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Is There A Role For Agroforestry In Smallholder Farming Systems In The Blue Mountains Of Jamaica The Upper Yallahs Valley A Case Study
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Book Synopsis Is There a Role for Agroforestry in Smallholder Farming Systems in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica? The Upper Yallahs Valley - A Case Study by : Mark Aldrich
Download or read book Is There a Role for Agroforestry in Smallholder Farming Systems in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica? The Upper Yallahs Valley - A Case Study written by Mark Aldrich and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Farming Trees, Banishing Hunger by : Charlie Pye-Smith
Download or read book Farming Trees, Banishing Hunger written by Charlie Pye-Smith and published by World Agroforestry Centre. This book was released on 2008 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Agroforestry for Sustainable Agriculture by :
Download or read book Agroforestry for Sustainable Agriculture written by and published by . This book was released on 2019-11 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agroforestry is increasingly being recognized as a holistic food production system that can have numerous significant environmental, economic, and social benefits. Agriculture shapes our planet in profound ways. Roughly 38% of the land surface of the earth is used to grow food, making agriculture the largest anthropogenic land use. Agroforestry for Sustainable Agriculture reviews the up-to-date research and trends on the role and enactment of key types of agroforestry, and the ecosystem services that agroforestry can provide as well as practices for optimizing the agroforestry practice. In the opening chapter of this book, we examine current organic and conventional agriculture systems and suggest that agroforestry, which is the intentional combination of trees and shrubs with crops or livestock, could be the next step in sustainable agriculture. By implementing systems that mimic nature's functions, agroforestry has the potential to remain productive while supporting a range of ecosystem services. In this chapter, we outline the common practices and products of agroforestry as well as beneficial environmental and social effects. Current efforts to develop a regenerative agriculture certification supply a chance to contemplate Agroforestry's role in furthering regenerative goals. To understand this opportunity, this book examines how agroforestry practices can advance regenerative agriculture's five core environmental concerns: soil fertility and health, water quality, biodiversity, ecosystem health, and carbon sequestration. Further, the book focuses on the potential of tree and shrub legumes in agroforestry systems; coffee agroforestry for sustainability of upper sekampung watershed management; shade trees decrease pest abundances on brassica crops in Kenya; germplasm development of underutilized temperate U.S. tree crops; vulnerability of soil and water in Mediterranean agro-forestry systems; and soil carbon stock in olive groves agroforestry systems under different management and soil characteristics. Additionally, the book presents energy analysis, and carbon and water footprint for environmentally friendly farming practices in agroecosystems and agroforestry. In the last, this book presents a study that examines the economic and social potential of agroforestry systems and the barriers to their widespread adoption, as a land use alternative to swidden cultivation, which may potentially help protect local forest.
Book Synopsis Small Farmers and the Protection of the Watersheds by : David T. Edwards
Download or read book Small Farmers and the Protection of the Watersheds written by David T. Edwards and published by Canoe Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study addresses problems common to many developing countries: how can small farmers with limited resources be encouraged to conserve water and soil under difficult physical conditions, in countries where public sector capacity and financial resources are also limited? The Jamaican case is particularly interesting because natural conditions favour high rates of erosion and considerable efforts have been made over decades to conserve watersheds.
