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Obstáculos para la formación de cooperativas campesinas y gestión del capital social como motor del desarrollo rural
Como se revisó en el capítulo anterior, la Pequeña Agricultura Campesina, dado el contexto político económico que se encuentra, presenta serias dificultadas para poder perdurar en el tiempo y alcanzar mayores grados de desarrollo. Evidentemente el escenario de desprotección en que se presenta, sumados a otros factores impiden la sustentabilidad...
Chile
2005 - Universidad Alberto Hurtado
Conference paper
The analysis of forage quality and grasslands utilization for livestock production on organic farms
Grasslands with legumes, as the basic source of nitrogen, should play an essential part in organic agriculture systems. The proportion of grasslands of the total area of all types of organic croplands in Poland in 2002 highlights its importance (>45% of the total 41 thousand ha) (Zastawny et al., 2003)....
Poland
2005 - Sustaining Animal Health and Food Safety in Organic Farming (SAFO)
Conference proceedings
Quality of organic livestock products
European consumers have become increasingly more aware of food safety issues, as a consequence of a number of food ‘scandals’. Most of these ‘scandals’ have been related to livestock products. However, most consumers still believe that it is possible to produce ‘safe’ food at low prices, while a small group...
2005 - Sustaining Animal Health and Food Safety in Organic Farming (SAFO)
Conference paper
Organic production and nutrimarketing strategy of ‘Hungaricums’ of animal origin
During the past decade, the general attitude of the population towards health, nutrition, quality and environment has remarkably changed. Consequently, organic farming is increasing, especially in economically developed countries. Due to the growing demand, government subsidies and other economic advantages, the cropping area has increased. In Hungary, organic farming principally...
Hungary
2005 - Sustaining Animal Health and Food Safety in Organic Farming (SAFO)
Working paper
Building Bridges
The contribution of traditional knowledge to ecosystem management and practices in Fiji
Developing nations such as Fiji are grappling with how they can utilise their environmental resources to improve local living conditions while protecting the integrity of ecological systems. Different development approaches are adopted but in these areas, the environment is altered and polluted as a result of sustained human activities. The...
Fiji
2005 - United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)
Journal article
Studies comparing the composition of milk produced on organic and conventional dairy farms in the UK
Organic milk production in the UK increased from 16 million litres in 1997/98 to 218 million litres in 2001/02 (MDC, 2002). Consumers often cite health benefits of organic food as a reason for purchase (Hill and Lynchehaun, 2002; MDC, 2002). To date, only minor differences in composition between organic and...
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2005 - Sustaining Animal Health and Food Safety in Organic Farming (SAFO)
Manual
Conservation Agriculture
A manual for farmers and extension workers in Africa
Over 60% of Africans depend on some form of farming for their sustenance and livelihoods. Agriculture remains vital for the continent’s development and economic growth. So the recent stagnation or decline in farm productivity in in many parts of Africa is a major concern. For many communities and countries, this...
2005 - African Conservation Tillage Network (ACTN)
Conference paper
The comparison of intensive and extensive past ure feeding for dairy cows on a Bohemian farm
The nutritive value of forages for ruminants highly depends on the ratio between cell content and cell walls and on the ability of the rumen microorganisms to degrade the plant cell walls (Waldo, 1986). The primary function of the NDF fraction in ruminant diets is to provide energy for microbial...
Czechia
2005 - Sustaining Animal Health and Food Safety in Organic Farming (SAFO)
Conference paper
East Balkan Swine in Bulgaria – an option for organic production
One of the characteristics of organic farming is the conservation of domestic, endogenous livestock breeds and strains. For a successful development of the organic pig sector in Southern Europe, the animals must be well adapted domestic breeds, as they are exposed to extreme weather conditions in the free range systems...
Bulgaria
2005 - Sustaining Animal Health and Food Safety in Organic Farming (SAFO)
Conference paper
Organic egg production in Finland – animal health, welfare and food safety issues
Maintaining high welfare status and allowing birds access to natural behaviour and outdoors are particular challenges in organic egg production. Feather pecking, foot problems, external parasites and poor utilisation of outdoor areas have been recognised as problems in organic layer systems (Lampkin 1997, Berg 2001, Kjilstra et al. 2003). Inexperience...
