Sustainable Poverty Reduction in Less-favoured AreasRuerd Ruben, J. Pender, Arie Kuyvenhoven CABI, 2007 - 472 pages Printbegrænsninger: Der kan printes 10 sider ad gangen og max. 40 sider pr. session |
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Page 19
... crop loss at different stages of the production process. Postharvest losses in farm level storage typically represent 2–8% of the production weight, while losses in storage and transport are about 3–7% (Boxall, 2001). In tropical areas ...
... crop loss at different stages of the production process. Postharvest losses in farm level storage typically represent 2–8% of the production weight, while losses in storage and transport are about 3–7% (Boxall, 2001). In tropical areas ...
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... cropping activities (Brummett, 2002). In addition, income from fishponds is more stable and compensates in adverse years for losses in crop income. Livestock and pasture management Livestock production is considered as an attractive ...
... cropping activities (Brummett, 2002). In addition, income from fishponds is more stable and compensates in adverse years for losses in crop income. Livestock and pasture management Livestock production is considered as an attractive ...
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... production of leguminous fodder crops and the use of crop residues and industrial sub-products (e.g. feedblocks in Northern Africa, cottonseed in West Africa). Success has been reached mostly in areas where increasing stocking rates ...
... production of leguminous fodder crops and the use of crop residues and industrial sub-products (e.g. feedblocks in Northern Africa, cottonseed in West Africa). Success has been reached mostly in areas where increasing stocking rates ...
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... cropping and livestock activities represents in semiarid areas a main strategy for ... crop–livestock systems in Burkina Faso, Mali and Tanzania (Williams et al ... production constraints faced by the poor in marginal areas, for reducing ...
... cropping and livestock activities represents in semiarid areas a main strategy for ... crop–livestock systems in Burkina Faso, Mali and Tanzania (Williams et al ... production constraints faced by the poor in marginal areas, for reducing ...
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... production, adoption or expansion of perishable horticultural cash crops, expansion of perennial cash crops and increased off-farm employment or non-farm activity in combination with continued food crop production (Pender, 2004).6 As ...
... production, adoption or expansion of perishable horticultural cash crops, expansion of perennial cash crops and increased off-farm employment or non-farm activity in combination with continued food crop production (Pender, 2004).6 As ...
Contents
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Development Strategies for Poor People in Lessfavoured Areas | 63 |
Resource Management Options | 133 |
Livelihoods and Food Security | 203 |
Markets and Institutional Development | 271 |
Strategies and Policy Priorities | 419 |
Index | 467 |
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