Crop and Livestock Diversification for Smallholder Farmers in Malawi
Author: Julius H. Mangisoni
Publisher: Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 36
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Farming Systems and Poverty
Author: John A. Dixon
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9789251046272
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the main farming systems of the six major developing regions of the world.
Agriculture, Diversification, and Gender in Rural Africa
Author: Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 0198799284
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book contributes to the understanding of smallholder agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa through addressing the dynamics of intensification and diversification within and outside agriculture in contexts where women have much poorer access to agrarian resources than men
Disentangling food security from subsistence agriculture in Malawi
Author: Benson, Todd
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Published: 2021-05-24
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 0896294056
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDetailed crop suitability maps and an agricultural zonation scheme for Malawi
Author: Benson, Todd
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Published: 2016-07-28
Total Pages: 79
ISBN-13: 0896293408
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis document describes a two-level agricultural zonation scheme to guide agricultural planning in Malawi. This scheme combines broad agricultural development domains – based upon a districtlevel analysis of agro-ecological potential; physical access to market; and population density – with an extensive set of detailed, more locally relevant crop suitability maps to determine where agricultural development investments might best be located within a relevant development domain.
Agriculture, Food and Nutrition for Africa
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 464
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKValuing Crop Biodiversity
Author: Melinda Smale
Publisher: CABI
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781845931506
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the challenges faced by farmers trying to maintain crop biodiversity in developing and transitional economies. Using a collection of empirical case studies of farmers and crop scientists across a range of agricultural economies and income levels, it presents economic tools and methods for valuing and managing crop biodiversity. It discusses the economic benefits of crop biodiversity for farmers and suggests ways in which crop biodiversity can be supported by national policies. The book provides an indispensable 'tool kit' for all those concerned with the development of strategies to facilitate sustainable management and conservation of crop genetic diversity for future generations.
OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2016-2025
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2016-07-04
Total Pages: 138
ISBN-13: 9264253238
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2016-2025 provides an assessment of prospects for the coming decade of the agricultural commodity markets across 41 countries and 12 regions, including OECD countries and key agricultural producers, such as India, China, Brazil, the Russian Federation and Argentina.
Save and Grow
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Published: 2018-06-22
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9251068712
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book offers a rich toolkit of relevant, adoptable ecosystem-based practices that can help the world's 500 million smallholder farm families achieve higher productivity, profitability and resource-use efficiency while enhancing natural capital.
Farmers taking the lead: thirty years of farmer field schools
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Published: 2019-06-01
Total Pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9251315698
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Farmer Field School (FFS) has been one of the most successful approaches developed and promoted by FAO over the past three decades, empowering farmers to become better decision makers in their own farming systems. Initiated by FAO in 1989, and subsequently adopted by many other organizations and institutions, the FFS programs constitute one of the most important “results of the collective action of millions of small-scale farmers” that FAO has supported. FFS is an interactive and participatory learning by doing approach that offers farmers, pastoralists, fisherfolks, foresters and their communities a place where they can learn from each other,share experiences, co-create knowledge and try new ways of doing. Participants enhance their understanding of agro-ecosystems, resulting in production systems that are more resilient and optimize the use of available resources. FFS aims to improve farmers’ livelihoods and recognize their role as innovators and guardians of natural environments. FFS has attained plenty of outstanding achievements in all aspects of agriculture and rural development.