Book Synopsis Agroforestry Systems for Smallholder Upland Farmers in a Land Reform Area of the Phillipines by : Filemon Torres
Download or read book Agroforestry Systems for Smallholder Upland Farmers in a Land Reform Area of the Phillipines written by Filemon Torres and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Role of Trees in Sustainable Agriculture by : Nan Oates
Download or read book The Role of Trees in Sustainable Agriculture written by Nan Oates and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Role of Local Knowledge in Developing Context Sensitive Agroforestry Options for Smallholder Farmers by : Emilie Smith
Download or read book The Role of Local Knowledge in Developing Context Sensitive Agroforestry Options for Smallholder Farmers written by Emilie Smith and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is increasing worldwide interest in agroforestry as a multifunctional land-use strategy that canimprove farm productivity while generating multiple ecosystem services necessary for humanpopulations trying to adapt to and mitigate climate change and restore degraded landscapes.However there are critical knowledge gaps in our scientific understanding of how a diversity ofwoody species under given management practices can be enhanced across different landscapes todeliver a range of these benefits. Reflections on the agenda for scaling up agroforestry suggest thatthere is no 'one size fits all' technology that can be promoted across large areas; instead menus ofoptions have to be tailored to local contextual variations. With the increasing evidence thatsystematic acquisition of local knowledge is a valuable way of complementing scientificinformation, there is an urgent need to develop novel techniques to further elicit local knowledgeand integrate it into all efforts to develop more inclusive agroforestry options, co-designing them tobuild resilience in landscapes and livelihoods. The four papers presented in this thesis draw fromresearch in diverse smallholder landscapes in Sub-Saharan Africa. I used different participatoryresearch methods to explore farmers' tree management practices and knowledge of a diversity oftrees, along with their functions and the agro-ecological interactions at play in land-use andlivelihood dynamics. These contrasting contexts illustrate a diversity of major agricultural systems,encompassing cocoa farming in Côte d'Ivoire, coffee cultivation in Rwanda, and the management ofnative multiple purpose trees in the West African agroforestry parklands in Burkina Faso. The'options-by-context' approach, applied through a multiple stakeholder engagement process toaddress the heterogeneity in the landscape and of land users in eastern Democratic Republic ofCongo (DRC), holds general lessons for scaling up agroforestry.The key findings of the research show that farmers' knowledge about a range of useful native andexotic trees, as well as the contextual variations associated with their management, is rich andcomplementary to science and can be articulated both qualitatively and quantitatively. The novelway of ranking trees by attributes and the explicit probability model, developed and tested in boththe tropical highland context in Rwanda and in the semi-arid parklands in Burkina Faso, was foundto be a quick and cost-effective way of classifying a broad range of trees managed by farmers basedon ecological, management and utility attributes. The tree ranking estimates were consistent and inagreement with scientific assessments when they could be compared, thus allowing predictions forsome of their agroecological effects. This knowledge can be explicitly integrated in tree-planting oragroforestry development initiatives to provide for more objective assessments of how a diverserange of tree species, largely unknown to science but important in farmers' practice, might beexpected to affect farm production and other ecosystem services. The stakeholder engagementapproach used in eastern DRC was innovative as it built on explicit acquisition of local knowledgeto facilitate a systematic consideration of trees at field, farm and landscape scales. This enabled theconsideration of different options, in terms of practices/technologies but also market interventionsand institutional reform against the contexts for which they were relevant (covering ecological,iveconomic, social and cultural factors). We found that this approach led to a change in the attitudesand knowledge around tree planting by stakeholders, with an important shift away from thepromotion of a handful of exotic tree species in woodlots, largely benefiting wealthier men, torecommendations for over 70 tree species, 30 of them native, with management practices thataddressed the needs of women, various ethnic groups and different types of farmers. I conclude thata knowledge-intensive framework is required to design more inclusive, locally adapted anddiversified tree-based options that aim to deliver both environmental and socio-economic benefits toa wider range of stakeholders. This framework explicitly looks at integrating local and scientificknowledge through the facilitation of broad-based stakeholder participation to identify agroforestryoptions for different contexts and the preconditions that may require interventions in the enablingenvironment. The next steps would be to investigate whether, by being sensitive to the needs andcontext of different smallholders, a knowledge-intensive framework leads to more effective scalingup of agroforestry than do conventional approaches to tree planting.
Book Synopsis The Potential of Agroforestry for Peacebuilding the Case of Jonglei, South Sudan by : Paul Wel
Download or read book The Potential of Agroforestry for Peacebuilding the Case of Jonglei, South Sudan written by Paul Wel and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Profitability of Agroforestry in the Medium to Low Rainfall Cropping Zone by :
Download or read book Profitability of Agroforestry in the Medium to Low Rainfall Cropping Zone written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication reports a series of case studies comparing the relative profitability of different agricultural systems incorporating woody crops with conventional agriculture in the dryland cropping zones of Western Australia (WA) and New South Wales (NSW). It uses, as comparators, current agricultural land practices as economic benchmarks. Farming systems incorporating prospective woody crops are compared to these benchmarks to ascertain their commercial viability in the low-medium rainfall agricultural environments. The economic methodology and the spreadsheet developed to evaluate these farming systems have broad application to the evaluation of alternative land uses.
