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Vidéos
Success Story: Realizing the Importance of Agriculture - What's Your Story?
Lauren Chase was hired by the Montana Stockgrowers Association to tell the story of Montana family ranching. Having no agriculture background, her journey from not knowing the difference between a bull and a steer to being a lifelong advocate for the beef industry has been quite the experience. In this...
United States of America
2012 - Agchat
Étude de cas
Organic agriculture and the law
This publication seeks to identify and explain the different legal issues related to organic production, including a comparative analysis of selected public and private legal sources of international relevance, as well as recommendations on the issues to consider in the design of national organic agriculture legislation. It is a first...
Argentina - Canada - India - Japan - Tunisia - United States of America
2012 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Étude de cas
Fisheries in Transition
50 Interviews with the Fishing Sector
This report provides 50 interviews from fisheries that are moving towards sustainability. It takes the approach of speaking to those who are directly involved in fishing, earn their livelihoods on a daily basis from fishing and often work at the sharp end in dangerous conditions. These are the people, together...
Australia - Bahamas - Canada - Chile - Colombia - Denmark - Ecuador - Fiji - France - Gambia - Iceland - India - Indonesia - Isle of Man - Japan - Madagascar - Mexico - Mozambique - Namibia - Nauru - New Zealand - Norway - Peru - Philippines - Russian Federation - Seychelles - Sierra Leone - South Africa - Spain - Suriname - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - United Republic of Tanzania - United States of America - Viet Nam
2012 - Prince’s Charities’ International Sustainability Unit
Bulletin d'information
Rural Papers - Kansas Rural Center Newsletter
Rural Papers is the voice of the Kansas Rural Center, Inc., (KRC), a non-profit organization that promotes the long-term health of the land and its people through research, education, and advocacy. The KRC cultivates grassroots support for public policies that encourage family farming and stewardship of soil and water. KRC...
United States of America
2012 - Kansas Rural Center
Article de revue
Small Farms in the United States
Persistence Under Pressure
Ninety-one percent of U.S. farms are classified as small—gross cash farm income (GCFI) of less than $250,000. About 60 percent of these small farms are very small, generating GCFI of less than $10,000. These very small non-commercial farms, in some respects, exist independently of the farm economy because their operators...
United States of America
2010 - United States Department of Agriculture
Vidéos
Lil’ Farm: The Art Of Small Scale Farming
Lil' Farm is located in Orange County, NC and owned and operated by George O'Neil with the help of a handful of volunteers.
United States of America
2010
Article de revue spécialisée
Integrating agroecology and landscape multifunctionality in Vermont: An evolving framework to evaluate the design of agroecosystems
Agroecosystems cover vast areas of land worldwide and are known to have a large impact on the environment, yet these highly modified landscapes are rarely considered as candidates for landscape design. While intentionally-designed agricultural landscapes could serve many different functions, few resources exist for evaluating the design of these complex...
United States of America
2010 - Elsevier Ltd
Article de revue spécialisée
Agroecology as a science, a movement and a practice. A review
Agroecology involves various approaches to solve actual challenges of agricultural production. Though agroecology initially dealt primarily with crop production and protection aspects, in recent decades new dimensions such as environmental, social, economic, ethical and development issues are becoming relevant. Today, the term ‘agroecology’ means either a scientific discipline, agricultural practice,...
Brazil - France - Germany - United States of America
2009 - Agronomy for Sustainable Development
Rapport
Assessment Of The European And North American Market For Organic Cacao, Coffee And Vanilla
Organic Monitor was commissioned by Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations to assess the European and North American market for organic ingredients: organic cocoa, coffee and vanilla. The purpose of the study is to investigate the market potential for Pacific Island Country (PIC) growers. The focus is...
Canada - United States of America
2009 - Organic Monitor
Comptes rendus de conférence
Latin American Maize Germplasm Conservation: Regeneration, In situ Conservation, Core Subsets, and Prebreeding
This publication describes progress in collaborative efforts to document, characterize, regenerate, and conserve (both in seed banks and on-farm in situ) maize seed collections from the Americas since 1998. Participants from North, Central, and South America took part in a workshop at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)...
Argentina - Brazil - Chile - Colombia - Ecuador - Guatemala - Mexico - Paraguay - Peru - United States of America - Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2005 - International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
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