Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 50,79 MB
Release : 2012-03-05
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ISBN : 926416765X
This study examines the broad range of factors driving farm management decisions that can improve the environment, including drawing on the experiences of OECD countries.
Author : United States. Farm Credit Administration
Publisher :
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 15,64 MB
Release : 1948
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Page : 82 pages
File Size : 36,29 MB
Release : 1946*
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Author : Steve Martinez
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 50,58 MB
Release : 2010-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1437933629
This comprehensive overview of local food systems explores alternative definitions of local food, estimates market size and reach, describes the characteristics of local consumers and producers, and examines early indications of the economic and health impacts of local food systems. Defining ¿local¿ based on marketing arrangements, such as farmers selling directly to consumers at regional farmers¿ markets or to schools, is well recognized. Statistics suggest that local food markets account for a small, but growing, share of U.S. agricultural production. For smaller farms, direct marketing to consumers accounts for a higher percentage of their sales than for larger farms. Charts and tables.
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Page : 44 pages
File Size : 29,99 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Agriculture, Cooperative
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Author : United States. Farm Credit Administration. Cooperative Research and Service Division
Publisher :
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 33,12 MB
Release : 1953
Category : Agriculture, Cooperative
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Page : 64 pages
File Size : 20,69 MB
Release : 1958
Category : Agriculture, Cooperative
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Page : 388 pages
File Size : 28,96 MB
Release : 1933
Category : Farm mortgages
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Author : Martin Abraham Abrahamsen
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 46,18 MB
Release : 1955
Category : Agriculture, Cooperative
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Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 16,67 MB
Release : 1991-02-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0309045789
Interest is growing in sustainable agriculture, which involves the use of productive and profitable farming practices that take advantage of natural biological processes to conserve resources, reduce inputs, protect the environment, and enhance public health. Continuing research is helping to demonstrate the ways that many factorsâ€"economics, biology, policy, and traditionâ€"interact in sustainable agriculture systems. This book contains the proceedings of a workshop on the findings of a broad range of research projects funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The areas of study, such as integrated pest management, alternative cropping and tillage systems, and comparisons with more conventional approaches, are essential to developing and adopting profitable and sustainable farming systems.
