Author: Agricultural Economics Society (Great Britain)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
Proceedings of the Conferences, Agricultural Economics Society
Author: Agricultural Economics Society (Great Britain)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
Journal of Farm Economics
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Includes papers and reports of the American Farm Economic Association.
Insect and Hydroponic Farming in Africa
Author: Dorte VernerPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 1464817677
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Interestingly, some relief from today's woes may come from ancient human practices. While current agri-food production models rely on abundant supplies of water, energy, and arable land and generate significant greenhouse gas emissions in addition to forest and biodiversity loss, past practices point toward more affordable and sustainable paths. Different forms of insect farming and soilless crop farming, or hydroponics, have existed for centuries. In this report the authors make a persuasive case that frontier agriculture, particularly insect and hydroponic farming, can complement conventional agriculture. Both technologies reuse society's agricultural and organic industrial waste to produce nutritious food and animal feed without continuing to deplete the planet's land and water resources, thereby converting the world's wasteful linear food economy into a sustainable, circular food economy. As the report shows, insect and hydroponic farming can create jobs, diversify livelihoods, improve nutrition, and provide many other benefits in African and fragile, conflict-affected countries. Together with other investments in climate-smart agriculture, such as trees on farms, alternate wetting and drying rice systems, conservation agriculture, and sustainable livestock, these technologies are part of a promising menu of solutions that can help countries move their land, food, water, and agriculture systems toward greater sustainability and reduced emissions. This is a key consideration as the World Bank renews its commitment to support countries' climate action plans. This book is the Bank's first attempt to look at insect and hydroponic farming as possible solutions to the world's climate and food and nutrition security crisis and may represent a new chapter in the Bank's evolving efforts to help feed and sustain the planet.
Journal of Farm Economics
Author: Readings in the Economics of Agriculture
Author: American Economic AssociationPublisher: Homewood, Ill. : R. D. Irwin
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
A Small Farm Future
Author: Chris SmajePublisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN: 1603589031
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
A modern classic of the new agrarianism "Chris Smaje...shows that the choice is clear. Either we have a small farm future, or we face collapse and extinction."—Vandana Shiva "Every young person should read this book."—Richard Heinberg In a groundbreaking debut, farmer and social scientist Chris Smaje argues that organizing society around small-scale farming offers the soundest, sanest and most reasonable response to climate change and other crises of civilisation—and will yield humanity’s best chance at survival. Drawing on a vast range of sources from across a multitude of disciplines, A Small Farm Future analyses the complex forces that make societal change inevitable; explains how low-carbon, locally self-reliant agrarian communities can empower us to successfully confront these changes head on; and explores the pathways for delivering this vision politically. Challenging both conventional wisdom and utopian blueprints, A Small Farm Future offers rigorous original analysis of wicked problems and hidden opportunities in a way that illuminates the path toward functional local economies, effective self-provisioning, agricultural diversity and a shared earth. Perfect for readers of both Wendell Berry and Thomas Piketty, A Small Farm Future is a refreshing, new outlook on a way forward for society—and a vital resource for activists, students, policy makers, and anyone looking to enact change.
Economic Problems of Agriculture in Industrial Societies
Author: Ugo PapiPublisher: London : Macmillan ; New York : St. Martin's P
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
Proceedings of Western Farm Economics Association Annual Meeting
Author: Western Agricultural Economics AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
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