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Yoshikazu Kawaguchi at Akame Natural Farm School. Widely regarded as the leading practitioner of the second-generation of natural farmers, Yoshikazu Kawaguchi is the instigator of Akame Natural Farm School, and a related network of volunteer-based "no-tuition" natural farming schools in Japan that numbers 40 locations and more than 900 concurrent students. [18]
Funds proposals for research, education, and on-farm demonstration projects that seek to improve farming practices and enhance quality of life for farmers and rural communities. The projects must include farmers and relevant stakeholders in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the project. [15]
CAMPFIRE was initiated in 1989 by the Zimbabwean government as a program to support community-led development and sustainable use of natural resources. [2] The 1975 Parks and Wildlife Act set the legal basis for CAMPFIRE by allowing communities and private landowners to use wildlife on their land, marking a substantial shift from colonial policy that made it illegal for local populations to ...
Sustainable agriculture – applied science that integrates three main goals, environmental health, economic profitability, and social and economic equity. These goals have been defined by various philosophies, policies, and practices, from the vision of farmers and consumers.
Agribusiness is the industry, enterprises, and the field of study [1] of value chains in agriculture [2] and in the bio-economy, [3] in which case it is also called bio-business [4] [5] or bio-enterprise. The primary goal of agribusiness is to maximize profit while satisfying the needs of consumers for products related to natural resources.
Syntropic farming, syntropic agriculture or syntropic agroforestry is an organic, permaculture agroforestry system developed by Ernst Götsch in Brazil. [ 56 ] [ 57 ] Sometimes this system is referred to as a successional agroforestry systems or SAFS , which sometimes refer to a broader concept originating in Latin America. [ 58 ]
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 118: 273-284; Professor Sir John Beddington (2013) Research project: Conservation farming - Testing the delivery of conservation schemes for farmland birds at the farm-scale during winter, in Southern lowland England. University of Southampton, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Masters Thesis, 32pp.
The AGREE project conducted studies on energy efficiency in different agricultural production systems and proposed measures for improvement. The results of the project were summarized in reports that highlighted the opportunities and drawbacks for energy efficiency in agriculture in different European countries.