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  1. The Structure of Buganda Rudimentary Sedentary Agriculture

    Phillips Foster et al The objective of this study was to analyze the system of agricultural resource organization, sometimes known as rudimentary sedentary agriculture in southern Uganda. The analysis center on the institutional dimensions of the classical factors of production--land, labor, capital, and...
    309.1 FOS

  2. Good Beekeeping Practices for Sustainable Apiculture

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations *Available as Download Only Bees provide a critical link in the maintenance of ecosystems, pollination. They play a major role in maintaining biodiversity, ensuring the survival of many plants, enhancing forest regeneration, providing sustainability and adaptation to climate change and improving...

  3. How to Develop and Manage Your Own Community Seed Bank: Farmers’ Handbook (Updated Version)

    Vernooy, R.; Bessette, G.; Sthapit, B. This handbook is a companion to Vernooy, R., Sthapit, B. and Bessette, G. (2020). Community seed banks: concept and practice. Facilitator handbook (updated version). Bioversity International, Rome, Italy (https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81286). The three booklets making up this handbook were written...

  4. Community Seed Banks: Concept and Practice - Facilitator Handbook (Updated Version)

    Vernooy, R., Sthapit, B. and Bessette, G. Over three decades, a number of international and national organizations have provided technical and financial support to community seed banks around the world. Only a few of these organizations have developed and published a practical guide about how they have offered this support. This...

  5. Profitable Farms and Woodlands: A Practical Guide in Agroforestry for Landowners, Farmers and Ranchers

    Land Grant Universities in collaboration with USDA - NAC This handbook is part of an interdisciplinary, interinstitutional and comprehensive effort to develop a practical guide to assist underserved and limited resource small farmers and woodland owners to adopt best management technologies in agroforestry.

  6. CLEANED X Version 2.0.1

    Jessica Mukiri, An Notenbaert, Rein Van der Hoek, Celine Birnholz The CLEANED Excel tool to assess the environmental impacts of livestock production systems CLEANED is a static based model which assess multiple environmental impacts (Figure 3) of a livestock enterprises on an annual basis. CLEANED was developed on Microsoft excel 2016 and implemented as an...

  7. Food Environments: Where People Meet the Food System

    Food environments is a new concept and its relevance for a better understanding of food systems is still a matter of debate. Researchers have not yet reached a unique agreed-upon definition of food environments but they tend to converge towards a combination of external and personal factors...

  8. Restoring the Soil - Second edition

    Roland Bunch Now available through Amazon as well as the ECHO Bookstore Smallholder farmers around the world face some of the harshest growing conditions globally, yet they produce the majority of the world’s food. Soils in these areas often lack nutrient and water holding capacities, due to erosion or poor...
    631.874 BUN

  9. ICT4AG Handbook - A Quick Guide to ICT Solutions for Smallholder Famers

    Dr. Namita Singh, Head of Training, Digital Green. This handbook gives an overview of a broad range of technologies and can be useful for professionals engaged in agriculture extension, organizations working with smallholder farmers, implementors, donors and other public sector partners. Those interested in the use ICTs for development may also...

  10. Resilient Seed Systems: Handbook, Second edition

    Vernooy, R.; Bessette, G.; Otieno, G. (eds.) The Resilient Seed Systems Handbook Second Edition, developed by a multidisciplinary team of Bioversity International researchers and research partners, is a tool that supports research and capacity building on resilient seed systems in the context of adaptation to climate change. The first...