Comparative agriculture by Cochet, Hubert

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The bioeconomy approach : constraints and opportunities for sustainable development

Table of Contents: “…The bioeconomy approach and sustainable development / Udaya Sekhar Nagothu, Takanori Nagano -- Sustainable biomass production from oceans and potential for circular bioeconomy / Trond Rafoss, Udaya Sekhar Nagothu -- Land and ocean connection through iron transport by rivers -- a case of the Amur-Okhotsk ecosystem (Giant Fish-Breeding Forest) / Takeo Onishi, Takayuki Shiraiwa -- Evaluating local sustainability including ecosystem services provided by rural areas to cities to promote bioeconomy / Tohru Nakashizuka, Kunihiko Kobayashi, Rei Shibata, Masahiro Aiba, Takahiro Sasai, Michio Oguro, Hiroko Kurokawa, Shunsuke Managi -- Transition towards bio-based economy in small-scale agriculture in sub Saharan Africa through sustainable intensification / Mehreteab Tesfai, Giacomo Branca, Luca Cacchiarelli, Chiara Perelli, Udaya Sekhar Nagothu -- Save and Grow: Sustainable Intensification of Crop Production and Innovative Market Linkages for Building Resilient Rural Economies in the Greater Mekong Subregion / Jan Willem Ketelaar, Alma Linda M Abubakar, Avakat Phasouysaingam, Vornthalom Chanthavong, Ngo Tien Dung, Mayling Flores Rojas, Abha Mishra and Peter Sprang -- Protected Cultivation of Vegetables in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Scope and impacts / Hugo Despretz, Thibault Nordey, Armel Clement Goudjo Mensah -- Mediterranean Anthroscapes: A Bioeconomy Domain for a Sustainable Land Use / Erhan Akca, Suha Berberoglu, Takanori Nagano, Selim Kapur -- Centrum Wood Vision: creating new value chains for sustainable woods management in Japan / Takanori Nagano, Yuka Bando, Yutaka Okano, Daisuke Maki, Takahiro Ueyama -- Promoting sustainable biogas technology development through integrated food and energy systems / Roar Linjordet, Divina Gracia P. …”
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Agricultural innovation systems : an investment sourcebook.

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Agricultural sustainability : progress and prospects in crop research

Table of Contents: “…Dhaliwal -- Nutrient-focused processing of rice / Nadina Müller-Fischer -- Virus resistance breeding in cool season food legumes : integrating traditional and molecular approaches / Shalu Jain, Kevin McPhee, Ajay Kumar, Reyazul Rouf Mir and Ravinder Singh -- Talking agricultural sustainability issues : an interview with Dr. …”
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Food system sustainability : insights from duALIne

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Food in the context of sustainable development; The objective of duALIne (sustainability of food systems faced with new challenges); Scope of the project; Organisation of this book; 1 Context: new challenges for food systems; 1.1 Demographics and uncertainties; 1.2 The challenge of global food security; 1.3 Climate change; 1.4 Impacts of food systems on the environment; 1.5 Limited resources: the energy challenge; 1.6 Nutritional trends (accelerated in emerging countries); 1.7 The health challenge.…”
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Sustainable Intensification : Increasing Productivity in African Food and Agricultural Systems by Pretty, Jules N.

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Intensive agriculture and sustainability : a farming systems analysis

Table of Contents: “…Goss, Ö [and others] -- Modelling farming system linkages / Alfons Weersink, Scott Jeffrey, and David Pannell --A whole-farm systems approach to modelling sustainable manure management on intensive swine-finishing farms / D.P. …”
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Environment, development, agriculture : integrated policy through human ecology by Glaeser, Bernhard

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Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment in the Humid Tropics. by Tropics, Committee on Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment in the Humid

Table of Contents: “…""Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment in the HUMID TROPICS""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""FINDINGS""; ""LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT: A GLOBAL REQUIREMENT""; ""THE HUMID TROPICS""; ""Forest Conversion""; ""CAUSES OF FOREST CONVERSION""; ""CONSEQUENCES OF FOREST CONVERSION""; ""Agriculture in the Humid Tropics""; ""Adopting an Integrated Approach to Land Use""; ""SUSTAINABLE LAND USE OPTIONS""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Technical Research Needs""; ""DOCUMENTATION OF LAND USE SYSTEMS""; ""INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE""; ""MONITORING""…”
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Toward sustainable agricultural systems in the 21st century

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Credit Guarantee Systems For Agriculture And Rural Enterprise Development. by Zander, R.

