Author: Publisher: IICA Biblioteca Venezuela
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Balance of the Status and Evolution of Agriculture and the Rural Milieu in the Americas: Challenged and Opportunities for the 21st Century
Author: Publisher: IICA Biblioteca Venezuela
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Rebuilding the Unity of Health and the Environment in Rural America
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309180570
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Throughout much of its history, the United States was predominantly a rural society. The need to provide sustenance resulted in many people settling in areas where food could be raised for their families. Over the past century, however, a quiet shift from a rural to an urban society occurred, such that by 1920, for the first time, more members of our society lived in urban regions than in rural ones. This was made possible by changing agricultural practices. No longer must individuals raise their own food, and the number of person-hours and acreage required to produce food has steadily been decreasing because of technological advances, according to Roundtable member James Merchant of the University of Iowa. The Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Environmental Health Science, Research, and Medicine held a regional workshop at the University of Iowa on November 29 and 30, 2004, to look at rural environmental health issues. Iowa, with its expanse of rural land area, growing agribusiness, aging population, and increasing immigrant population, provided an opportunity to explore environmental health in a region of the country that is not as densely populated. As many workshop participants agreed, the shifting agricultural practices as the country progresses from family operations to large-scale corporate farms will have impacts on environmental health. This report describes and summarizes the participants' presentations to the Roundtable members and the discussions that the members had with the presenters and participants at the workshop.
Agriculture and Development
Author: Gudrun Kochendörfer-LuciusPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821371282
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
The book highlights proceedings from the Berlin 2008: Agriculture and Development conference held in preparation for the World Development Report 2008.
Annual Report 1991 Inter-american Instite for Cooperation on Agriculture Iica
Author: Agroecology and the Struggle for Food Sovereignty in the Americas
Author: Avery CohnPublisher: IIED
ISBN: 1843696010
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Non-Governmental Organizations and the State in Latin America
Author: Anthony BebbingtonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134880154
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Presents twenty specially commissioned case studies of farmer participatory approaches to agricultural innovation initiated by NGOs in Latin America with case material set within the context of NGOs' relations with the State.
106-2 Hearings: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food And Drug Administration, And Related Agencies Appropriations For 2001, Part 7, Etc
Author: Agriculture rural development, and related agencies appropriations for fiscal year 1991
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related AgenciesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Agriculture and the Environment
Author: Ernst LutzPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 9780821342497
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Agriculture in developing countries has been remarkably productive during the last few decades; however, the production levels were achieved at the cost of placing more stress on natural resources and the environment. This volume brings together state-of-the-art applied, practical research related to agriculture, development, and the environment in the developing world. It attempts to distill current knowledge and to summarize it in readable form for development practitioners. Where possible, authors use specific examples to indicate which approaches have worked and which have not, under which conditions, and why.
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2000: Testimony of members of Congress and other interested individuals and organizations
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related AgenciesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description