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Improved Fallows In Eastern Zambia History Farmer Practice And Impacts
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Author :Freddie Kwesiga, Steven Franzel, Paramu Mafongoya, Olu Ajayi, Donald Phiri, Roza Katanga, Elias Kuntashula, Frank Place, and Teddy Chirwa. Publisher :Intl Food Policy Res Inst ISBN 13 : Total Pages :81 pages Book Rating :4./5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Improved Fallows in Eastern Zambia: History, Farmer Practice and Impacts by : Freddie Kwesiga, Steven Franzel, Paramu Mafongoya, Olu Ajayi, Donald Phiri, Roza Katanga, Elias Kuntashula, Frank Place, and Teddy Chirwa.
Download or read book Improved Fallows in Eastern Zambia: History, Farmer Practice and Impacts written by Freddie Kwesiga, Steven Franzel, Paramu Mafongoya, Olu Ajayi, Donald Phiri, Roza Katanga, Elias Kuntashula, Frank Place, and Teddy Chirwa. and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Potential Impact of Improved Fallows on Small Farm Livelihoods, Eastern Province, Zambia by : Christina E. Grier
Download or read book Potential Impact of Improved Fallows on Small Farm Livelihoods, Eastern Province, Zambia written by Christina E. Grier and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Frank Place, Steve Franzel, Qureish Noordin, and Bashir Jama Publisher :Intl Food Policy Res Inst ISBN 13 : Total Pages :63 pages Book Rating :4./5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Improved Fallows in Kenya: History, Farmer Practice, and Impacts by : Frank Place, Steve Franzel, Qureish Noordin, and Bashir Jama
Download or read book Improved Fallows in Kenya: History, Farmer Practice, and Impacts written by Frank Place, Steve Franzel, Qureish Noordin, and Bashir Jama and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :P. K. Ramachandran Nair Publisher :Springer Science & Business Media ISBN 13 :9401724245 Total Pages :468 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (17 download)
Book Synopsis New Vistas in Agroforestry by : P. K. Ramachandran Nair
Download or read book New Vistas in Agroforestry written by P. K. Ramachandran Nair and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was in late 2002 that the idea of preparing a collection of multi-authored chapters on different aspects of ag- st forestry as a compendium for the 1 World Congress of Agroforestry, June 2004, was tossed around. With the approval of the idea by the Congress Organizing Committee, serious efforts to make it a reality got under way in early 2003. The rigorously peer-reviewed and edited manuscripts were submitted to the publisher in December 2003. Considering the many differentindividualsinvolved in the task as authors and manuscriptreviewers, we feel quite pleased that the task could be accomplished within this timeframe. We are pleased also about the contents on several counts. First of all, the tropical-temperate mix of topics is a rare feature of a publication of this nature. In spite of the scienti?c commonalities between tropical and temperate practices of agroforestry, the differences between them are so enormous that it is often impossible to mesh them together in one publication. Secondly, several of the chapters are on topics that have not been discussed or described much in agroforestryliterature. A third feature is that some of the authors, though well known in their own disciplinary areas, are somewhat new to agroforestry; the perceptions and outlooks of these scholars who are relatively unin?uenced by the past happenings in agroforestry gives a whole new dimension to agroforestry and broadensthescopeofthesubject. Finally, ratherthanjustreviewingandsummarizingpastwork,mostchapterstake the extra effort in attempting to outline the next steps.
Book Synopsis Agroforestry for Degraded Landscapes by : Jagdish Chander Dagar
Download or read book Agroforestry for Degraded Landscapes written by Jagdish Chander Dagar and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-10-05 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents various aspects of agroforestry research and development, as well as the latest trends in degraded landscape management. Over the last four decades, agroforestry research (particularly on degraded landscapes) has evolved into an essential problem-solving science, e.g. in terms of sustaining agricultural productivity, improving soil health and biodiversity, enhancing ecosystem services, supporting carbon sequestration and mitigating climate change. This book examines temperate and tropical agroforestry systems around the world, focusing on traditional and modern practices and technologies used to rehabilitate degraded lands. It covers the latest research advances, trends and challenges in the utilization and reclamation of degraded lands, e.g. urban and peri-urban agroforestry, reclamation of degraded landscapes, tree-based multi-enterprise agriculture, domestication of high-value halophytes, afforestation of coastal areas, preserving mangroves and much more. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable asset for a broad range of stakeholders including farmers, scientists, researchers, educators, students, development/extension agents, environmentalists, policy/decision makers, and government and non-government organizations.
