MASTER FARMER TEACHING SMALL FARMERS MANAGEMENT BRUCE M. LANSDALE WESTVIEW PRESS 1986 PART XI Chapter 6: Organizing the Organizers How can development workers be trained to help others organize their work? Is organization too Western a concept to be accepted in a peasant society? How can the untapped potential of leadership among women be incorporated …
THE STORY OF MAN AN INTRODUCTION TO 150,000 YEARS OF HUMAN HISTORY CYRILL AYDON CARROLL & GRAF 2007 PART I Introduction This is the story of how human beings spread around the world from their original home in Africa, and of the adventures and misadventures that the human race has experienced since then. It …
OUTGROWING THE EARTH THE FOOD SECURITY CHALLENGE IN AN AGE OF FALLING WATER TABLES AND RISING TEMPERATURES LESTER BROWN EARTHSCAN 2005 PART IX Chapter 7: Stabilizing Climate In July of 2004, the US National Academy of Sciences released a research report by a team of nine scientists from China, India, the Philippines, and the United …
THE EARTHSCAN READER IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE EDITED BY JULES PRETTY EARTHSCAN 2005 PART X PART V: PERSPECTIVES FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Perspective 22: Rethinking Agriculture for New Opportunities by Erick Fernandes, Alice Pell & Norman Uphoff (Cont.) Monoculture as ‘real’ agriculture The standard view of agriculture as limited in time and space favours …
OUTGROWING THE EARTH THE FOOD SECURITY CHALLENGE IN AN AGE OF FALLING WATER TABLES AND RISING TEMPERATURES LESTER BROWN EARTHSCAN 2005 PART VIII Chapter 6: Stabilizing Water Tables Although public attention has recently focused on the depletion of oil resources, the depletion of underground water resources poses a far greater threat to our future. …
THE EARTHSCAN READER IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE EDITED BY JULES PRETTY EARTHSCAN 2005 PART IX PART V: PERSPECTIVES FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Perspective 22: Rethinking Agriculture for New Opportunities by Erick Fernandes, Alice Pell & Norman Uphoff Over the last 30 years, the creation and exploitation of new genetic potentials of cereal crops, leading to what …
OUTGROWING THE EARTH THE FOOD SECURITY CHALLENGE IN AN AGE OF FALLING WATER TABLES AND RISING TEMPERATURES LESTER BROWN EARTHSCAN 2005 PART VII Chapter 5: Protecting Cropland On April 18, 2001, the western United States – from the Arizona border north to Canada – was blanketed with dust. The dirt came from a huge …
MASTER FARMER TEACHING SMALL FARMERS MANAGEMENT BRUCE M. LANSDALE WESTVIEW PRESS 1986 PART X PART TWO: TRAINING THE MANAGERS Chapter 5: The Planning Process (Cont.) Why is planning important in development? Can peasants really learn to plan? Is “leaving it to the gods” the most effective approach when there are so many unknowns? …
THE EARTHSCAN READER IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE EDITED BY JULES PRETTY EARTHSCAN 2005 PART VIII PART V: PERSPECTIVES FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Introduction to Part 5: Perspectives from Developing Countries by Jules Pretty The final section of this Reader in Sustainable Agriculture focuses on six perspectives from developing countries. These begin with an overview of …
MANIFESTOS ON THE FUTURE OF FOOD AND SEED EDITED BY VANDANA SHIVA SOUTH END PRESS 2007 PART X PART THREE SEEDS FOR THE FUTURE: BREEDING TOMORROW’S SEEDS Seeds embody the past and the future. The evolution of seeds in the future depends on our conserving the widest diversity of seeds and crop varieties to …
