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J.-P. Venot, ed. ; M. Kuper, ed. ; M. Zwarteveen, ed. | Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Earthscan | Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management | 2017Initially associated with hi-tech irrigated agriculture, drip irrigation is now being used by a much wider range of farmers in emerging and developing countries. This book documents the enthusiasm, spread and use of drip irrigation systems by sm[...]
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I. Dror, ed. ; J.-J. Cadilhon, ed. ; M. Schut, ed. ; M. Misiko, ed. ; S. Maheshwari, ed. | Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Earthscan | 2016Innovation Platforms (IPs) form the core of many Agricultural Research for Development programmes, stimulating multi-stakeholder collaboration and action towards the realization of agricultural development outcomes. This book enhances the body o[...]
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F. Dodds ; J. Bartram | Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Earthscan | Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management | 2016Global trends of population growth, rising living standards and the rapidly increasing urbanized world are increasing the demand on water, food and energy. Added to this is the growing threat of climate change which will have huge impacts on wat[...]
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A. de Zeeuw, ed. ; P. Drechsel, ed. | Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Earthscan | Earthscan Food and Agriculture | 2015As people increasingly migrate to urban settings and more than half of the world's population now lives in cities, it is vital to plan and provide for sustainable and resilient food systems which reflect this challenge. This volume presents expe[...]
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Wood-pastures are important elements of European cultural identity and have an exceptional ecological value, yet they are in decline all over Europe. The structure of wood-pastures is strongly influenced by grazing and multiple other land uses a[...]
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M. Abdelali-Martini, ed. ; A. Aw-Hassan, ed. | Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Earthscan | Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management | 2014The aim of this book is to highlight the role that gender research can play in understanding natural resource management and rural development issues in the Middle East and North Africa region and how hands-on training and mentoring can be used [...]
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Over the last three decades there has been a rapid expansion of intensive production of fresh fruit and vegetables in the Mediterranean regions of south and west Europe. Much of this depends on migrating workers for seasonal labour, including fr[...]
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T. Marsden, ed. ; A. Morley, ed. | Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Earthscan | Earthscan Food and Agriculture | 2014In response to the challenges of a growing population and food security, there is an urgent need to construct a new agri-food sustainability paradigm. This book brings together an integrated range of key social science insights exploring the con[...]
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L.W. Harrington, ed. ; M.J. Fisher, ed. | Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Earthscan | Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management | 2014This volume reviews the evolution of ten years’ learning and discovery about water scarcity, livelihoods, and food security within the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. It draws on the experiences of over 100 projects conducted in ten r[...]
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J. Fanzo, ed. ; D. Hunter, ed. ; T. Borelli, ed. ; F. Mattei, ed. | Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Earthscan | Issues in Agricultural Biodiversity | 2013Currently 868 million people are undernourished and 195 million children under five years of age are stunted. At the same time, over 1 billion people are overweight and obese in both the developed and developing world. Diseases previously associ[...]
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B. Frayne, ed. ; C. Moser, ed. ; G. Ziervogel, ed. | Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Earthscan | Earthscan Climate | 2012There is overwhelming evidence that the climate is changing. It is the poorest countries and people who are the most vulnerable to this threat and who will suffer the most. This book shows how increasing urbanization and growing poverty levels m[...]
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Why have food crises seemingly become more frequent in recent years, compared to the last few decades? This book examines an array of different issues and distortions that are causing food supply chain dysfunction in many countries, particularly[...]
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S.B. Awulachew, ed. ; V. Smakhtin, ed. ; D. Molden, ed. ; D. Peden, ed. | Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Earthscan | 2012The Nile is the world’s longest river and sustains the livelihoods of millions of people across ten countries in Africa. It provides freshwater not only for domestic and industrial use, but also for irrigated agriculture, hydropower dams and the[...]
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The majority of recent publications on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union address current issues and specific applications. There is little available which attempts to increase understanding of the nature of existing poli[...]
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Debate about how best to ensure the preservation of agricultural biodiversity is caught in a counter-productive polemic between proponents and critics of market-based instruments and agricultural modernisation. This book argues that neither posi[...]
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P. Kumar, ed. | Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Earthscan | TEEB: The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity | 2011Human well-being relies critically on ecosystem services provided by nature. Examples include water and air quality regulation, nutrient cycling and decomposition, plant pollination and flood control, all of which are dependent on biodiversity. [...]
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J. Mysiak, ed. ; H.J. Henrikson, ed. ; C. Sullivan, ed. ; J. Bromley, ed. ; C. Pahl-Wostl, ed. | Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Earthscan | 2009The complexity of current water resource management poses many challenges. Water managers need to solve a range of interrelated water dilemmas, such as balancing water quantity and quality, flooding, drought, maintaining biodiversity and ecologi[...]
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Policy evaluation is an important and well-established part of the policy process, facilitating and feeding back to promote the ongoing effectiveness of policies that have been implemented or anticipating policies in the making. Environmental po[...]
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