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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Agro-Ecology"”.
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Biodiversity and agro-ecology in field margins
… presented multidisciplinary study investigates agro-ecological functions (nature conservation, agriculture, environment) and implications of newly created, unfertilised, sown and unsown field margin strips installed on ex-arable land to increase biodiversity. Margin strips were mown twice a year …
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An Impact Assessment of Agro-Ecology on Climate Change Mitigation and Economic Sustainabilty: A Case of Mopani District
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Projeto resgate: variedades pouco cultivadas de banana Musa sp. no município de Areia, Paraíba
… use in Areia PB to assemble a collection module agro ecology living in the center of agricultural sciences, in addition to learning through a questionnaire administered to the producers in the field, the production characteristics of this culture that has been badly handled by the same people who …
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Indigenous Climatic Perspectives: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Environmental Discourse Analysis
… sociological analysis, urban studies and agro-ecology to present a coherent, climate-conscious discourse that is accessible and functional in terms of helping reduce the impact of climate destruction.</p>
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Conversations with Farmers: Agri-cultural practice change and the 'eco-innovator'
'Conversations with Farmers' opens a reservoir of information regarding the past, present and future face of farming in Australia by documenting the first-hand experiences of farmers across a region of NSW. Whilst covering a spectrum of issues that affect contemporary farming, the mythological …
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TO THRIVE, WORK, AND LIVE: PROGRESS TOWARD AND CHALLENGES TO SUSTAINABILITY ON THE FREI GONDIM SETTLEMENT, PERNAMBUCO, BRAZIL
The sugar plantation zone of Pernambuco, Brazil, with a conservative culture forged out of chattel slave history, has been the most challenging region for the Brazilian landless peasants movement to penetrate in order to implement agrarian reform. The movement founded the Frei Gondim Settlement in …
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Burkina Faso: The Effects of Environmental Migration on the Implementation of Agro-ecological methods, Exchanges and Cooperation
This study addresses the surge in North-South internal migration in Burkina Faso that has accompanied the land degradation spurred by a series of severe droughts starting in the late 1960s (Lindqvist, Tengberg, 1993). Drawing from the hypotheses of Gray and Kevane (2001) and Deshinkar (2011) that …
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Who shapes agricultural transformation in Africa? exploring the case of the alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) from a think tank perspective
Due to their high level of complexity and transnational character, environmental and climate change issues increasingly require specialised knowledge and international development strategies. One institution that regularly provides decision-makers with such scientific and international policy …
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The biological control of the red clover casebearer in New Zealand : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Lincoln University
Biocontrol of insect pests represents an important aspect of sustainable crop management that has potential to reduce the current reliance on chemical control measures. However, often the potential of all forms of biocontrol is undermined in contemporary productive systems and their resulting …