OUTGROWING THE EARTH THE FOOD SECURITY CHALLENGE IN AN AGE OF FALLING WATER TABLES AND RISING TEMPERATURES LESTER BROWN EARTHSCAN 2005 PART IV Chapter 2: Stopping at Seven Billion (Cont.) The demographic bonus In contrast to these countries whose future is fading, countries that have quickly reduced birth rates are benefiting from what economic demographers …
MASTER FARMER TEACHING SMALL FARMERS MANAGEMENT BRUCE M. LANSDALE WESTVIEW PRESS 1986 PART VII Chapter 4: Dynamic Training Centers What leads to excellence in an institution? What attributes should schools try to develop? Can the staff of institutions be both compassionate and businesslike? Hodja story #5 One of Hodja’s neighbors complained bitterly to him …
MASTER FARMER TEACHING SMALL FARMERS MANAGEMENT BRUCE M. LANSDALE WESTVIEW PRESS 1986 PART V Chapter 3: The Farm School Model Are there dimensions to agricultural schools other than training programs? Is there a place for adult education in secondary agricultural schools? What are the most useful methods in management training? Hodja story #4 …
MASTER FARMER TEACHING SMALL FARMERS MANAGEMENT BRUCE M. LANSDALE WESTVIEW PRESS 1986 PART III Chapter 1: Training Master Farmers What kind of training do peasants need? What should be the goals of agricultural education in a developing society? What are the shortcomings of educational systems in developing nations? Hodja story #2 One day Hodja …
Book Review Introduction In Part 7 of Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed we learn that: “We hope this manifesto can serve to further strengthen and accelerate the movement toward sustainable agriculture, food sovereignty, biodiversity, and agricultural diversity; help defend the rights of farmers to save, share, use, and improve seeds; and enhance …
MASTER FARMER TEACHING SMALL FARMERS MANAGEMENT BRUCE M. LANSDALE WESTVIEW PRESS 1986 PART II Acknowledgments by Bruce Lansdale Two generations of American Farm School staff and both Greek and US trustees have shown patience, understanding, and a willingness to share their wisdom with me since I first arrived there at the age of 21. “Growing …
OUTGROWING THE EARTH THE FOOD SECURITY CHALLENGE IN AN AGE OF FALLING WATER TABLES AND RISING TEMPERATURES LESTER BROWN EARTHSCAN 2005 PART II Growth: The environmental fallout The world economy, as now structured, is making excessive demands on the earth. Evidence of this can be seen in collapsing fisheries, shrinking forests, expanding deserts, rising CO2 …
THE EARTHSCAN READER IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE EDITED BY JULES PRETTY EARTHSCAN 2005 PART III PART I: AGRARIAN AND RURAL PERSPECTIVES Chapter 6: Becoming Native to This Place by Wes Jackson Chapter 7: Creating Social Capital by Cornelia Butler Flora and jan L. Flora PART 2: AGROECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES Introduction to Part 2: Agroecological Perspectives …
Book Review Introduction In Part 6 of Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed we learn that: “This section provides specific principles and suggestions for changes in the rules of the WTO so that they are consistent with the goals of the commission.” “The goal of these proposed global trade rules is to promote …
OUTGROWING THE EARTH THE FOOD SECURITY CHALLENGE IN AN AGE OF FALLING WATER TABLES AND RISING TEMPERATURES LESTER BROWN EARTHSCAN 2005 PART I About the author Lester R. Brown is President of the Earth Policy Institute, a nonprofit, interdisciplinary research organization based in Washington, D.C., which he founded in May 2001. The purpose of the …
