Organic Agriculture for Sustainable Livelihoods.

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This book provides a timely analysis and assessment of the potential of organic agriculture (OA) for rural development and the improvement of livelihoods. It focuses on smallholders in developing countries and in countries of economic transition, but there is also coverage of and comparisons with de...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Halberg, Niels
Otros Autores: Muller, Adrian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Colección:Earthscan food and agriculture.
Temas:
Organic farming > Social aspects.
Organic farming > Economic aspects.
Organic farming > Environmental aspects.
Sustainable agriculture > Social aspects.
Sustainable agriculture > Economic aspects.
Sustainable agriculture > Environmental aspects.
Sustainability.
Quality of life.
Rural development.
Sustainable development.
Agriculture biologique > Aspect social.
Agriculture biologique > Aspect économique.
Agriculture biologique > Aspect de l'environnement.
Agriculture durable > Aspect social.
Agriculture durable > Aspect économique.
Agriculture durable > Aspect de l'environnement.
Durabilité de l'environnement.
Qualité de la vie.
Développement rural.
Développement durable.
quality of life.
rural development.
sustainable development.
Organic farming > Economic aspects
Organic farming > Environmental aspects
Organic farming > Social aspects
Quality of life
Rural development
Sustainability
Sustainable agriculture > Economic aspects
Sustainable agriculture > Environmental aspects
Sustainable agriculture > Social aspects
Sustainable development
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Organic agriculture, livelihoods and development / Niels Halberg and Adrian Muller
  • Case 1: Carbon credits from organic agriculture : Experiences from Costa-Rica / Jonathan Castro and Manuel Amador
  • Consequences of organic agriculture for smallholder farmer's livelihood and food security / P. Panneerselvam, N. Halberg and S. Lockie
  • Globalization of organic food chains and the environmental impacts / John E Hermansen, Marie T. Knudsen and Christian Schader
  • The use of agro-ecological methods in organic farming / Y.H. Qiao, N. Halberg and M. Oelofse
  • Case 2: Life cycle assessment (LCA) of organic orange juice imported from Brazil to Denmark : a case study / Marie Trydeman Knudsen, Niels Halberg, Gustavo Fonseca de Almeida, Lucimar Santiago de Abreu, Vibeke Langer and John E. Hermansen
  • The Potential of Organic Agriculture for Contributing to Climate Change Adaptation / Adrian Muller, Balgis Osman-Elasha and Lise Andreasen
  • Organic Agriculture Governance in the Global South : New Opportunities for Participation in Agricultural Development and Livelihood Outcomes / Kristen Lyons, Gomathy Palaniappan and Stewart Lockie
  • The possibilities for inclusion of smallholder farmers in organic market chain development / Paul Rye Kledal, Frank Eyhorn, Bo van Elzakker and Elsio Antonio Pereira de Figueiredo
  • Case 3: Certified organic and fair trade impacts on smallholders livelihoods in Kandy case area- Sri Lanka / S. Vaheesan, K. Zoysa and N. Halberg
  • Policies and Actions to Support Organic Agriculture / Sofia Twarog
  • Comparative institutional analyses of certified organic agriculture conditions in Brazil and China / Henrik Egelyng, Lucimar de Abreau, Luping Li and Maria Fernanda Fonseca
  • The dynamics and recomposition of agroecology in Latin America / L.S. de Abreu and S. Bellon
  • Case 4: Food security obtained through Farmer Family Learning Group approaches : Description of a project between Organic Denmark, NOGAMU and SATNET Uganda / Inge Lis Dissing, Jane Nalunga, Thaddeo Tibasiima, and Aage Dissing, Mette Vaarst
  • Research needs for development of organic agriculture in sub Saharan Africa / Charles Ssekyewa, Francisca George and Adrian Muller.

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