Jobs in Sustainable Agriculture

Jobs in Sustainable Agriculture
Author: Paula Johanson
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2010-01-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1435835689

Provides information on careers in agriculture that promote ecological preservation, discussing employers, working conditions, workplaces, and training.

A Nation of Farmers

A Nation of Farmers
Author: Sharon Astyk
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2009-04-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1550924265

Once we could fill our grocery carts with cheap and plentiful food, but not anymore. Cheap food has gone the way of cheap oil. Climate change is already reducing crop yields worldwide. The cost of flying in food from far away and shipping it across the country in refrigerated trucks is rapidly becoming unviable. Cars and cows increasingly devour grain harvests, sending prices skyrocketing. More Americans than ever before require food stamps and food pantries just to get by, and a worldwide food crisis is unfolding, overseas and in our kitchens. We can keep hunger from stalking our families, but doing so will require a fundamental shift in our approach to field and table. A Nation of Farmers examines the limits and dangers of the globalized food system and how returning to basics is our best hope. The book includes in-depth guidelines for: Creating resilient local food systems Growing, cooking and eating sustainably and naturally Becoming part of the solution to the food crisis. The book argues that we need to make self-provisioning, once the most ordinary of human activities, central to our lives. The results will be better food, better health, better security and freedom from corporations that don't have our interests at heart. Critical reading for anyone who eats and cares about high-quality food and food sources.

Sustainable Food and Agriculture

Sustainable Food and Agriculture
Author: Clayton Campanhola
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 611
Release: 2018-11-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0128121351

Sustainable Food and Agriculture: An Integrated Approach is the first book to look at the imminent threats to sustainable food security through a cross-sectoral lens. As the world faces food supply challenges posed by the declining growth rate of agricultural productivity, accelerated deterioration of quantity and quality of natural resources that underpin agricultural production, climate change, and hunger, poverty and malnutrition, a multi-faced understanding is key to identifying practical solutions. This book gives stakeholders a common vision, concept and methods that are based on proven and widely agreed strategies for continuous improvement in sustainability at different scales. While information on policies and technologies that would enhance productivity and sustainability of individual agricultural sectors is available to some extent, literature is practically devoid of information and experiences for countries and communities considering a comprehensive approach (cross-sectoral policies, strategies and technologies) to SFA. This book is the first effort to fill this gap, providing information on proven options for enhancing productivity, profitability, equity and environmental sustainability of individual sectors and, in addition, how to identify opportunities and actions for exploiting cross-sectoral synergies. - Provides proven options of integrated technologies and policies, helping new programs identify appropriate existing programs - Presents mechanisms/tools for balancing trade-offs and proposes indicators to facilitate decision-making and progress measurement - Positions a comprehensive and informed review of issues in one place for effective education, comparison and evaluation

The ECO Guide to Careers that Make a Difference

The ECO Guide to Careers that Make a Difference
Author: Environmental Careers Organization
Publisher:
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2004-11-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

ECO Guide immerses you in the strategies and tactics that leading edge professionals are using to tackle pressing problems and create innovative solutions.

Jobs in Sustainable Agriculture

Jobs in Sustainable Agriculture
Author: Paula Johanson
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2010-01-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1448801273

Provides information on careers in agriculture that promote ecological preservation, discussing employers, working conditions, workplaces, and training.

Being "agricool": Supporting ASEAN youth and tertiary student futures for sustainable agrifood system learning and livelihoods to meet the Sustainable Development Goals

Being
Author: Nelles, W., Ferrand, P. (eds.)
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 15
Release: 2021-12-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9251355258

This policy brief is one in a series led by Chulalongkorn University with support from the Office of the Higher Education Commission, Ministry of Education, Thailand, in partnership with FAO. The series was initiated to support the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Work Plan on Education, 2016–2020 implementation while Thailand was Chair of ASEAN in 2019 under the theme: “Advancing Partnership for Sustainability.” The Briefs offer critical interdisciplinary perspectives on agri-food systems from social and sustainability sciences. They are fully aligned with the regional initiative on Food System Transformation and are meant to support the work engaged with ASEAN. This brief focuses on the need for HEIs, international agencies, regional organizations and governments in Southeast Asia to do more to assist youth and tertiary students by providing adequate programmes, curricula, research and extension services. It highlights that it is critical to consider youth as an active partner and to fully include them in better documenting and evaluating youth and student issues while scaling-up best practices. It advocates for improved university services in rural communities to catalyze a paradigm shift from industrial agriculture to diversified agro-ecological systems.

