1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910691886803321

Autore

Saunders-Newton Desmond K

Titolo

Effects-based operations [[electronic resource] ] : building the analytic tools / / by Desmond Saunders-Newton and Aaron B. Frank

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.] : , : Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University, , [2002]

Collana

Defense horizons ; ; no. 19

Altri autori (Persone)

FrankAaron B

Soggetti

Military planning - United States

Operational art (Military science)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"October 2002."

Title from title screen.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910955007703321

Titolo

Agroecological innovations : increasing food production with participatory development / / edited by Norman Uphoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Sterling, VA, : Earthscan Publications, 2002

ISBN

1-136-57197-3

1-84977-044-1

1-136-57198-1

1-280-47641-9

9786610476411

600-00-0244-0

1-4175-2250-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

UphoffNorman Thomas

Disciplina

338.1/6

Soggetti

Agricultural ecology

Agricultural innovations

Agricultural productivity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-294) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Agroecological Innovations: Increasing Food Production with Participatory Development; Copytight; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Contributors; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction; PART 1 ISSUES FOR ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION; Chapter 1 The Agricultural Development Challenges We Face; Chapter 2 Rethinking Agriculture for New Opportunities; Chapter 3 Agroecological Principles for Sustainable Agriculture; Chapter 4 Social and Human Capital for Sustainable Agriculture; Chapter 5 Economic Conditions for Sustainable Agricultural Intensification

Chapter 6 Can a More Agroecological Agriculture Feed a Growing World Population? PART 2 EXPERIENCES FROM AFRICA, LATIN AMERICA AND ASIA; Africa; Chapter 7 The Evolution of Agroecological Methods and the Influence of Markets: Case Studies from Kenya and Nigeria; Chapter 8 Benefits from Agroforestry in Africa, with Examples from Kenya and Zambia; Chapter 9 Realizing the Potential of Integrated Aquaculture:



Evidence from Malawi; Chapter 10 Management of Organic Inputs to Increase Food Production in Senegal

Chapter 11 Combining Traditional and New Knowledge to Improve Food Security in the Sahelian Zone of MaliChapter 12 Opportunities for Raising Yields by Changing Management Practices: The System of Rice Intensification in Madagascar; Latin America; Chapter 13 Increasing Productivity through Agroecological Approaches in Central America: Experiences from Hillside Agriculture; Chapter 14 Raising Smallholder Crop and Livestock Production in Andean Mountain Regions; Chapter 15 The Spread and Benefits of No-till Agriculture in Paraná State, Brazil; Asia

Chapter 16 Diversifying Rice-based Farming Systems and Empowering Farmers in Bangladesh Using the Farmer Field-school Approach Chapter 17 Integrated Pest and Crop Management in Sri Lanka; Chapter 18 Increasing the Scope for Food Crop Production on Sloping Lands in Asia: Contour Farming with Natural Vegetative Strips in the Philippines; PART 3 ADVANCING AGROECOLOGICAL AGRICULTURE WITH PARTICIPATORY PRACTICES; Chapter 19 Exploiting Interactions Between Planned and Unplanned Diversity in Agroecosystems: What do We Need to Know?; Chapter 20 Human Dimensions of Agroecological Development

Chapter 21 Institutional Changes and Policy Reforms Chapter 22 A More Productive Synthesis for Agriculture; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Annotation