This document presents the Chilean National Project Framework of a global initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) concerning Conservation and Adaptive Management of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems...
A field experiment with four treatments of rice-duck farming systems was conducted in the Zengcheng Teaching and Research Base of South China Agricultural University to further understand the effects of...
This paper reviewed current research progress in ecological effects of rice-fish farming system on controlling rice diseases and pests, soil fertility, water environment and rice growth, providing basic information for...
This is a participatory case study together with the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Cetap (Centro de Tecnologias Alternativas Populares) in Brazil and the farmers in two of the groups with whom...
The soil environment is likely the most complex biological community. Soil organisms are extremely diverse and contribute to a wide range of ecosystem services that are essential to the sustainable...
Smallholders in developing countries face institutional and economic constraints in obtaining the status of certified organic producers. Despite the outstanding growth of organic markets over the last decade, certification costs...
The impact of organic farming in developing countries may be evaluated under a wide range of perspectives. Here we focus on three main areas: economic, environmental and social effects and...
Agriculture and food systems rely on a variety of energy sources, including renewable and non-renewable resources such as fossil fuels as well as human and animal labour. Energy is used...
The organic market is confronted with hundreds of private sector standards and governmental regulations, two international standards for organic agriculture (Codex Alimentarius and IFOAM) and a host of conformity assessment...
Crop cultivation in Ethiopia has a long history of at least 5000 years (Clark, 1976), and implements for cutting and grinding seed have been found in stone age sites, such...
The paper compares the organizational structure and marketing strategies in organic supply chains operating under three certification schemes in developing and transition economies. A value chain management approach needs to...
Food security is defined as a condition in which “all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food which meets their dietary...
Stability of the food supply is broadly related to the environmental conditions that allow for sustainable food production and encourage productivity as well as to the economic conditions that allow...
Food availability, access, stability and utilization are all part of the multi-dimensional nature of food security. The “availability” aspect, discussed here, refers to the availability of sufficient quantities of food...
Organic agriculture offers insights towards a paradigm shift in food security which this paper reviews, with a view to:
Identify strengths and weaknesses of organic agriculture related to the food security...
Some officials in banana exporting countries and development agencies consider that certification3 to specific voluntary standards may be one of the instruments available to mitigate these threats. They reckon that...
The International Task Force on Harmonization and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture (ITF) developed a guidance document, “Tool for Equivalence of Organic Standards and Technical Regulations” (EquiTool). This guideline aims to facilitate...
The publication series “Harmonization and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture” chronicles the work and progress of the ITF over the course of its meetings. Studies, meeting reports and communiqués, and drafts...
This publication presents papers of the sixth meeting of the ITF, held in Stockholm, Sweden in October 2006. Also included here is the first draft of the International Requirements for...
