Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789253043194
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Nuevos Conceptos Y Enfoques Para El Manejo de Suelos en Los Tropicos Con Enfasis en Zonas de Ladera (Boletines de Suelos de la Fao)
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789253043194
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Cassava as Animal Feed
Author: Barry NestelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cassava as feed
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
Agroforestry and Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical Landscapes
Author: Götz SchrothPublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1597267449
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 537
Book Description
Agroforestry -- the practice of integrating trees and other large woody perennials on farms and throughout the agricultural landscape -- is increasingly recognized as a useful and promising strategy that diversifies production for greater social, economic, and environmental benefits. Agroforestry and BiodiversityConservation in Tropical Landscapes brings together 46 scientists and practitioners from 13 countries with decades of field experience in tropical regions to explore how agroforestry practices can help promote biodiversity conservation in human-dominated landscapes, to synthesize the current state of knowledge in the field, and to identify areas where further research is needed. Agroforestry and Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical Landscapes is the first comprehensive synthesis of the role of agroforestry systems in conserving biodiversity in tropical landscapes, and contains in-depth review chapters of most agroforestry systems, with examples from many different countries. It is a valuable source of information for scientists, researchers, professors, and students in the fields of conservation biology, resource management, tropical ecology, rural development, agroforestry, and agroecology.
Carbon Sequestration Potential of Agroforestry Systems
Author: B. Mohan KumarPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400716303
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
Tree based production systems abound especially in the tropics. Despite the pervasiveness of such multipurpose “trees-outside-forest” resources, they have not attracted adequate attention in the development paradigms of many nation states. These multispecies production systems impact the ecosystem processes favourably. Yet, our understanding of the diversity attributes and carbon dynamics under agroforestry is not adequate. This book focuses on the role of multispecies production systems involving tree and crop species as a means for carbon sequestration and thereby reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. Sixteen chapters organized into three broad sections titled: Measurement and Estimation, Agrobiodiversity and Tree Management, and Policy and Socioeconomic Aspects represent a cross section of the opportunities and challenges in current research and emerging issues in harnessing carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry systems.
Human Impact on Erosion and Sedimentation
Author: International Association of Hydrological Sciences. Scientific AssemblyPublisher: IAHS Press
ISBN: 9781901502305
Category : Environmental degradation
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Confronting the Coffee Crisis
Author: Christopher M. BaconPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262026333
Category : Coffee industry
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
Explores small-scale farming, the political economy of the global coffee industry, & initiatives that claim to promote more sustainable rural development in coffee-producing communities.
Erosion and Sediment Yield
Author: Richard Frederick HadleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Badland Geomorphology and Piping
Author: Rorke BryanPublisher: Norwich [Norwich] : Geo Books
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
The Economic, Social and Political Elements of Climate Change
Author: Walter Leal FilhoPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642147763
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
A unique feature of this book is its strong practice-oriented nature: it contains a wide range of papers dealing with the social, economic and political aspects of climate change, exemplifying the diversity of approaches to climate change management taking place all over the world, in a way never seen before. In addition, the book describes a number of projects and other initiatives happening in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin American and the Australasian region, providing a profile of the diversity of works taking place today.
Integrating Agriculture, Conservation and Ecotourism: Examples from the Field
Author: W. Bruce CampbellPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400713096
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Issues In Agroecology – Present Status and Future Prospectus not only reviews aspects of ecology, but the ecology of sustainable food production systems, and related societal and cultural values. To provide effective communication regarding status and advances in this field, this series connects with many disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, environmental sciences, ethics, agriculture, economics, ecology, rural development, sustainability, policy and education, and integrations of these general themes so as to provide integrated points of view that will help lead to a more sustainable construction of values than conventional economics alone. Such designs are inherently complex and dynamic, and go beyond the individual farm to include landscapes, communities, and biogeographic regions by emphasizing their unique agricultural and ecological values, and their biological, societal, and cultural components and processes.