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Sustainable agriculture: a pathway out of poverty for India's rural poor?

J. Horner / Panos Pictures

Millions of farmers in remote rural areas of India struggle to feed themselves and their families, while the resources on which they depend are deteriorating daily. This book shows how sustainable agriculture can help help farmers in some of the remotest parts of the country break out of the cycle of poverty, debt and environmental degradation and improve their livelihoods. It details 14 examples of successful development initiatives in three areas: organic agriculture, land and water management, and improving market access for small-scale farmers.

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What role can terrestrial carbon markets play in solving climate change problems?: ( The Terrestrial Carbon Group , 2008); This paper argues that terrestrial carbon (including trees, soil, and peat) can be used to provide up to 25% of the climate change solution. The document focuses on the role and use of terrestrial car...
Bee-keeping in Southern Ethiopia: development interventions must recognise indigenous knoweldge: ( A. Shiferaw;B. Dindamo;K. Berhe;A. Tegegne;D. Hoekstra / International Livestock Research Institute , 2008); Honey is one of the priority commodities of the Alaba special woreda (district) of Southern Ethiopia. While indigenous knowledge provides the cultural basis for bee-keeping in the woreda, efforts are ...
Does the fertiliser subsidy programme in Malawi signal the return of the developmental state?: ( B. Chinsinga / Future Agricultures Consortium , 2007); The 2005/2006 fertiliser subsidy programme is widely cited as the most significant policy achievement of the Malawian government since the advent of a democratic political dispensation over a decad...
Can small livestock producers compete with larger-scale farms?: evidence from Brazil, India, the Philippines and Thailand: ( C.,L. Delgado;C.,A. Narrod;M.,M. Tiongco / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2008); Livestock are among the few commodities that smallholder farmers widely produce that are growing rapidly in demand, and thus the interest for poverty alleviation is strong. However, there are signs th...
How have China's development policies impacted Tibeten pastoralists?: ( M. Foggin / Plateau Perspectives , 2008); Tibetan grasslands constitute one of the most important grazing ecosystems in the world and encompass the source areas of many major Asian rivers. While a variety of government policies have been a...
Can sustainable agriculture help lift Indian farmers out of poverty?: ( Deutsche Gessellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit , 2008); Millions of farmers in remote rural areas of India struggle to feed themselves and their families, while the resources on which they depend are deteriorating daily. This book shows how sustainable agr...
Innovation in Africa: addressing local sustainable development challenges: ( United Nations Publications / Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations , 2008); This report aims to shed light on the way innovative solutions have arisen to address local sustainable development challenges, examining the determinants of success and the scope for replication. ...
Could the traditional Hima system of resource tenure help address modern development and conservation challenges?: ( K. Hala;A. Serhal;O. Llewlyn / International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union) , 2007); The Hima is a traditional system of resource tenure that has been practiced for more than 1400 years in the Arabian Peninsular. With the numerous deteriorations that came and halted advancement in ...
Bringing peace to pastoralists: ( P. Sullivan / Pastoralist Communication Initiative , 2007); This paper reports on a pastoralist gathering of elders brought together in Ethiopia from a number of tribes from the bordering areas of Kenya, Sudan and Ethiopia including the Nyangatom Woreda, Kanga...
Climate change and sub-Saharan Africa: points of vulnerability and potential for adaptation: ( H. Connor;L. Mqadi;P. Mukheibir / HELIO International , 2007); Africa is vulnerable to climate change on two fronts: firstly, because of existing vulnerabilities and secondly, due to capacity limitations for disaster mitigation and inability to adapt to c...