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The ecology of agricultural ecosystems : long-term research on the path to sustainability

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What's cooking : digital transformation of the agrifood system by Schroeder, Kateryna, Lampietti, Julian A., Elabed, Ghada

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Save and grow : cassava : a guide to sustainable production intensification by Howeler, R. H.

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Environmental, health and humanity issues in the down Danubian region : multidisciplinary approaches : proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Interdisciplinary Regional...

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Perspectives on radical changes to sustainable consumption and production

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Sustainable agriculture : technology, planning and management

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Integrating gender in agricultural development : learnings from South Pacific contexts

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Sustainable Land Management Sourcebook. by Bank, World

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title Page; Contents; Agriculture and Rural Development; Preface; What is not Covered; The Sourcebook as a Living Document; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; PART 1 Sustainable Land Management: Challenges and Opportunities; CHAPTER 1 Overview; Introduction; Structure of the Sourcebook and Guide for Users; The Need for Sustainable Land Management; Definition of Sustainable Land Management; Drivers and Impacts of Global Change; Food Production; Freshwater Resources; Forest Resources; Regional Climate and Air Quality; Infectious Diseases.…”
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The bioeconomy : delivering sustainable green growth by Viaggi, Davide, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…3.2.9 Synthetic biology and cell-free systems3.2.10 Characterization and tracing; 3.3 Complementary Fields and Technologies; 3.3.1 Downstream technologies; 3.3.2 Digital information and communication technologies; 3.3.3 Nanotechnologies; 3.3.4 Engineering; 3.3.5 Local and tacit knowledge; 3.4 Some Specific Features of Bioeconomy Technologies; 3.4.1 Renewable and non-renewable, natural and artificial; 3.4.2 Technology links and flexibility; 3.4.3 Uncertainty; 3.4.4 Steps in technology development; 3.5 Economic Representation of Bioeconomy Technologies; 3.5.1 Approach…”
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Agriculture Investment Sourcebook : State Building, Sustaining Growth, and Reducing Poverty. by Bank, World

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Climate change and crop production

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Climate change mitigation and agriculture

Table of Contents: “…Scherr -- How to make carbon finance work for smallholders in Africa / Bo Lager and Ylva Nyberg -- Designing agricultural mitigation for smallholders in developing countries : a comparative analysis of projects in East Africa / Jean Lee and Jess Newman -- Using certification to support climate change mitigation and adaptation in agriculture / Jeff Hayward [and others] -- Lessons learned from REDD for agriculture / Christine Negra and Eva Wollenberg -- Sustainable land management and carbon finance : the experience of the biocarbon fund / Ellysar Baroudy and Neeta Hooda -- Financing mitigation in smallholder agricultural systems : issues and opportunities / Tanja Havemann -- Economics of agricultural carbon sequestration in Sub-Saharan Africa / Timm Tennigkeit [and others] -- The potential for microfinance as a channel for carbon payments / Fred Werneck -- Payments for environmental services to mitigate climate change : agriculture and forestry compared / Sven Wunder and Jan Börner -- Avoided deforestation on smallholder farms in the Brazilian Amazon / Osvaldo Stella Martins [and others] -- An Australian landscape-based approach : AFOLU mitigation for smallholders / Penny van Oosterzee, Noel Preece, Allan Dale -- Sustaining China's agriculture in a changing climate : a multidisciplinary action through UK-China cooperation / Yuelai Lu [and others] -- Farm-scale greenhouse gas emissions using the cool farm tool : application of a generic farming emissions calculator in developing countries / Jonathan Hillier [and others] -- Using biogeochemical process models to quantify greenhouse gas mitigation from agricultural management / Lydia P. …”
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Towards sustainable rural regions in Europe : exploring inter-relationships between rural policies, farming, environment, demographics, regional economies and quality of life using...

