This conference paper examines how the ideology and programmatic set of policies coined in the term ‘neoliberal modernization’ applies to agriculture and practices in the Mekong region.
This Decree, consisting of 15 articles divided into five Chapters, prescribes the effective management and use of land for rice cultivation; support policies for rice-growing localities to protect and develop land for rice cultivation nationwide. It applies to: domestic agencies, organizations, households and individuals and foreign organizations and individuals involved in the management and use of land for rice cultivation.The Decree is divided as follows: General Provisions (Chap. I); Management and Use of Land for Rice Cultivation (Chap.
After the collapse of the former Soviet Union and the end of the latest Balkan wars, countries in Southeastern Europe had to reorganize their land management and land administration systems. Whereas in the Caucasus region privatization and first property registration were the main challenges, in the former Republic of Yugoslavia, essential objectives were the return of collectivized, confiscated property through restitution or (re)distribution, as well as the updating and harmonization of traditional land registry and cadaster systems and their conversion to modern systems.
Esta publicação representa a continuidade do trabalho iniciado por Magda Zanoni, no Ministério do Desenvolvimento Agrário (MDA), no sentido de discutir os riscos das plantas transgênicas para a saúde e o meio ambiente. Em sua atuação no MDA e como representante do Ministério na CTNBio, Magda dedicou esforços para chamar a atenção à importância desse debate.
In Mozambique there is strong support for sustainable agriculture from different actors, with approaches including agroforestry and conservation agriculture increasingly promoted throughout the country by the
Ministry of Agriculture, civil society, farmers’ groups and development agencies. Research trials and anecdotal evidence suggest that these practices increase yields, are more resilient and are economically accessible for small-scale farmers. Despite this, uptake among smallholders remains low.
Em Moçambique há um forte apoio à agricultura sustentável: métodos como sistemas agroflorestais e agricultura de conservação são promovidos cada vez mais pelo Ministério da Agricultura, a sociedade civil, organizações de camponeses e agências de desenvolvimento. Resultados de investigações sugerem que essas práticas aumentam a produtividade, são mais resilientes e economicamente acessíveis. Apesar disso, a adoção pelos pequenos produtores permanece baixa.
O presente trabalho procura estudar as relações económicas (sobretudo o comércio e o mercado de trabalho) das populações e agentes económicos que residem/operam nas zonas fronteiriças de Moçambique com a África do Sul, Malaui, Zâmbia, Suazilândia e Zimbabué . Pretende-se melhorar o ambiente de negócios nas relações económicas e comerciais das zonas transfronteiriças, reforçando as vantagens competitivas dos agentes económicos e em benefício das famílias residentes nestas zonas.
The environment of the mountain-steppe-taiga of northern Mongolia is often characterized as marginal because of the high altitude, highly variable precipitation levels, low winter temperatures, and periodic droughts coupled with severe winter storms (known as dzuds). Despite these conditions, herders have inhabited this landscape for thousands of years, and hunter-gatherer-fishers before that. One way in which the risks associated with such a challenging and variable landscape are mitigated is through social networks and inter-family cooperation.
Savanna ecosystems are geographically extensive and both ecologically and economically important; they therefore require monitoring over large spatial extents. There are, in particular, large areas within southern Africa savanna ecosystems that lack consistent geospatial data on vegetation morphological properties, which is a prerequisite for biodiversity conservation and sustainable management of ecological resources.
This paper focuses on the stage of annual maintenance of weeding levee slope of terraced paddy fields called Kurumeki-no-tanada, in Inasa-chou, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture. In this study, we characterize ridges between rice fields and grassy fields as 'fields for weeding'. First, we survey cultivated paddies and fields for weeding. Secondly we presents some results concerning the relation between the management systems and farmers. Finally, we consider some arrangements for sustainable conservation on these rice terraces. It was concluded that 1.
Many farmlands were destroyed by big flood disaster in 2012 that was occurred in Yame and Ukiha city, Fukuoka prefecture at northern Kyushu, Japan. In this paper, I described the case study that has been deployed the volunteer activities for farmland restoration after the flood disaster in the hilly and mountainous areas. The purpose of this study is to clarify the outline of the activities in three regions and to show the types of the volunteer groups of farmland restoration. Interview survey was conducted with each volunteer group's manager and collecting that materials.
Two smallholder agricultural carbon projects in East Africa engaged in a participatory action research process to identify ways local actors could take on larger management roles within the projects. Key lessons from this process were:
* Community-based intermediaries can play a leading role in land- management trainings and supportive roles in carbon measurement and marketing.
* Local government participation is critical to project success.