A journey in "Le Conche", farm of the young Calabrian farmer Vincenzo Sposato: his passion for the job, the relationship with the family, friendship and his future plans. The story...
The aim of the study is to assess the food security, adapting/mitigation opportunities to climate change and policy situation and draw policy recommendations. The study was conducted in some selected...
Sustainability assessment oriented to improve current systems and practices is urgently needed, particularly in the context of small farmer natural resource management systems (NRMS). Unfortunately, social-ecological systems (SES) theory, sustainability...
Chemical pesticides for controlling plant diseases and insect pests in farmlands cause a series of serious problems including residue effects, environmental pollution, etc. Bio-pesticides and bio-controls are, on the other...
Loss of biodiversity and associated ecological services in agricultural landscape caused by intensive agricultural production have greatly threatened sustainable agricultural development. Landscape management, together with less intensive practices such as...
Agricultural land provides not only food and fiber (important elements of food security), but also serves as non-market commodity with characteristic externalities and public services. Payments for paddy ecosystem services...
The Hani Rice Terraces System is one of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS) sites approved by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). With the development of modern agriculture and...
In the past 30 years after the economic reform, agricultural production in China has shifted from traditional to modern agriculture. This has featured high input, high consumption and high productivity...
Due to advances in science and technology and intensive utilization of land, significant agricultural achievements have been attained at the expense certain eco-agricultural and environmental problems. At the same time,...
Raising ducks in paddy fields is a traditional agricultural model in China. Field experiments were conducted in rice-duck mutualist ecosystems in the double rice cropping region of Hunan Province during...
The authors reviewed the history and characteristics of agroecology and pointed out that research areas of agroecology are broadening in both macroscopic and microscopic scales. At the macroscopic level, the...
Despite the increasing attention given to organic supply chains over the past decade, there are still significant market opportunities to pursue. The demand for organic products in developing countries continues...
To explore highly beneficial use of saline-alkali reed marshlands, an eco-agriculture model consisting of reeds, crabs, spotted mandarin fish and microlepido yellowtail was developed and tested in a 23.6 ha-1...
The Sustainability and Organic Livestock model (SOL-m) is a project (see Concept Note) of the FAO Natural Resources and Management Department that has been commissioned to the Research Institute of...
It has been suggested that conversion to organic farming contributes to soil carbon sequestration, but until now a comprehensive quantitative assessment has been lacking. Therefore, datasets from 74 studies from...
One of the main problems identified, however, has been the limited information available to countries regarding best practices and issues to consider in the design of appropriate regulatory frameworks for...
This Conference Reader presents the conference program, speakers, panelists and rapporteurs, and includes brief summaries of the presentations. The speaker line-up embodies a wealth of experience and insight, sure to...
Models of public-private and regional cooperation were considered as potential pathways for global solutions to the challenges. In the early 90’s, regional organic standards were limited to the European Union....
As the world seeks solutions for facing the reality of changing climates, the importance of mitigating the effects of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions becomes increasingly significant, especially in the agriculture...
This document sets out international requirements for organic certification bodies (IROCB). These requirements are intended to represent a consensus on good practices in organic conformity assessment among private and public...
