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Agroecological Innovations : Increasing Food Production with Participatory Development



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Autore: Uphoff Norman Visualizza persona
Titolo: Agroecological Innovations : Increasing Food Production with Participatory Development Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Routledge, Jan. 2002
Florence, : Taylor & Francis Group [distributor]
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (330 p.)
Disciplina: 338.1/6
Soggetto topico: Agricultural ecology
Agricultural innovations
Agricultural productivity
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
Titolo autorizzato: Agroecological Innovations  Visualizza cluster
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
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910780317003321
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