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Our findings and recommendations are relatively simple, yet profound. There is an urgent need for mulitlateral development banks to: 1. Set up internal procedures to identify and quantify the ecological impact “externalities,” especially at the agricultural loan application stage to show the True Cost of production; 2. Size those externalities...
documento normativo
2015
This one-size-fits-all industrial model of agriculture is being pursued at the expense of small-scale farmers who produce 70% of Africa’s food by using, in many cases, sustainable agriculture methods, also known as agroecology. Studies show that agroecology leads to increases in food productivity and yield which are comparable to, or...
Artículo
2015
Agroecology is a promising alternative to industrial agriculture, with the potential to avoid the negative social and ecological consequences of input-intensive production. Transitioning to agroecological production is, however, a complex project that requires diverse contributions from the outside of scientific institutions. Agroecologists therefore collaborate with traditional producers and agroecological movements....
artículo de revista
2014
Agroecology and industrial ecology can be viewed as complementary means for reducing the environmental footprint of animal farming systems: agroecology mainly by stimulating natural processes to reduce inputs, and industrial ecology by closing system loops, thereby reducing demand for raw materials, lowering pollution and saving on waste treatment. Surprisingly, animal...
artículo de revista
2013
Ecological impacts of industrial agriculture include significant greenhouse gas emissions, loss of biodiversity, widespread pollution by fertilizers and pesticides, soil loss and degradation, declining pollinators, and human health risks, among many others. A rapidly growing body of scientific research, however, suggests that farming systems designed and managed according to ecological...
United States of America
artículo de revista
2016
The tribal societies of north-eastern India have wet rice cultivation as a land use activity, along with shifting agriculture (locally called `Jhum'), and the 'home gardens', which is an imitation of a forest but with economically important species. Wet rice cultivation is done a valley bottoms and sometimes on small terraces constructed...
India
Estudio de caso
2000
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