Book Synopsis Globalization, Agriculture and Food in the Caribbean by : Clinton L. Beckford
Download or read book Globalization, Agriculture and Food in the Caribbean written by Clinton L. Beckford and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last decade has seen a growing body of research about globalization and climate change in the Caribbean. This collection is a significant addition to the literature on a topic that is of critical importance to the region. It explores research from a number of Caribbean islands dealing with a range of issues related to agriculture and food in the context of globalization and climate change. Using a broad livelihoods perspective, the impacts on rural livelihoods are explored as well as issues related to community level resilience, adaptability and adaptations. The volume is strengthened by gendered analyses of issues and discussions informed by a diverse range of research methods and methodologies. Scholars of Caribbean studies and studies pertaining to social, cultural, economic and environmental issues facing Small Island Developing States (SIDS) will greatly benefit from this book.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Climate Change and Biodiversity by : Walter Leal Filho
Download or read book Handbook of Climate Change and Biodiversity written by Walter Leal Filho and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book comprehensively describes essential research and projects on climate change and biodiversity. Moreover, it includes contributions on how to promote the climate agenda and biodiversity conservation at the local level. Climate change as a whole and global warming in particular are known to have a negative impact on biodiversity in three main ways. Firstly, increases in temperatures are detrimental to a number of organisms, especially those in sensitive habitats such as coral reefs and rainforests. Secondly, the pressures posed by a changing climate may lead to sets of responses in areas as varied as phenology, range and physiology of living organisms, often leading to changes in their lifecycles (especially but not only in reproduction), losses in productivity or even death. In some cases, the very survival of very sensitive species may be endangered. Thirdly, the impacts of climate change on biodiversity will be felt in the short term with regard to some species and ecosystems, but also in the medium and long term in many biomes. Indeed, if left unchecked, some of these impacts may be irreversible. Many individual governments, financial institutes and international donors are currently spending billions of dollars on projects addressing climate change and biodiversity, but with little coordination. Quite often, the emphasis is on adaptation efforts, with little emphasis on the connections between physio-ecological changes and the lifecycles and metabolisms of fauna and flora, or the influence of poor governance on biodiversity. As such, there is a recognized need to not only better understand the impacts of climate change on biodiversity, but to also identify, test and implement measures aimed at managing the many risks that climate change poses to fauna, flora and micro-organisms. In particular, the question of how to restore and protect ecosystems from the impact of climate change also has to be urgently addressed. This book was written to address this need. The respective papers explore matters related to the use of an ecosystem-based approach to increase local adaptation capacity, consider the significance of a protected areas network in preserving biodiversity in a changing northern European climate, and assess the impacts of climate change on specific species, including wild terrestrial animals. The book also presents a variety of case studies such as the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, the effects of climate change on the biodiversity of Aleppo pine forest in Senalba (Algeria), climate change and biodiversity response in the Niger Delta region, and the effects of forest fires on the biodiversity and the soil characteristics of tropical peatlands in Indonesia. This is a truly interdisciplinary publication, and will benefit all scholars, social movements, practitioners and members of governmental agencies engaged in research and/or executing projects on climate change and biodiversity around the world.
Book Synopsis Coffee Pests, Diseases and Their Management by : J. M. Waller
Download or read book Coffee Pests, Diseases and Their Management written by J. M. Waller and published by CABI. This book was released on 2007 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Price collapse and oversupply have made coffee a high-profile crop in recent years: never has efficient production and crop protection been more important for reducing costs and increasing quality. Packed with illustrations, this book covers the origins, botany, agroecology and worldwide production statistics of coffee, and the insect pests, plant pathogens, nematodes and nutrient deficiencies that afflict it. With emphasis on integrated crop management, this book reviews control measures suitable for any coffee pest or disease and will enable agriculturists to design and implement sustainable pest management systems.
