Resource-Conserving Agriculture Increases Yields in Developing Countries

Resource-Conserving Agriculture Increases Yields in Developing Countries

J . N . P R E T T Y , * , † A . D . N O B L E , ‡ D . B O S S I O , § J . D I X O N , | R . E . H I N E , † F . W . T . P E N N I N G D E V R I E S , ⊥ A N D J . I . L . M O R I S O N † Department of Biological Sciences and Centre for Environment and Society, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, U.K., International Water Management Institute (IWMI), P.O. Box 1025, Kasetsart U...

Resource-conserving agriculture increases yields in developing countries.

Despite great recent progress, hunger and poverty remain widespread and agriculturally driven environmental damage is widely prevalent. The idea of agricultural sustainability centers on the need to develop technologies and practices that do not have adverse effects on environmental goods and services, and that lead to improvements in food productivity. Here we show the extent to which 286 rece...

The Plundering of Agriculture in Developing Countries

Developing Index-Based Insurance for Agriculture in Developing Countries

The spectrum of risks that affect the income of agricultural producers and agribusinesses is quite broad. The two predominant risks are: price risk, reflecting variations in market prices for agricultural commodities and production inputs; and production risk, which encompasses variations in the volume or quality of the commodity produced. This note focuses on one of the most pervasive producti...

Food security in the context of energy and resource depletion: Sustainable agriculture in developing countries

Food insecurity remains high in most of sub-Saharan African. That insecurity is made even more acute by the increasing scarcity and degradation of natural resources. Low soil fertility is a consistent problem faced by agriculturalists and herders. The dominant international thrust to increase food production has been to stimulate trade, enhanced by technology and its transfer. While internation...