Author: Jean-Michel Sourisseau Publisher: Editions Quae ISBN: 2759221415 Category : Agriculture Languages : fr Pages : 362
Book Description
Que sont les agricultures familiales ? Quels peuvent être leurs rôles face aux défis de la planète et leurs contributions à un développement durable et plus équitable ? Mode d’organisation dominant de l’agriculture, en particulier dans les pays du Sud, l’agriculture familiale est aussi une agriculture de demain. Les Nations unies, en décrétant 2014 « Année internationale de l’agriculture familiale », placent cette forme de production au centre des débats sur le développement agricole. Ceux-ci sont souvent réduits à une opposition entre l’essor d’une agriculture de firme, soi-disant performante parce que relevant de processus industriels de production de masse destinée aux marchés, et le maintien d’une agriculture familiale fondée sur la proximité entre famille et exploitation. Les auteurs de cet ouvrage souhaitent enrichir ces débats pour dépasser les stéréotypes, souvent exprimés en termes de « agricultures de petite taille, de subsistance, paysanne… ». Les résultats de la recherche démontrent la formidable adaptabilité des agricultures familiales et leur capacité à répondre aux grands enjeux de demain, mais n’occultent pas pour autant leurs limites. Aux niveaux national et international, les auteurs interrogent les choix de société et de trajectoire de développement, ainsi que les rôles que l’agriculture devra y jouer. Ils plaident pour un réengagement des politiques publiques en faveur des agricultures familiales des pays du Sud et soulignent l’importance de prévoir des actions ciblées et adaptées aux spécificités du caractère familial des modèles agricoles. Mais ils insistent surtout sur le besoin de dépasser des logiques strictement sectorielles, en plaçant les agricultures familiales au cœur d’un projet économique et social plus large. Cet ouvrage, issu d’un travail collaboratif conduit par le Cirad, consacre trois décennies de recherches sur ce sujet. Il intéressera les chercheurs, enseignants et étudiants, et les acteurs des instances nationales et internationales liées au développement des pays du Sud.
Author: Danièle Clavel Publisher: Springer ISBN: 9401791244 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 84
Book Description
Successive food, economic and environmental crises have prompted the world Agricultural Research for Development (ARD) bodies to spring into action. Faced with the clear failure of public development aid to reduce inequalities and hunger, especially in Africa, wide consensus has been achieved from the World Bank to the G8 via the UN, the European Union and the African Union these past five years on the need to improve agricultural production through sustainable rural development which shows respect for Man and Nature. The ARD has set itself the goal of supporting the implementation of technical, social and institutional responses to sustainable development through a partnership encouraging the pooling of knowledge, increased skills and the autonomy of key players.
Author: Emmanuel Torquebiau Publisher: Springer ISBN: 9401774625 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 355
Book Description
In recent years, especially with the approach of the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris in late 2015, the number of publications, conferences and meetings on climate change has been growing exponentially. Yet uncertainties remain concerning rural tropical areas where models are forecasting the onset of multiple disorders and trends are unclear. Meanwhile, the impact of climate change on the poorest communities is regularly documented, often prompting alarmist reactions. How can food security be achieved while adapting to and mitigating climate change? What are the main threats to agriculture in developing countries? How do farmers in these countries cope with the threats? What does agricultural research propose? What options have yet to be investigated? A broad scope of scientific research is underway to address these challenges. Diverse solutions are available, including new agricultural practices, water management, agricultural waste recycling, diagnosis of emerging diseases, payment for ecosystem services, etc. Gaining insight into the financial and political mechanisms that underlie international climate negotiations is also essential to design practical ways to deal with climate issues and meet sustainable development requirements in collaboration with farmers. This book pools the wealth of experience of dozens of researchers and development officers from a range of disciplines. We have focused on making it detailed, accurate and hopefully easy to read for researchers, students and all other informed readers.