Book Synopsis Climate Change and Food Security by : Elizabeth Thomas Hope
Download or read book Climate Change and Food Security written by Elizabeth Thomas Hope and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-08 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global climatic change has resulted in new and unpredictable patterns of precipitation and temperature, the increased frequency of extreme weather events and rising sea levels. These changes impact all four aspects of food security – availability, accessibility, stability of supply and appropriate nourishment – as well as the entire food system – food production, marketing, processing, distribution and prices. Climate Change and Food Security focuses on the challenge to food security posed by a changing climate. The book brings together many of the critical global concerns of climate change and food security through local cases based on empirical studies undertaken in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean. Focusing on risk reduction and the complex nature of vulnerability to climate change, the book includes chapters on the responsiveness of farmers based on traditional knowledge, as well as the critical phenomenon of food insecurity in the urban setting. Other chapters are devoted to efforts made to strengthen resilience through long-term development, with interventions at the regional and national levels of scale. It also examines cross-cutting themes that underlie the strategies employed to achieve food security, including equity, gender, livelihoods and governance. This edited volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of climate change, food security, environmental management and sustainable development.
Book Synopsis Why Do Governments Divest? by : Alfred Schipke
Download or read book Why Do Governments Divest? written by Alfred Schipke and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On an unprecedented scale, nations at all income levels and across the political spectrum have initiated privatization programs over the past twenty years. In the course of this privatization movement, microeconomic efficiency arguments have become the standard justification for the divestment of public assets. This book presents an alternate view and argues that short-term macroeconomic considerations are often the true motive behind privatization programs. Why Do Government Divest? The Macroeconomics of Privatization is a comprehensive treatment of the macroeconomic issues of privatization. In addition to reviewing topics in economic growth and efficiency, this book explores the fiscal, monetary, balance-of-payments, and employment aspects of privatization. Several diverse case studies illustrate how the pursuit of such short-term political objectives can reduce the benefits of privatization.
Author :Duncan F. M. McGregor Publisher :University of West Indies Press ISBN 13 :9789766402211 Total Pages :389 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (22 download)
Book Synopsis Global Change and Caribbean Vulnerability by : Duncan F. M. McGregor
Download or read book Global Change and Caribbean Vulnerability written by Duncan F. M. McGregor and published by University of West Indies Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Caribbean region is facing many challenges in the early years of the twenty-first century, including global warming, population growth, globalization and trade liberalization. This volume makes a significant contribution to the literature, with a range of authors from geography and other disciplines showing how current research is addressing rapid change in the region. This is the fourth volume in a series published by the University of the West Indies Press that has focused on the search for development strategies that address the social and economic needs of the people without further deterioration of the region's fragile environmental resource base. This volume focuses upon the vulnerabilities of peoples and their environments, and emphasizes the importance of a multidisciplinary approach in this applied research field. Among the issues examined are climate change, sustainable food production systems, urban planning and community development, and coastal management. The editors conclude the volume by developing the critical research agenda on these and other issues. Book jacket.
Book Synopsis The Price of Soil Erosion by : J. de Graaff
Download or read book The Price of Soil Erosion written by J. de Graaff and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Tropical Agroforestry by : Alain Atangana
Download or read book Tropical Agroforestry written by Alain Atangana and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agroforestry is recognized as a sustainable land-use management in the tropics, as it provides environmental-friendly ecosystems; it also provides people with their every day need for food and cash. Since the recognition of agroforestry as a science, curricula have been developed for agroforestry programs for undergraduate and graduate trainings in Universities. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop and make available educational material. This textbook strives to provide up-to-date information on tropical agroforestry to serve as educational material in the tropical context. The authoritative textbook of Nair (1993) on agroforestry was published 18 years ago, and before the advent of tree domestication, an important agroforestry practice today. In addition, many other research activities, such as carbon sequestration and integrated pest management, have been included in the agroforestry agenda. This textbook is intended for agroforestry students, teachers, and practitioners.
