نتایج جستجو برای: in sustainable agriculture

تعداد نتایج: 17008038  

2017
Johan Rockström John Williams Gretchen Daily Andrew Noble Nathanial Matthews Line Gordon Hanna Wetterstrand Fabrice DeClerck Mihir Shah Pasquale Steduto Charlotte de Fraiture Nuhu Hatibu Olcay Unver Jeremy Bird Lindiwe Sibanda Jimmy Smith

There is an ongoing debate on what constitutes sustainable intensification of agriculture (SIA). In this paper, we propose that a paradigm for sustainable intensification can be defined and translated into an operational framework for agricultural development. We argue that this paradigm must now be defined-at all scales-in the context of rapidly rising global environmental changes in the Anthr...

2002
Ricardo Ramírez

Guide to readers This paper is organized into 3 main sections: An introductory section provides a history and context for this study. In the first section, a common language or conceptual framework is developed to relate agriculture and food security issues using existing models and frameworks from the literature. The Sustainable Livelihoods (SL) approach is used as the carrier framework wherei...

2009
Mary Story Michael W. Hamm David Wallinga

One hundred leading researchers, practitioners, and advocates in public health, health care, nutrition, obesity, economics, sustainable agriculture, and food systems met at the Airlie Conference Center in April 2009 to discuss creating linkages among food systems, public health, and sustainable agriculture in order to achieve healthier diets, healthier communities, and a healthier planet. Parti...

2003
Ray R. Weil

Sustainability has recently become a buzzword for agricultural programs in education, extension, research, and government policy. For effective communications among those teaching, studying, and practicing agriculture, it is essential that there be some agreement as to the definition of the term sustainable agriculture. The definition should be general enough to accommodate th wide range of agr...

2007
Benjamin K. Acquah

One of the objectives of agricultural development in Botswana is the increase of agricultural productivity in both arable and livestock production in order to increase farm incomes and thus help to make agriculture a sustainable activity. This paper looks at the challenges that Botswana faces in meeting this objective while minimizing any land degradation that may accompany the process of incre...

Journal: :New biotechnology 2010
Drew L Kershen

Agricultural trade between nations is a significant proportion of total international trade. Agricultural trade in transgenic crops faces extra complications due to the existence of domestic and international regimes that focus specifically on agricultural biotechnology. These specialized regimes create legal and commercial challenges for trade in transgenic crops that have significant implicat...

2010
Vonne Lund I. Anna S. Olsson

Several writers on animal ethics defend the abolition of most or all animal agriculture, which they consider an unethical exploitation of sentient non-human animals. However, animal agriculture can also be seen as a co-evolution over thousands of years, that has affected biology and behaviour on the one hand, and quality of life of humans and domestic animals on the other. Furthermore, animals ...

Journal: :Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 2014

Journal: :Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics 2017

نمودار تعداد نتایج جستجو در هر سال

با کلیک روی نمودار نتایج را به سال انتشار فیلتر کنید