The Gambian government, with the assistance of donors, is involved in the promotion of the local milk and dairy products sub-sector. The farming system in this country is characterised by the predominance of mixed crop-livestock production. The cattle stock is mainly composed of N’Dama, a breed described as a low...

This Policy and Strategy Paper contributes to an on-going policy debate-within the Bank but also with its client governments-about the role of tree crops in various production systems, and as key commodities in the trade portfolio of various African nations. It attempts to answer the following questions: a) What is...

Present-day Central and Eastern European agriculture is characterized by a high incidence of small-scale farmers who are not producing for the market. This is partly the result of land reform procedures practiced in these countries. Post-communist land reforms predominantly restituted land to pre-communist owners, resulting in an extremely fragmented ownership...

Nowhere is the linkage between the environment and poverty more pronounced than in the fragile ecosystems where inhabitants are often compelled to degrade their natural resources and struggle for survival. IFAD’s drive to break this vicious cycle has often led to the development of innovative, replicable models. A striking example is...

Informe acerca de la derogatoria del DS 053 por el cual se autoriza entregar rebaños de vicuñas a particulares, misma que perjudica las comunidades campesinas altoandinas en cuyas tierras habita la especie.

Este documento busca despertar el interés sobre una especie cuyas bondades son aún poco aprovechadas en el país, así como compartir la puesta en marcha de una experiencia que ha tratado de conjugar, con bastante éxito, el difícil y complejo reto de la conservación y el desarrollo.

The Government of Turkmenistan has chosen a unique approach to land reform and farm restructuring unlike the procedures and mechanisms adopted by other former Soviet republics. The collective land holdings are divided into plots that are leased to families while retaining the overall collective structure and state ownership of all...

Agriculture has always been an important sector of the Cypriot economy. Following the Turkish invasion of 1974 and the occupation of 38 percent of the country’s territory, including Cyprus' most valuable land and water resources, an accelerated declining trend set in, which is still continuing today. Also, due to the...

La caracterización adecuada de los sistemas agropecuarios contribuye en la elaboración de estrategias de desarrollo y métodos de extensión específicos según la estructura de los mismos. La presente investigación científica realiza una descripción integral de los sistemas de producción de la comunidad campesina de Huantán en la provincia de Yauyos...

This Manual has been put together with the objective of assisting actions by the diverse groups of human beings who intervene in the conservation of the natural resources, particularly soil and water resources and in the context of each continent, country, region or zone. The Manual brings together a collection of...

Smallholder poultry production (i.e. family poultry) is an appropriate system that makes the best use of locally available resources. Family flocks are important providers of eggs and meat as well as being valued in religious and cultural life. There are three production systems for family poultry - free range, backyard...

L'approche technique et spécialisée de l'écologie pastorale dans sa conception de préservation de la biodiversité et de réhabilitation des terres dégradées en zone aride a abouti à un projet de collection, sélection et production de semences pastorales sans visions concrètes sur les modalités d'utilisation de ces semences. Afin de chercher...

La privatisation des terres collectives dans la région d'El Hamma (gouvernorat de Gabès) a entraîné des mutations socio-économiques touchant les pratiques agro-pastorales. En effet, cette privatisation des terres s'est traduite par la fixation des anciennes nomades et par l'extension des plantations arboricoles. Elle a fait baigner les Beni-Zid dans un...

The main objective of this review is to identify policy and research issues on range livestock production in Central Asia. This report reviews collected material in English, and presents a bibliography and abstracts of works in Russian, on extensive livestock production systems dependent on natural pastures in the ex-Soviet Central...

L'étude s'appuie sur une analyse de la zone du Sersou caractérisée par une forte population agricole et la juxtaposition de trois systèmes de production : la céréaliculture, l'élevage ovin et un système mixte céréaliculture-élevage. Les précipitations dans cette zone se situent, selon les années, entre 350 et 550 mm. Cette...

La classification des systèmes agricoles oasiens dans le Sud tunisien peut être conçue selon les différents critères : système de culture, situation agroclimatique, système de production proprement dit. L'étude des sytèmes de production permet d'établir une classification des exploitations en groupes homogènes, où le site de l'oasis même a peu...

The congress aim is to gather researchers from different disciplines, practitioners and policy makers at different governance levels that deal with the management and sustainability of silvo-pastoral systems. In this way the congress will create a fertile context to progress through interdisciplinary research approaches that can help translate scientific knowledge...