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Journal of Peasant Studies, 1995
In this review article, Robert Netting's book, Smallholders, Householders. Farm Families and the Ecology of Intensive Sustainable Agriculture ‐ the product of a lifetime of study and fieldwork by an American anthropologist, schooled in cultural ecology ‐ is considered. The book, which is essentially about adaptations to population increase in different
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In this review article, Robert Netting's book, Smallholders, Householders. Farm Families and the Ecology of Intensive Sustainable Agriculture ‐ the product of a lifetime of study and fieldwork by an American anthropologist, schooled in cultural ecology ‐ is considered. The book, which is essentially about adaptations to population increase in different
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2023
A number of global trends, such as concurrent rises in incomes and urbanization, are driving the increased consumption of meat, dairy, and biofuels. Meeting the demand for products will require considerable increases in global production, particularly in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, where smallholder farming predominates and yields remain low. At
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A number of global trends, such as concurrent rises in incomes and urbanization, are driving the increased consumption of meat, dairy, and biofuels. Meeting the demand for products will require considerable increases in global production, particularly in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, where smallholder farming predominates and yields remain low. At
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Technology and Culture, 2006
Nearly absent from the current popular interest in food is a sense of the political and ecological implications of corporate control over agriculture and the countryside. In Raising Less Corn, More Hell: The Case for the Independent Farm and Against Industrial Food, George Pyle expresses anger for the way that corporate agriculture and the United ...
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Nearly absent from the current popular interest in food is a sense of the political and ecological implications of corporate control over agriculture and the countryside. In Raising Less Corn, More Hell: The Case for the Independent Farm and Against Industrial Food, George Pyle expresses anger for the way that corporate agriculture and the United ...
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2021
Smaje, ChrisA Small Farm Future: Making the Case for a Society Built Around Local Economies, Self-Provisioning, Agricultural Diversity and a Shared Earth. Chelsea Green Publishing: London, 2020. (311 s.)
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Smaje, ChrisA Small Farm Future: Making the Case for a Society Built Around Local Economies, Self-Provisioning, Agricultural Diversity and a Shared Earth. Chelsea Green Publishing: London, 2020. (311 s.)
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The Circular Migration of Smallholders in Kenya
Journal of African Economies, 1996Circular migration is a central phenomenon in the lives of smallholders in East Africa. Many migration decisions are not individual decisions but rather household decisions in which the household allocates its labor force among activities to maximize household utility.
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Smallholder Vulnerability and Response to Drought
1988Previous sections have outlined the drought climatology of the Kirinyaga-Embu-Machakos area and the results of several agroclimatic models that indicate agricultural and livestock potentials in different climatic scenarios. Even using very simple models, it is clear that climate and weather are the primary variables in determining potential ...
Parry, M.L., Carter, T.R., Konijn, N.T.
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Smallholder Farming and Smallholder Development in Tanzania
The Geographical Journal, 1969J. A. Hellen +4 more
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2014
Global food and agriculture systems face a series of inter-related challenges; to assure food security for a growing world population while supporting decent livelihoods and reducing the environmental footprint of agriculture. Agroecological approaches can address these challenges by contributing to a greener economy. Agroecological systems are diverse,
Scialabba, Nadia El Hage +2 more
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Global food and agriculture systems face a series of inter-related challenges; to assure food security for a growing world population while supporting decent livelihoods and reducing the environmental footprint of agriculture. Agroecological approaches can address these challenges by contributing to a greener economy. Agroecological systems are diverse,
Scialabba, Nadia El Hage +2 more
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Smallholder vegetable farming produces more soil microplastics pollution than large-scale farming
Environmental Pollution, 2023Haijun Sun, Ju Min, Su Shiung Lam
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