the role of the state in a market economy with examples from the Sri Lankan and other developing economies, the international trade environment, and conceptual frameworks for analysing important domestic and international trade policies. It also highlights interconnections among agriculture, development, policy and illustrates the extent to which the agricultural sector contributes in achieving economic growth objectives, equity and equality objectives and environmental objectives. The book takes the readers through the nature of agricultural markets in developing countries, with special emphasis on Sri Lanka, and illustrates how the degree of competitiveness is measured at various market levels using multiple indices and methods. Several tools, with accompanying case studies, for the analysis of policies and programmes are detailed. These tools include the GTAP model, gravity models, extended benefit cost analysis, and linear programming. Tools and models are applied to the analysis of trade policies and agreements, marketing policies, environmental services, extension programmes, land tenure reforms and climate change adaptations. Case studies in relation to the agri-food policy and strategy response to COVID-19 Pandemic are also covered. This book is of interest to public officials working in agricultural planning and agricultural policy, teachers, researchers, agro-economists, capacity builders and policymakers. Also the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of agriculture, development studies, and environmental sciences. National and international agricultural scientists, policy makers will also find this to be a useful read.

Art and Culture of North East India

Art and Culture of North East India
Author: L. P. VIDYARTHI
Publisher: Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Total Pages: 211
Release:
Genre:
ISBN: 8123026692

This book is an outcome of the author's longstanding field work and researches of different parts of western, central and north eastern Himalayas.

OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Poland 2015

OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Poland 2015
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2015-04-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9264227385

This report is the third OECD review of Poland’s environmental performance. It evaluates progress towards sustainable development and green growth, with a focus on forestry and biodiversity, as well as waste and materials management.