Book Synopsis Agroforestry by : Jagdish Chander Dagar
Download or read book Agroforestry written by Jagdish Chander Dagar and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-04-06 with total page 869 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agroforestry (AF) is a dynamic, ecologically based, natural resources management system that, by integrating trees on farms, ranches, and in other landscapes, diversifies and increases production and promotes social, economic, and environmental benefits for land users. Further, it is receiving increasing attention as a sustainable land-management option worldwide because of its ecological, economic, and social attributes. Advances have been achieved by building on past research accomplishments and expanding AF’s stakeholder base, which now includes private/public partnerships, communities, ecologists, farmers, indigenous peoples, and policymakers in both temperate and tropical countries. AF has now been recognized as a valuable problem-solving approach to ensuring food security and rebuilding resilient rural environments. Recent studies have shown that more than 1 billion hectares of agricultural land have more than 10% tree cover. Of this area, 160 million hectares have more than 50% tree cover. Agricultural ecosystems can be further improved through AF to achieve environmental restoration, greater farm productivity, and key ecological services, including climate change mitigation and adaptation for improved rural livelihood. In fact, it is largely considered synonymous with climate smart agriculture and a remedy for many modern environmental challenges. Consequently, AF’s knowledge base is being expanded at a rapid rate, as illustrated by the increasing number and quality of scientific publications on various forms and different aspects of AF. This book offers state-of-the-art information on the fundamental concepts and history of AF and its evolution as a science, presenting a wealth of advanced research results and evaluations relating to different aspects of AF. Accordingly, it will be useful for a broad readership, including students, foresters, farmers, local communities, indigenous peoples, civil society institutions, media, policymakers and the general public.
Book Synopsis Adopting Improved Farm Technology by : Rafael Celis
Download or read book Adopting Improved Farm Technology written by Rafael Celis and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 1991 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The physical, institutional and policy environment; The determinants and effects of technology adoption; Determinants of other factors influencing technology adoption.
Author :Regina Birner, Kristin Davis, John Pender, Ephraim Nkonya, Ponniah Anandajayasekeram, Javier Ekboir, Adiel Mbabu, David J. Spielman, Daniela Horna, Samuel Benin, and Marc Cohen Publisher :Intl Food Policy Res Inst ISBN 13 : Total Pages :121 pages Book Rating :4./5 ( download)
Book Synopsis From "Best Practice" to "Best Fit": A Framework for Analyzing Pluralistic Agricultural Advisory Services Worldwide by : Regina Birner, Kristin Davis, John Pender, Ephraim Nkonya, Ponniah Anandajayasekeram, Javier Ekboir, Adiel Mbabu, David J. Spielman, Daniela Horna, Samuel Benin, and Marc Cohen
Download or read book From "Best Practice" to "Best Fit": A Framework for Analyzing Pluralistic Agricultural Advisory Services Worldwide written by Regina Birner, Kristin Davis, John Pender, Ephraim Nkonya, Ponniah Anandajayasekeram, Javier Ekboir, Adiel Mbabu, David J. Spielman, Daniela Horna, Samuel Benin, and Marc Cohen and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Agrarian change in tropical landscapes by : Liz Deakin
Download or read book Agrarian change in tropical landscapes written by Liz Deakin and published by CIFOR. This book was released on 2016-01-25 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agricultural expansion has transformed and fragmented forest habitats at alarming rates across the globe, but particularly so in tropical landscapes. The resulting land-use configurations encompass varying mosaics of tree cover, human settlements and agricultural land units. Meanwhile, global demand for agricultural commodities is at unprecedented levels. The need to feed nine billion people by 2050 in a world of changing food demands is causing increasing agricultural intensification. As such, market-orientated production systems are now increasingly replacing traditional farming practices, but at what cost? The Agrarian Change project, coordinated by the Center for International Forestry Research, explores the conservation, livelihood and food security implications of land-use and agrarian change processes at the landscape scale. This book provides detailed background information on seven multi-functional landscapes in Ethiopia, Cameroon, Indonesia, Nicaragua, Bangladesh, Zambia and Burkina Faso. The focal landscapes were selected as they exhibit various scenarios of changing forest cover, agricultural modification and integration with local and global commodity markets. A standardized research protocol will allow for future comparative analyses between these sites. Each case study chapter provides a comprehensive description of the physical and socioeconomic context of each focal landscape and a structured account of the historical and political drivers of land-use change occurring in the area. Each case study also draws on contemporary information obtained from key informant interviews, focus group discussions and preliminary data collection regarding key topics of interest including: changes in forest cover and dependency on forest products, farming practices, tenure institutions, the role and presence of conservation initiatives, and major economic activities. The follow-on empirical study is already underway in the landscapes described in this book. It examines responses to agrarian change processes at household, farm, village and landscape levels with a focus on poverty levels, food security, dietary diversity and nutrition, agricultural yields, biodiversity, migration and land tenure. This research intends to provide much needed insights into how landscape-scale land-use trajectories manifest in local communities and advance understanding of multi-functional landscapes as socioecological systems.
