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Toward Sustainability : a Plan for Collaborative Research on Agriculture and Natural Resource Management.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington :
National Academies Press,
1900.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Toward Sustainability""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""THE CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE""; ""THE RESEARCH CHALLENGE""; ""The Need for a Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Collaborative Research Support Program""; ""Commitment to Systems-Based Research""; ""Commitment to Interdisciplinary Inquiry""; ""Research Approach""; ""THE GRANT PROGRAM""; ""Grant Types""; ""Institutional Participation""; ""Content of Research Proposals""; ""Administrative Procedures""; ""Program Timetable""; ""CONCLUSION""
- ""1 Defining the Need""""AGRICULTURE, ENVIRONMENT, AND DEVELOPMENT""; ""CHARACTERISTICS OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS""; ""THE RESEARCH CHALLENGE: ADOPTING A SYSTEMS-BASED APPROACH""; ""2 Expanding the Management Challenge""; ""HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF THE COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH SUPPORT PROGRAMS""; ""CRSP INVOLVEMENT IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE""; ""3 Considerations and Criteria for the SANREM Program Design""; ""PROGRAM OBJECTIVES""; ""CRITICAL AREAS OF INQUIRY""; ""4 SANREM Program Management and Grant Administration""
- ""ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE SANREM CRSP""""Administration by a Management Entity""; ""Supporting Units""; ""Board of Directors""; ""Technical Committee""; ""External Evaluation Panel""; ""Sustainable Agriculture Committee""; ""GRANT ADMINISTRATION""; ""Types of Grants""; ""Research Planning Grants""; ""Research Core Grant""; ""Research Support Grants""; ""Funding Levels""; ""Institutional Participation""; ""CONTENT OF RESEARCH PROPOSALS""; ""Description of Research Location and Site""; ""Significance of Research and Site""; ""Problem Description and Research Methodology""
- ""Systems-Based Approaches to Ecological and Socioeconomic Research""""Collaborative Arrangements Among U.S. and Host Country Institutions""; ""Information About Researchers and Other Collaborators""; ""Capacity for Interdisciplinary Research""; ""Logistics""; ""Team Building""; ""Objectives, Goals, and Performance Indicators""; ""Data Collection, Management, and Information Sharing""; ""Feedback Mechanisms and Capacity for Flexibility""; ""Input from Sustainable Agriculture Professionals""; ""Farmer Participation""; ""Institutional Sustainability""; ""Broader Issues and Impacts""
- ""Capacity to Develop Technologies and Disseminate Knowledge""""Budget""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""References""; ""Appendix A Introduction to Operational Issues""; ""Appendix B Sustainable Agriculture, International Agricultural Research, and Strategies for Research Collaboration""; ""INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE""; ""NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS""; ""National Agricultural Research Systems""; ""International Agricultural Research Centers""; ""FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS""; ""U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE""