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As part of the Sumatra Peatland Restoration program, Belantara Foundation helped to develop an integrated farming that includes cattle fattening, organic fertilizer, pineapple plantation, and…
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This video presents a case study from Conservation South Africa, where they used the “Stewardship approach” to protect degrading rangelands and critical endangered ecosystems. The…
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This video provides examples of EbA measures that can be implemented in different sectors, including the water, agricultural and urban sectors. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.
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With a drying climate, cropping poses risks to wetlands and swamps. While laws exist to protect wetlands on private land, in the absence of significant enforcement resources and/or a shared…
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The chapter focuses on the role of investments in institutions and infrastructure in improving rural livelihoods and standards of living. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.
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The chapter focuses on how markets and supply chains connect farmers and consumers around the world and on the implications of global trade of agricultural commodities for the health and wellbeing of…
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Role of Cooperatives in the Saemaul Movement. They had leading roles in modernizing the distribution of agricultural products and in raising the income of its members. This video is licensed under…
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Once the Saemaul Movement began in the 1970s, the off-season disappeared from Korea’s rural areas. The main cause for this fundamental change was the spread of new farming businesses and the…
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Achim Dobermann answers questions relating to Week 2 of the "Feeding a Hungry Planet" course. Specifically, the history of agriculture and the need to change the business as usual approach…
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This chapter talks about the role and the fate of smallholders, particularly in Africa, but also in other parts of the world. What is their position in terms of food production, food security, and…
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This chapter defines the core competencies necessary to create tools that support the chain of agri-food innovation in the Mediterranean, and the agri-food entrepreneur. A food tech startup-er is…
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This chapter looks at case studies around initiatives that have facilitated the participation of smallholder farmers in food value chains, especially the role of multi-stakeholder and public-private…
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This chapter discusses challenges for sustainable farming globally and in the Mediterranean region. Dynamic population growth poses the first problem; by 2050, the world population will probably be…
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This chapter discusses how the value chain can contribute to local and regional development. The Mediterranean diet consists of products that range from olive oil to fresh fruit and veggies to fish…
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Agriculture and horticulture in the ancient Mediterranean were carried out by the ancient Egyptians and the Hittites, among others who are able to make use of natural river irrigation in alluvial…
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The basics of the Egyptian diet, bread and beer, were made for their main crops, wheat and barley. Honey, dates, and fruit juice were used for sweeteners, and garlic and onions for flavoring.…
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