Finland
2005 - Sustaining Animal Health and Food Safety in Organic Farming (SAFO)
Conference paper
Food quality research of organic animal products: future research needs and implications for standards
All stakeholders in the organic livestock food chain have different priorities with respect to food quality. Stakeholders include producers, wholesalers, retailers, advisory bodies, certification groups, regulatory and inspection groups (such as environmental health officers & food microbiologists) and the consumer. Due to the wide range in requirements by these different...
2005 - Sustaining Animal Health and Food Safety in Organic Farming (SAFO)
Conference paper
Opportunities for Hungarian organic goat milk producers
While the level of consumption of organic food is markedly lower in Hungary than in many other European countries, there is an increasing trend among consumers to look for functional and ethically and environmentally sustainable food. This potentially opens up new perspectives for the organic food producers who currently are...
Hungary
2005 - Sustaining Animal Health and Food Safety in Organic Farming (SAFO)
Conference paper
Opportunities for the Hungarian organic sheep and deer farmer
Nearly 1,600 organic farming enterprises are inspected by the Hungarian organic inspection authority, Biokontroll Hungária Kht.. Only 160 of these farms keep livestock. Cattle are the most common species, but the percentage of sheep is also significant (Biokontroll Hungária Kht., 2004). The sheep are generally kept in extensive circumstances, on...
Hungary
2005 - Sustaining Animal Health and Food Safety in Organic Farming (SAFO)
Conference paper
Limitations to organic livestock production: Turkey as a case study for developing countries
The increasing world population, in the mid-20th century, increased the demand of plant and animal products, leading to intensive and monoculture agriculture systems in conventional agriculture. The abundant and low-cost production from per unit and/or animal head were seen as primary objectives in these systems, and ecologic balance and health...
Türkiye
2005 - Sustaining Animal Health and Food Safety in Organic Farming (SAFO)
Journal article
Participatory bean breeding with women and small holder farmers in Eastern Ethiopia
The Ethiopian national bean program traditionally followed conventional approaches in bean improvement for smallholder farmers. The relative effectiveness and efficiency of Participatory Plant Breeding (PPB) compared to conventional approaches is not fully understood. The study was initiated to evaluate participatory plant breeding in bean improvement to disseminate more acceptable and...
Ethiopia
2005
Article
Social Aspects of Agricultural Employment in the Czech Republic
Economic reforms launched in the early 1990s have significantly affected Czech agriculture for more than a decade. First was the reform of property rights to land, which was considered an underlying condition for the effective functioning of a market economy. The reform was built upon three principals: restitution of land...
Czechia
2004
Article
Lease as a Form of Land Consolidation in Moldavian Agriculture
Over 1 million people became landowners during the mass privatization and reorganization of collective farms in Moldova. More than 200,000 peasant farms, second one – “Survey of farm managers”, were conducted by at import owing 1.8 ha of land each, and became the most typical economic entities farming this land....
Republic of Moldova
2004
Article
Analyzing Variation in Russian Dairy Farms, 1990-2001
Russian dairy enterprises underwent dramatic changes during 1990-2001. Not much is known about the position of these enterprises under the new conditions. This study examined a sample group of dairy enterprises in the Moscow region to try to identify similarities and divergences in historical background, performance, managerial and structural characteristics....
Russian Federation
2004
Article
Wine, Sand and Socialism: Some Enduring Effects of Hungary’s ‘Flexible’ Model of Collectivization
This paper presents an historical account of the significance of wine production in a region of south-central Hungary, with a particular focus on the transformations accomplished under socialism and the problems faced by this branch of the rural economy in the post socialist years. Drawing on his own and other...
Hungary
2004
Journal article
Feasibility of rural tourism in a forest property of Comuna de Valdivia: Alternative of sustainable resource management
The project was developed in a forest property in Calfuco, a coastal part of the Valdivia region, in which the resources were being exploited. Specific options of sustainable production that were different and complementary to those currently being carried out were identified, taking into consideration the current state of the...
Chile
2004 - Universidad Austral de Chile (UACh)
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