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Organic agriculture : African experiences in resilience and sustainability

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Achieving Sustainable Urban Agriculture by Wiskerke, Han

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Understanding options for agricultural production

“…Systems approaches for sustainable agricultural development ;…”
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Critical role of animal science research in food security and sustainability

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Sustainability : fundamentals and applications

Table of Contents: “…Part I Fundamentals and Framework -- 1 Introduction to Sustainability and Sustainable Development -- 2 The Need, Role and Significance of Sustainability -- 3 Sustainable Development: Dimensions, Intersections and Knowledge Platform -- 4 Measurement of Sustainability -- 5 Sustainable Impact Assessment -- 6 Analytical Tools and Methodologies to Evaluate Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations with Special Reference to Asia -- 7 Resilience Engineering and Quantification for Sustainable Systems -- Part II Dimensions and Different Aspects -- 8 Economic Development and Sustainability -- 9 Social Dimensions of Sustainability -- 10 Social Engineering and Sustainability: Revisiting Popper's "Piecemeal Approach" -- 11 Environment Modeling for Sustainable Development -- 12 Biodiversity and Sustainability -- 13 Sustainability of Ecosystem Services (ESs) -- 14 Sustainable Infrastructure --15 Industrial Practices in Sustainability -- 16 Challenges of Sustainability in Agricultural Management -- 17 Food security and sustainability -- 18 Sustainable Healthcare Systems -- 19 Ethical Aspects of Sustainability -- 20 Education and Human Resource Development for Sustainability -- Part III Applications -- 21 Climate Change Adaptation for Sustainable Management of Water in India: Issues and Challenges -- 22 Sustainability of Carbon Storage and Sequestration -- 23 Environmental Degradation and Sustainability -- 24 Sustainability of River Water Resources Under the Influence of Climate Change -- 25 Sustainable Systems for Groundwater Resource Management -- 26 Sustainability and Energy Management in Facilities for Wastewater Treatment and Reuse -- 27 Energy Needs for Sustainable Buildings and Transportation -- 28 Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in Sustainability -- 29 Artificial Intelligence and Computational Sustainability -- Index.…”
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Biological systems, biodiversity, and stability of plant communities

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Toward Sustainability : a Plan for Collaborative Research on Agriculture and Natural Resource Management. by Board on Agriculture Staff, National Research Council Staff

Table of Contents: “…""1 Defining the Need""""AGRICULTURE, ENVIRONMENT, AND DEVELOPMENT""; ""CHARACTERISTICS OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS""; ""THE RESEARCH CHALLENGE: ADOPTING A SYSTEMS-BASED APPROACH""; ""2 Expanding the Management Challenge""; ""HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF THE COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH SUPPORT PROGRAMS""; ""CRSP INVOLVEMENT IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE""; ""3 Considerations and Criteria for the SANREM Program Design""; ""PROGRAM OBJECTIVES""; ""CRITICAL AREAS OF INQUIRY""; ""4 SANREM Program Management and Grant Administration""…”
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Best management practices for drip irrigated crops

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Omics : applications in biomedical, agricultural, and environmental sciences

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Geographies of Agriculture : Globalisation, Restructuring and Sustainability. by Robinson, G. M. (Guy M.)

