Agroecological Innovations : Increasing Food Production with Participatory Development
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| Autore: |
Uphoff Norman
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| Titolo: |
Agroecological Innovations : Increasing Food Production with Participatory Development
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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