Agriculture in Brazil and China : challenges and opportunities (Occasional Paper ITD = Documento de Divulgación ITD ; n. 44)
Title | Agriculture in Brazil and China : challenges and opportunities (Occasional Paper ITD = Documento de Divulgación ITD ; n. 44) PDF eBook |
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Publisher | BID-INTAL |
Total Pages | 60 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Agricultural industries |
ISBN | 950738247X |
Agriculture in Brazil and China
Title | Agriculture in Brazil and China PDF eBook |
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Total Pages | |
Release | 2004 |
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The food industry in Brazil and the United States: the effects of the FTAA on trade and investment (Working Paper SITI = Documento de Trabajo IECI n. 7)
Title | The food industry in Brazil and the United States: the effects of the FTAA on trade and investment (Working Paper SITI = Documento de Trabajo IECI n. 7) PDF eBook |
Author | Paulo F. de Azevedo |
Publisher | BID-INTAL |
Total Pages | 80 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Brazil |
ISBN | 9507381732 |
The Importance of Mangroves to People
Title | The Importance of Mangroves to People PDF eBook |
Author | Norman Clive Duke |
Publisher | UN |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9789280733976 |
"This global synthesis report serves as a call to action to decision makers. It provides a science-based synthesis of the different types of goods and services provided by mangroves and the associated risks in losing these services in the face of ongoing global habitat loss and degradation. The report provides management and policy options at the local, regional and global level with the aim of preventing further losses through effective conservation measures, sustainable management and successful restoration. In addtion to the report, key figures and maps are available to download as individual files."--Publisher's description.
The CGIAR at 31
Title | The CGIAR at 31 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | 252 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 9780821356456 |
The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) was established in 1971 to support the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations in funding four international agricultural research centres in Colombia, Mexico, Nigeria and the Philippines. As the first global programme to receive grants from the World Banks net income, the CGIAR now consists of 16 autonomous international centres, with a membership of 62 countries, including 24 developing and transition economies. This report evaluates the work of CGIAR and makes several recommendations to address the future challenges it faces in promoting agricultural research.
Silvopastoral Systems in Southern South America
Title | Silvopastoral Systems in Southern South America PDF eBook |
Author | Pablo Luis Peri |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 270 |
Release | 2016-03-02 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 3319241095 |
This multi-authored volume contains peer-reviewed chapters from leading researchers and professionals in silvopastoral systems topic in Southern South America (Argentina, Chile and South Brazil). It is a compendium of original research articles, case studies, and regional overviews and summarizes the current state of knowledge on different components and aspects (pasture production, animal production, trees production, carbon sequestration, conservation) of silvopatoral systems in native forests and tree plantations. The main hypothesis of the book is that farmers have integrated tree and pasture/grassland species in their land use systems to reach higher production per unit of land area, risk avoidance, product diversification, and sustainability. These production systems also impact positively in main ecosystem processes. Management of these productive systems, Policy and Socioeconomic Aspects provide great opportunities and challenges for farmers and policy makers in our region. The book is unique on this subject in Southern South America and constitutes a valuable reference material for graduate students, professors, scientists and extensionists who work with silvopastoral systems.
6th International Conference on the Conservation of Earthen Architecture
Title | 6th International Conference on the Conservation of Earthen Architecture PDF eBook |
Author | The Getty Conservation Institute |
Publisher | Getty Publications |
Total Pages | 492 |
Release | 1991-02-28 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0892361816 |
On October 14-19, 1990, the 6th International Conference on the Conservation of Earthen Architecture was held in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Sponsored by the GCI, the Museum of New Mexico State Monuments, ICCROM, CRATerre-EAG, and the National Park Service, under the aegis of US/ICOMOS, the event was organized to promote the exchange of ideas, techniques, and research findings on the conservation of earthen architecture. Presentations at the conference covered a diversity of subjects, including the historic traditions of earthen architecture, conservation and restoration, site preservation, studies in consolidation and seismic mitigation, and examinations of moisture problems, clay chemistry, and microstructures. In discussions that focused on the future, the application of modern technologies and materials to site conservation was urged, as was using scientific knowledge of existing structures in the creation of new, low-cost, earthen architecture housing.