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Biodiversity in agriculture : domestication, evolution, and sustainability

Table of Contents: “…Zimmerer -- Uses of biodiversity and new and future domestications / Patrick McGuire and Calvin Qualset -- Participatory domestication of indigenous fruit and nut trees: new crops for sustainable agriculture in developing countries / Roger R.B. …”
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Wetlands Management and Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa. by Wood, Adrian

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Participatory research and development for sustainable agriculture and natural resource management. Volume 1, Understanding participatory research and development : a sourcebook

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Table of Contents -- Participatory Research and Development58; A Sourcebook Overview -- Acknowledgements -- User8217;s Guide -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- VOLUME 158; UNDERSTANDING PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT -- Volume Overview -- Typologies and Concepts -- 1 Definitions44; Assumptions44; Characteristics and Types of Farmer Participatory Research -- 2 Prototypical Approaches to Innovation Development -- 3 Participatory Approaches to Agricultural Research and Extension -- 4 The Quality of Participation58; Critical Reflections on Decision Making44; Context and Goals -- 5 An Agroecological Basis for Natural Resource Management Among Poor Farmers in Fragile Lands -- 6 Participatory Research and Development in Natural Resource Management58; Towards Social and Gender Equity -- 7 Understanding and Getting the Most from Farmers8217; Local Knowledge -- 8 Indigenous Knowledge58; A Conceptual Framework and a Case from Solomon Islands -- 9 Participatory Research Approaches58; Some Key Concepts -- 10 Property Rights44; Collective Action and Technologies for Natural Resource Management -- 11 Innovation Systems Perspective58; From Measuring Impact to Learning Institutional Lessons -- 12 Participatory Development Communication58; Reinforcing the Participatory NRM Research and Action Process -- 13 Monitoring and Evaluating Participatory Research and Development58; Some Key Elements -- 14 Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation with Pastoralists -- 15 Outcome Mapping58; Striking a Balance Between Accountability and Learning -- Approaches -- 16 Beyond the Problem45;Solving Approach to Sustainable Rural Development -- 17 Participatory Methods in the Analysis of Poverty -- 18 Rethinking the Development44; Dissemination and Adoption of Agricultural Technologies -- 19 Importance of Methodological Diversity in Research and Development Innovation Systems -- Participatory Technology Development -- 20 Farmer Innovation as Entry Point to Participatory Research and Extension -- 21 Participatory Technology Development Where There is No Researcher -- 22 Developing Agricultural Solutions with Smallholder Farmers58; How to Get Started with Participatory Approaches -- 23 Participatory Market Chain Approach -- 24 Participatory Varietal Selection and Participatory Plant Breeding58; The Last Ten Years -- 25 Decentralized Participatory Plant Breeding58; A Case from Syria -- Participatory Natural Resource Management -- 26 Participatory Natural Resource Management Research58; A New Integration Domain in the Agricultural Sciences -- 27 A Livelihood Systems Framework for Participatory Agricultural Research58; The Case of UPWARD -- 28 Challenges of Participatory Natural Resource Management Research -- 29 Research Through Action with Nomadic Pastoralists in Iran -- 30 Action Research as a Strategy for Advancing Community45;Based Natural Resource Management -- 31 Adaptive Collaborative Management -- Last Page.…”
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Sustainable diets: food for healthy people and a healthy planet : workshop summary by Pray, Leslie A.

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Bioresources technology in sustainable agriculture : biological and biochemical research

Table of Contents: “…Technological Advances For Sustainable Agricultural Practices; Chapter 1. A Fuzzy Approach To Categorizing Ripeness Of Citrus Suhuensis Using Selected Optical Indices; Chapter 2. …”
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Integrated land use planning for sustainable agriculture and rural development

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 17 Rural And Agricultural Development Through Soil And Water Conservation: Hariyali Project Of Varakkad Watershed Of Nileshwar Block, Kasaragod District, Kerala StateChapter 18 Integrated Land Use Planning- A Knowledge And Decision Support System For Sustainable Agricultural And Rural Development At Block Level; Chapter 19 Climate Change And Risk Management In Agriculture; Chapter 20 Land Use Synergy And Land Use Planning: An Approach For Sustainable Rural Development; Chapter 21 Land Use Policy For Sustainable Development- Special Reference To Uttar Pradesh.…”
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