[PDF] Sustainable Agricultural Development In The Dry Areas Of West Asia And North Africa eBook

Author : Jose I. Furtado
Publisher : ICARDA
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 24,39 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Agriculture and state
ISBN : 9291270326

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Report based on a Seminar on Natural Resources and Environment Management in the Dry Areas of West Africa and North Africa, Aleppo, Syria, 16-27 February 1992.

Author : Mannava V.K. Sivakumar
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 43,67 MB
Release : 2013-07-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 940076751X

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The countries of West Asia and North Africa (WANA) have long had the challenge of providing sustainable livelihoods for their populations in the fragile ecosystems of semi-arid and arid areas. Climate change is already a reality in WANA and it places additional constraints on the already fragile ecosystems of dry areas and limited natural resources in WANA. A comprehensive and integrated approach to planning and implementing the climate change adaptation strategies across the wide range of agro-ecosystems in different countries in WANA could help both the planners and the local communities to deal effectively with the projected impacts and also contribute to overall sustainability of agricultural production systems. This book addresses the important issue of climate change and food security in West Asia and North Africa and presents the appropriate strategies which could help in the development of new policies to better adapt agriculture production systems and enhance food security in WANA.

Author : S.A. Vosti
Publisher :
Page : 977 pages
File Size : 17,53 MB
Release : 1993
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Definitions of sustainability (sustainable growth in agricultural production: poetry, policy, and science); Sustainability, growth, and poverty alleviation links and conditioning factors (environmental consequences of agricultural growth, the links between sustainable agricultural growth and poverty, the links between agricultural growth, environmental degradation, and nutrition and health: implications for policy and research); Role of policy in making sustainability, growth, poverty alleviation complementary (the relationship between trade and environment, with special reference to agriculture, international development assistance for sustainable agricultural growth, agricultural sustainability, growth, and poverty alleviation: issues and policies, effects of policy on productivity-and conservation-focused investments at the household level in developing countries: avenues of impact and research issues, imported interest-rate, technology and farm prices versus "endogenous" conservation incentives and policies); The roles of demographic, institutional, and climatic factors (accelerated resource degradation by third world agriculture: the role of population change and responses to it, institutions and technological change, long-run global change: implications for agricultural sustainability); Sustainability, growth, and poverty alleviation the humid and subhumid tropics (agricultural growth and sustainability: conditions for their compatibility in the humid and subhumid tropics of Africa, agriculture-environment-poverty interactions in the southeast asian humid tropics, agricultural growth, sustainability, and poverty alleviation in the Brazilian Amazon, agricultural sustainability, growth, and poverty alleviation in the Indian semi-arid tropics); Sustainability, growth, and poverty alleviation the semi-arid tropics (prospects for pastoralism in semi-arid Africa, agricultural growth and sustainability-prospects for semi-arid west Africa, agricultural growth and sustainability: conditions for their compatibility in the rainfed production systems of west Asia and north Africa); Sustainability, growth, and poverty alleviation the tropical highlands and hillsides (agricultural growth and sustainability: perspectives and experiences from Himalayas, agricultural growth and sustainability: conditions for their compatibility in the tropical east Africa highlands, a new approach to poverty alleviation and sustainability in the dry tropical hillsides of central america: a Guatemalan case study).

Author : Mohamed Behnassi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 36,73 MB
Release : 2011-02-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9400705190

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Due to many challenges (i.e. climate change, energy, water and land shortage, high demands on food, land grabbing, etc.), agriculture production potential is expected to be seriously affected; thus, increasing food insecurity and hunger in many already affected regions (especially in Africa). In this context, sustainable agriculture is highly recommended as an eco-system approach where soil, water, plants, environment and living organisms live in harmony. Innovative technologies and research should be developed to ensure sustainable agriculture and productivity using modern irrigation systems, improved varieties, improved soil quality, etc. In the meantime, the preservation of natural environment should be based on resource conservation technologies and best management practices. Sustainable Agricultural Development, not only raises the serious ethical and social issues underlying these huge environmental problems, but also aims at presenting successful experiences from all over the world in relation with sustainable farming, sustainable management of water and land resources, and innovative processes in livestock production. It also aims at providing inputs to decision making processes and encouraging the transfer of relevant know-how, technologies and expertise to different countries where similar agro-climatic conditions may exist; thus saving precious resources and promoting sustainable agricultural development as a relevant approach to tackle the food security challenge. Finally, this book focuses on the paradigmatic and policy dimensions and call for an innovative approach by analyzing the key themes in a complex and interrelated manner.

Author : Peter Oram
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 33,45 MB
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780821334331

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This report describes the results of a survey of 1,000 multinational corporations undertaken in 1992 which asked about the importance of environmental issues in investment decisions. The survey shows that most large corporations look systematically at environmental questions when they decide where to invest. Environmental problems appear to have discouraged a number of investments across different industries and the question of liability for past pollution problems at industrial sites was the greatest concern for investors.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 10,57 MB
Release : 2019-03-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9251308713

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This framework presents ten interrelated principles/elements to guide Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization in Africa (SAMA). Further, it presents the technical issues to be considered under SAMA and the options to be analysed at the country and sub regional levels. The ten key elements required in a framework for SAMA are as follows: The analysis in the framework calls for a specific approach, involving learning from other parts of the world where significant transformation of the agricultural mechanization sector has already occurred within a three-to-four decade time frame, and developing policies and programmes to realize Africa’s aspirations of Zero Hunger by 2025. This approach entails the identification and prioritization of relevant and interrelated elements to help countries develop strategies and practical development plans that create synergies in line with their agricultural transformation plans. Given the unique characteristics of each country and the diverse needs of Africa due to the ecological heterogeneity and the wide range of farm sizes, the framework avoids being prescriptive.

Author : Oleg Igorevich Krassov
Publisher : XSPO
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 45,33 MB
Release :
Category : Law
ISBN : 5001562554

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The monograph studies the key aspects of land law of African countries, customary land tenure laws, customary rights to water, forest, cattle grazing; the influence of colonial epoch on customary land tenure systems, and the rights of African women to land. Characteristic features of land and water rights under Islamic law are provided. The current state of formal land law in the countries of North, West, Central, and East Africa is analyzed, including the following: the right of ownership to land and other natural resources, types of various rights to land and natural resources, and the relationship of formal law and customary land tenure systems. For students, graduate students and teachers of law schools, employees of legislative, executive and judicial authorities, as well as for all those interested in land, civil law and comparative legal studies.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 45,74 MB
Release : 2018-11-05
Category : Business & Economics
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An evidence-based assessment of how Egypt's agricultural trade policies can best contribute to achieving economic, social and environmental objectives, by boosting exports, promoting sustainable production and improving labour conditions.