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Displaying 4411 - 4415 of 5073Las cadenas agroindustriales y la diversificación agrícola en El Salvador
Proyecto sobre Promoción de la Integración Social y Económica de los Pequeños y Medianos Agricultores a la Agroindustria
Pequeña agricultura y agroindustria en el Perú
Proyecto sobre Promoción de la Integración Social y Económica de los Pequeños y Medianos Agricultores a la Agroindustria
Impact of human activities and livestock on the African environment: An attempt to partition the pressure
The impact of human endeavours on the environment in the struggle to eke out a living through crop and animal agriculture is examined in a holistic context. Analyses focus on all the sources of pressure that modify the vegetation cover of rural Africa, including the effects of fires and burning of biomass, fuel wood extraction and deforestation and land clearing.
Livestock development strategies for low income countries. Proceedings of a roundtable
This volume contains an executive summary of papers and the discussions on them as well as the reports of working groups and the recommendations of the Roundtable on Livestock Development strategies for Low Income Countries. In addition to the executive summary there is a Keynote paper and two other background papers, two papers on issues, constraints and opportunities for livestock development and five papers on options for increasing livestock's contribution from the major production systems.
Mixed farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa
The important position and role of mixed farming systems in land use intensification in subSaharan Africa is reviewed. This is done by examining the current situation that is followed with a justification for mixed farming. Further sections follow on changing patterns of land use, including the effects of tsetse flies and trypanosomiasis, and on constraints to further crop-livestock integration.