Author: Publisher: IICA
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
Iica: Agriculture and the New Challenges of Development
Author: Agriculture and the new challenges of development
Author: IIca- Canada
Author: Publisher: IICA Biblioteca Venezuela
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
IICA: Food Security in the Americas A New Development Model
Author: IICAs contribution to the development of agriculture and rural communities in the Americas
Author: Getting Agriculture Moving
Author: Arthur Theodore MosherPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural development projects
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
IICA Prepared to meet the challenges of the 21st Century. Focused on people and committed to the future
Author: Publisher: IICA Biblioteca Venezuela
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
The World of Organic Agriculture
Author: Minou Yussefi-MenzlerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136535233
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The new edition of this annual publication (previously published solely by IFOAM and FiBL) documents recent developments in global organic agriculture. It includes contributions from representatives of the organic sector from throughout the world and provides comprehensive organic farming statistics that cover surface area under organic management, numbers of farms and specific information about commodities and land use in organic systems. The book also contains information on the global market of the burgeoning organic sector, the latest developments in organic certification, standards and regulations, and insights into current status and emerging trends for organic agriculture by continent from the worlds foremost experts. For this edition, all statistical data and regional review chapters have been thoroughly updated. Completely new chapters on organic agriculture in the Pacific, on the International Task Force on Harmonization and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture and on organic aquaculture have been added. Published with IFOAM and FiBL
A New Vision for IICA
Author: Climate Change and Agriculture in Jamaica
Author: R. SelvarajuPublisher: Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
ctives of the study are: (i) to review current knowledge on vulnerability, past trends in climate, and impacts of climate variability and change on agriculture sector, and (ii) to explore technical and policy alternatives in order to cope with and adapt to impacts of climate variability and change more effectively. The study identified what the potential impacts are, considered what interventions are appropriate, and if and where they should occur. The scope of the study focused on broader policy directions and investment priorities in relation to climate change adaptation. The first two chapters of this book present overall background on the agriculture sector and vulnerability context. Chapter 2 specifically presents vulnerability of agro-ecosystems and food production systems in both temporal and special dimensions. Chapter 3 elaborates on the nature of climate variability and expected future changes in climate. The past trends in climate were described based on observation, analysi