Extraordinary Jobs in Agriculture and Nature

Extraordinary Jobs in Agriculture and Nature
Author: Alecia T. Devantier
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2006
Genre: Agriculture
ISBN: 143811169X

Ever wonder who wrangles the animals during a movie shoot? What it takes to be a brewmaster? How that play-by-play announcer got his job? What it is like to be a secret shopper? The new.

Developing Sustainable Agriculture and Community

Developing Sustainable Agriculture and Community
Author: Lionel J. "Bo" Beaulieu
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2014-01-21
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1317850602

This book illustrates the ways in which communities can strengthen the links and set the stage for long-term partnerships between sustainable agriculture and sustainable rural community development initiatives. It provides lessons learned, first, from the community development literature that can help shape sustainable agriculture strategies, and second, from the sustainable agriculture literature that can prove useful in moulding sound and effective community development strategies. The threads that weave the chapters together is the commitment to a building and expanding the community capital resources that have important bearing on the sustainability of agriculture and the broader community of which it is a part. Certainly, the success of the agriculture/community partnerships is rooted in one critical ingredient – "social capital." To be effective over the long-term, sustainable development depends on a network of people, drawn from a wide array of interests, who have a strong trusting relationship with one another, and who are willing to work together in responding to the economic, environmental, and social challenges facing agriculture and community alike. At the same time, strategies that work to strengthen the stock of all seven types of community capitals are important to pursue. It is balanced investments in all seven types of community capitals that will contribute to the emergence of "community agency" -- the ability of local people to act in a proactive manner in managing, utilizing, and enhancing local resources. With the emergence of "community agency," an important step in the pursuit of a sustainable future for both agriculture and community is possible. This book was published as a special issue of Community Development.

Ecotrain Green Career Guide

Ecotrain Green Career Guide
Author:
Publisher: Ecotrain Media Group
Total Pages: 121
Release: 2009-09
Genre:
ISBN: 0615322522

Ecotrain Green Career Guide#13;#13;#13;#13;Ecotrain Media Group presents the most comprehensive green career and business guide in the world. Co-founder provides 17 years of personal interest in ?sustainability,? and green research into a green career resource with over 125 pages of useful information, directories, and green industry contacts. Our guide will save you thousands of hours of personal research, time and money allowing you to spend your time landing that green job, green career, or green project first. Ecotrain Green Career Guide is for Individuals, Educators, Business, and Entrepreneurs.#13;#13;#13;#13;Ecotrain Green Career Guide provides 3 sections vital to your success no matter who, what, when, how, and where you are at in your transition to a GREEN future.#13;#13;#13;#13;Green Industry and Employment Breakdowns pp. 6-65#13;#13;This comprehensive section will step you through a non biased approach and summary background to the growing cleantech economy, and five industry sectors: the 1) Green Economy as a whole, 2) Renewable Energy, 3) Green Building

Sustainable Agriculture Systems and Technologies

Sustainable Agriculture Systems and Technologies
Author: Pavan Kumar
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2022-03-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1119808553

Sustainable Agriculture Systems and Technologies A robust treatment of traditional and new techniques in sustainable agriculture In Sustainable Agriculture Systems and Technologies, a team of distinguished researchers delivers an up-to-date and comprehensive exploration of sustainable agriculture and its relationship to the drivers of climate change. Along with robust examinations of food security and the agrarian livelihood, the book covers the impact of climate change and variability on agriculture, water management in agricultural systems, and precision agriculture. This book represents a significant contribution to the scientific understanding of the application of technologies that address food insecurity and climate change through sustainable productivity, system diversification, irrigation practices, crop modeling, data analytics, and agricultural policy. It also explores the risks and benefits of different agricultural systems under changing climate scenarios. The book also offers: A thorough introduction to agriculture and food security, including the diversification of ecosystems and the impact of Covid-19 lockdowns on food security and smallholder agricultural systems Comprehensive explorations of crop diversification and the impacts of climate variability on food security in Indonesia Practical discussions of water conservation agriculture and the quality of irrigation water for sustainable agriculture development in India In-depth examinations of geoinformatics, artificial intelligence, sensor technology, and big data Perfect for academics, scientists, environmentalists, and environmental consultants, Sustainable Agriculture Systems and Technologies will also earn a place in the libraries of computing experts working in the field of agricultural science.