Book Synopsis World Agroforestry Into the Future by : Dennis P. Garrity
Download or read book World Agroforestry Into the Future written by Dennis P. Garrity and published by World Agroforestry Centre. This book was released on 2006 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Robust Strategies to Isolate the Causal Effect of Improved Fallows on Farmer Welfare and On-farm Environmental Quality in Zambia by : Elias Kuntashula
Download or read book Robust Strategies to Isolate the Causal Effect of Improved Fallows on Farmer Welfare and On-farm Environmental Quality in Zambia written by Elias Kuntashula and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :J. Daniela Horna, Melinda Smale, and Matthias von Oppen Publisher :Intl Food Policy Res Inst ISBN 13 : Total Pages :55 pages Book Rating :4./5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Farmer Willingness to Pay for Seed-Related Information: Rice Varieties in Nigeria and Benin by : J. Daniela Horna, Melinda Smale, and Matthias von Oppen
Download or read book Farmer Willingness to Pay for Seed-Related Information: Rice Varieties in Nigeria and Benin written by J. Daniela Horna, Melinda Smale, and Matthias von Oppen and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Salvatore Di Falco, Jean-Paul Chavas, and Melinda Smale Publisher :Intl Food Policy Res Inst ISBN 13 : Total Pages :47 pages Book Rating :4./5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Farmer Management of Production Risk on Degraded Lands: The Role of Wheat Genetic Diversity in Tigray Region, Ethiopia by : Salvatore Di Falco, Jean-Paul Chavas, and Melinda Smale
Download or read book Farmer Management of Production Risk on Degraded Lands: The Role of Wheat Genetic Diversity in Tigray Region, Ethiopia written by Salvatore Di Falco, Jean-Paul Chavas, and Melinda Smale and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis On Farm Conservation of Rice Biodiversity in Nepal: A Simultaneous Estimation Approach. by : D. Gauchan, M. E. Van Dusen, and M. Smale
Download or read book On Farm Conservation of Rice Biodiversity in Nepal: A Simultaneous Estimation Approach. written by D. Gauchan, M. E. Van Dusen, and M. Smale and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Latha Nagarajan, Melinda Smale, and Paul Glewwe Publisher :Intl Food Policy Res Inst ISBN 13 : Total Pages :48 pages Book Rating :4./5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Comparing Farm and Village-Level Determinants of Millet Diversity in Marginal Environments of India: The Context of Seed Systems by : Latha Nagarajan, Melinda Smale, and Paul Glewwe
Download or read book Comparing Farm and Village-Level Determinants of Millet Diversity in Marginal Environments of India: The Context of Seed Systems written by Latha Nagarajan, Melinda Smale, and Paul Glewwe and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Liangzhi You, Mark W. Rosegrant, Cheng Fang, and Stanley Wood Publisher :Intl Food Policy Res Inst ISBN 13 : Total Pages :30 pages Book Rating :4./5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Impact of Global Warming on Chinese Wheat Productivity. by : Liangzhi You, Mark W. Rosegrant, Cheng Fang, and Stanley Wood
Download or read book Impact of Global Warming on Chinese Wheat Productivity. written by Liangzhi You, Mark W. Rosegrant, Cheng Fang, and Stanley Wood and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Shifting Cultivation and Environmental Change by : Malcolm F. Cairns
Download or read book Shifting Cultivation and Environmental Change written by Malcolm F. Cairns and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-01-09 with total page 1057 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shifting cultivation is one of the oldest forms of subsistence agriculture and is still practised by millions of poor people in the tropics. Typically it involves clearing land (often forest) for the growing of crops for a few years, and then moving on to new sites, leaving the earlier ground fallow to regain its soil fertility. This book 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. Some critics 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, the book shows 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 and local communities. The book focuses on successful agricultural strategies of upland farmers, particularly in south and south-east Asia, and presents over 50 contributions by scholars from around the world and from various disciplines, including agricultural economics, ecology and anthropology. It is a sequel to the much praised "Voices from the Forest: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into Sustainable Upland Farming" (RFF Press, 2007), but all chapters are completely new and there is a greater emphasis on the contemporary challenges of climate change and biodiversity conservation.
