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A mixed-methods study of Bambara farming in Mtwara, Tanzania
Boulay, Basile - 2017
Bambara. We show that Bambara is often seen as a vital crop for food consumption and food security, as it is easy to grow and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011667431
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Framework for Assessing Environmental Management in Agriculture
Bachev, Hrabrin - 2012
the forms and efficiency of environmental management in agriculture. First, it defines environmental management as a … environmental management in agriculture as eco-management associated with agricultural production. Second, it specifies spectrum of …. Third, it suggests stages in analysis and improvement of environmental management in agriculture including: identification …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014174325
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Get Green or Get Out : Decoupling Environmental from Economic Objectives in Agricultural Regulation
Chen, James Ming - 2014
argument supposes that agriculture is environmentally benign or even ameliorative. A more fearsome fallacy may not exist …. Agriculture is one of the most resource-depleting economic activities and deserves to be treated accordingly. The microecological … variation on agroecological reasoning favors improving agriculture's environmental performance by reducing farm sizes and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014055790
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Agroecological and Conventional Agricultural Systems : Comparative Analysis of Coffee Farms in Brazil for Sustainable Development
Pronti, Andrea; Coccia, Mario - 2021
A main problem in emerging countries is the reduction of poverty in rural areas with sustainable agricultural systems. This study analyses differences between agroecology (a pattern of sustainable economic development with ecological processes directed to reduce production costs and support...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013229639
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Tradeoffs and complementarities in the adoption of improved seeds, fertilizer, and natural resource management technologies in Kenya
Wainaina, Priscilla; Songporne Tongruksawattana; Qaim, Matin - 2014
There is widespread consensus that agricultural technology has an important role to play for poverty reduction and sustainable development. There is less consensus, however, about the types of technologies that are best suited for smallholder farmers in Africa. While some consider natural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010440838
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Chapter 5. Population, Poverty, and the Natural Environment
Dasgupta, Partha - In: Handbook of environmental economics : volume 1, …, (pp. 191-247). 2003
This chapter studies the interface in poor countries of population growth, rural poverty, and deterioration of the local natural-resource base, a subject that has been much neglected by modern demographers and development economists. The motivations for procreation in rural communities of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014023940
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Total factor productivity, deforestation, and voluntary sustainability standards : evidence from Rwandese coffee farmers
Paz, Bruno; Dalheimer, Bernhard; Wollni, Meike - 2024
environmental consequences associated with food supply. The mechanisms and trade-offs between agriculture and the environment are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015045356
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Inclusive Green Growth and Sustainable Development Through Productive Consumption
Dinda, Soumyananda - 2013
explains sustainable development mechanism through productive consumption. Empirical observations also support this model. This … development, flood control or development of ecosystem services through creation of jobs in the channel of productive consumption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013074613
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Climate policies and nationally determined contributions : reconciling the needed ambition with the political economy
Vogt-Schilb, Adrien; Hallegatte, Stéphane - 2017
Countries have pledged to stabilize global warming at a 1.5 to 2°C increase. Either target requires reaching net zero emissions before the end of the century, which implies a major transformation of the economic system. This paper reviews the literature on how policymakers can design climate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011660858
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Environmental Sustainability and Human Development : A Greening of Human Development Index
Maccari, Norma - 2014
Human Development Index (HDI) is one of the most widely used measure of well-being. The weak point of this index is that it does not take into account the concept of sustainability and, more precisely, it is lacking in the environmental component specification. On the other side of the spectrum,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014146401