Author: Vlad Petre Glăveanu Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 3030909131 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 1812
Book Description
The Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Possible represents a comprehensive resource for researchers and practitioners interested in an emerging multidisciplinary area within psychology and the social sciences: the study of how we engage with and cultivate the possible within self, society and culture. Far from being opposed either to the actual or the real, the possible engages with concrete facts and experiences, with the result of transforming them. This encyclopedia examines the notion of the possible and the concepts associated with it from standpoints within psychology, philosophy, sociology, neuroscience and logic, as well as multidisciplinary fields of research including anticipation studies, future studies, complexity theory and creativity research. Presenting multiple perspectives on the possible, the authors consider the distinct social, cultural and psychological processes - e.g., imagination, counterfactual thinking, wonder, play, inspiration, and many others - that define our engagement with new possibilities in domains as diverse as the arts, design and business.
Author: Maria Cristina Paciello Publisher: Edizioni Nuova Cultura ISBN: 8868125080 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 336
Book Description
Sustainable agrocolture and food security are of particular concern for the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and represent one of the biggest challenges facing the area. As a consequence of the region’s heavy reliance on food imports, the sharp increase in food prices since 2007 and the consequent world food crisis has had macro-economic problems (inflation, trade deficits, fiscal pressure), increased poverty and political instability. This challenge, coupled with the consequences of environmental degradation, water scarcity, urbanization and climate stress, call for the urgent development of sustainable agriculture has mostly been ignored in Euro-Mediterranean relations, due to strong opposition from the EU. However, academics and policymakers have increasingly acknowlendged that agriculture that needs to be placed at the core of Euro-Mediterranean regional cooperation. Given the sensitiveness and strategic importance of agriculture for both shores of the Mediterranean, the IAI and the OCP Policy Center jointly organized a two-day conference in Rabat on November 20-21, 2014, to discuss food security and agriculture challeges in the framework of Euro-Mediterranean relations. The present colume collects the updated and revised versions of the twelve papers that were discussed in that meeting.
Author: Ludovic Temple Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1119522595 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 147
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This book investigates the interactions between different shifts in innovation models. It underlines ecological conditions and production intensification in the agriculture sector. In total six innovation processes were analyzed in different countries such as Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Haiti, Madagascar and Senegal. The similarities between these case studies are that they all demonstrate that sustainable and sufficient network between actors of the innovation are particularly useful for the development of agricultural innovation systems. The different papers demonstrate that there is a need for more commitment of public policy in innovation processes.
Author: Manoj Kumar Jhariya Publisher: Elsevier ISBN: 0323958753 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 460
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Agroforestry for Carbon and Ecosystem Management is a comprehensive overview of current research, issues, challenges, and case studies in the area of agroforestry. It focuses specifically on carbon source-sink relationship and management through agroforestry practices with the goal of improving overall environmental sustainability. Through expert insights and case studies, the book promotes carbon management, greenhouse gas emission reduction, forest, and ecosystem services management along with relevant sustainable approaches for natural resources conservation. It provides insight into novel approaches for natural resource management, with specific attention given to technologies related to carbon capture and management. Agroforestry for Carbon and Ecosystem Management also proposes possible polices and plans for future research and implementation, the latest updates in the area of agroforestry research for sustainability, developments in carbon dynamics and management, addresses the knowledge gap in relation to agroforestry, sustainability and agroecosystem management and explores the application of remote sensing and geospatial technology for agroforestry management. Presents the latest insights in agroforestry and ecosystem management to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) for a green future Includes both theoretical and practical approaches to agroforestry practices Presents expert insights on the multidisciplinary challenges and opportunities of agroforestry for carbon and other ecological impacts Explores the integration of technological interfaces for improving the potential of agroforestry practices
Author: Jean-Michel Sourisseau
Author: Danièle Clavel
Author: Emmanuel Torquebiau
Author: Vlad Petre Glăveanu
Author: Maria Cristina Paciello
Author: Ludovic Temple
Author: Manoj Kumar Jhariya
Author: Jean-Michel Sourisseau
Author: International Federation of Agricultural Producers
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