Author: John Ellwood JacksonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Export marketing
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Smallholder Horticulture in Zimbabwe
Author: John Ellwood JacksonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Export marketing
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Rabbit Production
Author: George Streator TempletonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rabbits
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
R.B.
Author: Conducting Research in Conservation
Author: Helen NewingPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136934391
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
Conducting Research in Conservation is the first textbook on social science research methods written specifically for use in the expanding and increasingly multidisciplinary field of environmental conservation. The first section on planning a research project includes chapters on the need for social science research in conservation, defining a research topic, methodology, and sampling. Section two focuses on practical issues in carrying out fieldwork with local communities, from fieldwork preparation and data collection to the relationships between the researcher and the study community. Section three provides an in-depth focus on a range of social science methods including standard qualitative and quantitative methods such as participant observation, interviewing and questionnaires, and more advanced methods, such as ethnobiological methods for documenting local environmental knowledge and change, and participatory methods such as the ‘PRA’ toolbox. Section four then demonstrates how to analyze social science data qualitatively and quantitatively; and the final section outlines the writing-up process and what should happen after the end of the formal research project. This book is a comprehensive and accessible guide to social science research methods for students of conservation related subjects and practitioners trained in the natural sciences. It features practical worldwide examples of conservation-related research in different ecosystems such as forests; grasslands; marine and riverine systems; and farmland. Boxes provide definitions of key terms, practical tips, and brief narratives from students and practitioners describe the practical issues that they have faced in the field.
Environmental Resilience
Author: Percy ToriroPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9811603057
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
This book discusses the production, distribution, regulatory and management frameworks that affect food in urban settings. It plugs a gap in knowledge especially in the sub-Saharan Africa region where food, despite its critical importance, has been ignored as a ‘determinant of success’ in the planning and management of cities and towns. The various chapters in the book demonstrate how urban populations in Zimbabwe and elsewhere have often devised ways to produce own food to supplement on their incomes. Food is produced largely by way of urban agriculture or imported from the countryside and sold in both formal and informal stores and stalls. The book shows how in spite of the important space food occupies in the lives of all city residents, the planning and regulatory framework does not facilitate the better performance of food systems.
Growing Greener Cities in Africa
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsPublisher: Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
The Second Global Plan of Action addresses new challenges, such as climate change and food insecurity, as well as novel opportunities, including information, communication and molecular methodologies. It contains 18 priority activities organized in four main groups: In situ conservation and management; Ex situ conservation; Sustainable use; and Building sustainable institutional and human capacities.
Production and Marketing of Horticultural Crops in Zimbabwe
Author: Anne Daniel TurnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Farms, Small
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Household Livelihoods in Semi-arid Regions: Options and Constraints
Author: B.M. CampbellPublisher: CIFOR
ISBN: 9798764781
Category : Arid regions
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
The study sites. Methods. The wealth index and its variation. Human, financial, physical and natural capital - the essets available to households. Households productive activities - the generation of cash and subsistence gross income. Exploring household strategies. Net income and poverty. Temporal changes in livelihood strategies. Modelling livelihood change. Making a difference.
Economic Performance of Smallholder Farmers Using Alternative Vertical Coordination Mechanisms for Horticultural Crops
Author: Vongai KandiwaFarming Systems and Poverty
Author: John A. DixonPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251046272
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
A joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the main farming systems of the six major developing regions of the world.