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Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values
… Shrestha Canyon de Chelly National Monument, USA: Navajo farming traditions and agrobiodiversity by Jessica Brown, … of the CCCP is carried out by workers from a local cooperative for mentally and physically handicapped people, … Women’s Audio-Visual Collective where members of a women’s cooperative are being trained in making and digitally editing …
The environmental impact of economic incentives for agricultural production: a comparative law study
… - as well as internal factors - more aggressive farming practices, less favourable ecological conditions - … primarily on the promotion of small-scale fisheries and cooperative societies (article 8). Finally, the law includes … forestry, fisheries and related industries, FAO/Industry Cooperative Programme, Rome, 1967. 197/ FAO/Alhéritière D., …
The economic lives of smallholder farmers - An analysis based on household data from nine countries
… A Guidebook for Broadening the Concepts of Gender and Farming Systems. Educational Series 12, Bangladesh … by John Dixon and Aidan Gulliver with David Gibbon (2001). Farming Systems and Poverty: Improving Farmers’ Livelihoods … substantial proportion of the world’s population. Besides farming they have multiple economic activities, often in the …
International trade rules and the agriculture sector: selected implementation issues
… an industry, to producers of an agricultural product, to a cooperative or other association of such producers, or to a … a patent system would indeed constrain subsistence farming and imperil the realization of food security. … private sector participation. One reason for this is that cooperative services for the collection and storage of crops …
Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… vegetation encompassing recreation parks, agroforestry, farming and forestry systems, the geographical administrative … is on trees in a built-up environment which excludes urban farming (food production occurring within settlements). One … could be accomplished either internally or through cooperative action involving other parties to the convention. …
Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments
… roles by collaborating with women’s business, cooperative and producer associations, labour unions, … er different business models, such as plantations, contract farming, outgrower schemes or joint ventures, can … and technical support for such schemes. Cooperative schemes involving young people in …
FAO's work on Climate Change
… by using smarter and more productive, integrated farming systems. Shifting to sustainable management and use … appropriate typologies to characterize the diversity of farming types, thereby enabling adequate targeting of … IN INDIA SHOWING CLIMATE ACTION PROMISE One solar cooperative in Dhundi, in the state of Gujarat in Western …
The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security
… caused mostly by the disruption of fishing and aquaculture farming activities due to damage to key assets such as boats, … for either subsistence (64 percent) or commercial farming. Agriculture accounts for 34 percent of annual GDP, with farming systems using a mix of crop and livestock production …
Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?
… to a steady supply of water that are transferred to crop farming communities, contributing to local hostilities. These … cashmere produced by the Grupo Costa del Río Colorado cooperative of goat herders in Argentina with support from … human-wildlife conflicts, the scheme raised the income of cooperative members and reduced environmental impacts …