Since its inception in 1938, the program has evolved from an ancillary program with low participation to a central pillar of federal support for agriculture.
In this practical guide TV farmer Jimmy Doherty imparts his experience and ideas to show you how to achieve the self-sufficient lifestyle and add to your life whether growing for your own pleasure - or profit!
From prompting a transition from hunter-gatherer to an agrarian lifestyle in ancient Mesopotamia to bankrolling Britain's imperialist conquests, strategic taxation and the regulation of beer has played a pivotal role throughout history.
A shocking and unputdownable expos of the United States meat industry and the growing disappointment of alternative meat producers that ';is required reading for anyone who eats' (Christopher Leonard, New York Timesbestselling author).
This book by the Asia Competitiveness Institute (ACI) undertakes rigorous empirical research relating to competitiveness of states and federal territories in India.
A provocative reassessment of the relationship between states and environmental politics in Africa From climate-related risks such as crop failure and famine to longer-term concerns about sustainable urbanization, environmental justice, and biodiversity conservation, African states face a range of environmental issues.
The markets for organic and fair trade certified commodities are growing rapidly, with environmentally sound and more equitable certification systems likely to offer benefits for both small-scale farmers and society at large.
'My hope is that people can grow to appreciate this sector - its challenges and opportunities, but most importantly, the role agriculture can play in improving South Africa's rural economy, creating jobs and bringing about much-needed transformation (or inclusive growth).
An exploration of the rise of the crop strain that came to dominate the American tobacco industry and its toll on the Southern landscape that produced it Drew A.
Most studies on urbanisation focus on the move of rural people to cities and the impact this has, both on the cities to which the people have moved, and on the rural communities they have left.
Street Farm is the inspirational account of residents in the notorious Low Track in Vancouver, British Columbia-one of the worst urban slums in North America-who joined together to create an urban farm as a means of addressing the chronic problems in their neighborhood.
Con la periodicidad anual que corresponde, el Grupo de Investigación del Departamento de Derecho del Medio Ambiente presenta el tomo III de la Colección Derecho de Tierras, el cual es resultado de la convocatoria que se hace periódicamente a los investigadores, a los profesores de la especialización en Derecho de tierras, y a la comunidad académica en general, para que estudien y presenten los aspectos centrales de esta rama del ordenamiento jurídico.
Lustige Vorlesegeschichten für Senioren und Seniorinnen mit und ohne Demenz +++ Wer als Kind und später im Erwachsenenalter gern gelesen hat, der möchte dieses besondere Vergnügen auch im Alter nicht missen.
This brand new Dictionary of Agriculture and Land Management addresses the increasing overlap between agricultural sectors and the demands of the management of rural land and property.
El informe económico titulado El sector agroalimentario español en cifras es un estudio técnico orientado a analizar con profundidad la situación del sector agroalimentario español desde un punto de vista estático y dinámico, en especial, lo relativo a las políticas de financiación e inversión que conforman la estrategia corporativa y determinan el éxito empresarial.
En pleno siglo XXI, cuando está en proceso de modificarse la política agraria colombiana, es sumamente pertinente este libro, cuyo objetivo es explicar, a lo largo de varios capítulos y desde diferentes perspectivas, la importancia de la pequeña agricultura familiar para que Colombia logre un buen resultado económico y social, al disminuir la pobreza, la desigualdad y la inseguridad de ingresos y de alimentos.
La meseta central santacruceña, ubicada en la Patagonia Austral, tiene una extensión de catorce millones de hectáreas y es muy diversa en cuanto a población establecida y actividades económicas.
En este libro se describen los principales cambios en el universo agropecuario argentino en los últimos veinte años, teniendo en cuenta los distintos grupos de actores y sus contextos.
