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… for this purpose are made available; to assist farmers and farming communities in the protection and conservation of … 27 July 1994, requires such payments except in the case of small farmers, whereas the United States’ Plant Varieties … to a state’s agricultural economy States with large-scale agriculture or plant breeding industries are likely to …

… can be most effectively managed as functional units at the scale of the regional landscape and would, therefore, benefit … abandoned settlements and agri- culture areas. Several small areas are no longer accessible due to the presence of … mountainous region with a settlement pattern consisting of small settle- ments and hamlets. The proposed transboundary …

… 2,000 species. The Park was created in the 1920s from a small pro- tected site of 500 ha, and has steadily expanded … illegally built houses. Instead, it has encouraged small-scale indigenous developments for tourism in the villages, … of the island, one part of which is its sus- tainable farming practices, but certainly not entirely dependent on …

… vegetation encompassing recreation parks, agroforestry, farming and forestry systems, the geographical administrative … around areas of intensive human influence, ranging from small communities to dense urban centres, that is occupied or … Due to a lack of space, knowledge or awareness, no large-scale landscape development has been possible in the urban …

… opportunities to work better and at the most appropriate scale to help bolster existing development approaches. The … toolkits, has also allowed development partners large and small the luxury of not having to engage in hard critique and … modern administrators, but can more easily be applied by farming or urban households. The following sections use case …

… It argues that “for ecosystems to reorganize after large-scale natural and human-induced disturbances, spatial … find that “community-based projects, such as agroforestry, small-scale plantations, agroforests, secondary forest … paper evaluates the importance of watershed services to farming communities in Southeast Asia. A case study in …

… SCM Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures SME Small and Medium Enterprises SPS Agreement on the Application … a patent system would indeed constrain subsistence farming and imperil the realization of food security. … capacity for staple crops, and payments to small-scale or family farms for reasons of rural viability and …

… to more intensified production. In contrast to traditional farming systems where agricultural inputs were mainly … from 85 percent to 100 percent. At the other end of the scale we have for example Bangladesh where the figures range … proportion of this legacy is derived from a remarkably small number of original species, the dissemination of which …

… With this decline, agrobiodiversity is disappearing; the scale of the loss is extensive. With the disappearance of … on fragile areas, forests and endangered species * Make farming systems more stable, robust, and sustainable * … preferences and living conditions; ≠ marginalization of small-scale, diverse food production systems that conserve …

… diverse array of circumstances and often at an ambitious scale. An Evolving International Consensus The importance of … at the local level as a way of supporting extensive farming practices. Since 1995, the development of the Pan- … to remain isolated. Although the population is relatively small, human pressure is having a significant impact on the …