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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 …
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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 …
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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...
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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 …
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understanding of the agriculture-poverty-environment nexus – defined as the set of complex linkages between agriculture, poverty and …
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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...
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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...
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related policies, this chapter looks at the commercialization of smallholder agriculture and, in particular, the need to … have from largely subsistence-oriented to market-oriented agriculture. This development began in Thailand earlier than in … Vietnam, but during the 2000s, smallholder agriculture in Vietnam also commercialized at a rapid rate, leading to an increase …
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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...
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This paper addresses the question whether the features of the post-war process of globalisation are consistent with the social and environmental requirements of sustainable development. To this end the post-war period is articulated in two phases: the Bretton Wood period (1945-1971) and the...
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