Instructors Guides for Teaching Organic Gardening
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
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Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
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Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
IWMI’s Valentine JG Bavanirajan gives a comprehensive overview of the Africa Research In Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) project. The project aims to create opportunities for smallholder farm households to move out of hunger and poverty through sustainably intensified farming systems that improve food, nutrition, and income security, particularly for women and children, and conserve or enhance the natural resource base.
Instructors Guides for Teaching Organic Gardening
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
IWMI’s Valentine JG Bavanirajan gives a comprehensive overview of the Africa Research In Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) project. The project aims to create opportunities for smallholder farm households to move out of hunger and poverty through sustainably intensified farming systems that improve food, nutrition, and income security, particularly for women and children, and conserve or enhance the natural resource base.
Implications of the introduction of forage chopper machines africa-rising
Poster prepared by Gundula Fischer, Jacqueline Rugalabam, Gabriel Malima, Simon Wittich, Ben Lukuyu, David Ngunga, Leonard Marwa and Gregory Sikumba for the Africa RISING Science for Impact Workshop, Dar es Salaam, 17-19 January 2017
Assessment of Experts’ Opinion on Irish Potato Farmers Perceptions about Clim...Premier Publishers
This paper evaluated expert opinions on farmers' perception about climate change, Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) practices and their effects on Irish potato production in Kenya. The study focused on different coping strategies preferred by experts and currently used by farmers. Delphi approach was used to elicit information from 22 experts from different Irish potato and climate research organizations in Kenya. The study found that, majority of farmers were aware of climate change and perceived it to affect Irish potato production in Kenya. Most experts opined that key climate change effects experienced by the farmers in Kenya included new strains of pest and diseases (91%), low rainfall (68%), instability in production (68%), inability to plan for production (64%) and destruction of crops by floods (59%) causing an overall decline in potato yield (86%). Despite high level of farmers’ awareness (76%) and benefits (91%), the study found low implementation levels(≤ 40%) on most of the CSA practices. Furthermore, the assessment revealed that the top 5 CSA practices preferred by both experts and farmers are the use of improved crop varieties (85%), irrigation (64%), efficient use of agrochemicals (54%), early land preparation (51%), diversified crop production (45%), efficient use of inorganic fertilizer (45%) and changing planting dates (45%). The study revealed that the most preferred CSA practices focused on increased production. The study calls for changes in agricultural policy to appropriately resolve the majority of CSA practices adoption and adaptation concerns in Kenya.
Sustainable agriculture and its effectiveness - Capstone research project MatthewBelanger10
This research paper was for the Environmental Studies 400 capstone class at Central Michigan University. In this paper, I strive to understand why industrial agriculture is so unsustainable, what is being done to reach a more sustainable system, and whether or not these strives in sustainability are effective. This research project allowed me to develop my interest in the agriculture industry and learn more about this field. Coupled with a presentation to faculty members and students of the Environmental Studies program, this project allowed me to practice my research and communication skills through a topic that deeply interested me.
Preserving Agricultural and Ecological Sciences: Inventing archives for dispe...linemily
Lightning talk presented at SAA's ARCHIVES 2017 meeting on UC Merced Library's efforts to preserve and make accessible historical materials from University of California Cooperative Extension county offices. These materials tell the development of California agriculture and CA rural communities in the last century, and impact ecological and other interdisciplinary research today.
To remain profitable in agriculture under the present condition every farmer should consider that fertility level must be measured, this presentation based on how recommendation gives based on soil testings.
Farmer participatory variety selection in multi location on-farm sorghum vari...ICRISAT
Sorghum plays an important role in the diets and economies of the people of Nigeria. The average per capita annual sorghum consumption in major sorghum growing areas, is more than 75 kg/person and it contributes to more than 50% of the dietary micronutrient requirements, particularly in the northern state's smallholder farmers. However, since 2009, there has been a decline in its production in terms of area harvested and yields (FAOSTAT, 2012), attributable to the unavailability and dissemination of improved varieties and hybrids that are adapted to the Sudan and Sahel ecologies with unpredictable and low rainfall pattern and Striga infestation. In line with the Nigerian Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA), aimed at strengthening the economy through sorghum commodity transformation, ICRISAT in collaboration with Institute for Agricultural Research Ahmadu Bello University (IAR/ABU), developed and evaluated sorghum varieties with farmer participatory evaluation across major sorghum growing ecologies during 2015 rainy season.
Assessment of bud-grafting and side-grafting techniques to support the improv...Open Access Research Paper
The results of the previous year study found that the somatic embryogenesis (SE) cocoa plant originated from planting from year 2009 until 2012, has not been in its optimal growth and production. It is reported is a significant mortality rate in the cocoa plant nursery phase or the SE in the vegetative phase. Based on the data and information, it is known that there is a need for the engineering efforts to increase production and quality of SE cocoa through the application of bud grafting and side grafting. The assessment is also expected to support farmer in order to apply the technology of bud grafting and side grafting for SE cocoa plant. The purpose of this study are : a) to find out the improvement of crop productivity and quality of SE cocoa through bud grafting and side grafting, and b) to analyze the response of farmers to increase crop productivity and quality SE cocoa through bud grafting and side grafting. This study was conducted in Bone, and Luwu regency, South Sulawesi from January 2015 to December 2016. This study used a Randomized Block Design with 8 treatments and 4 replications. Data collected are SE cocoa populations, some problems of SE cocoa developments and social-economic of farmers. Plant observations include growth and productivity of cocoa. The data has been collected, tabulated described and analyzed by ANOVA and Duncan’s Multiple Range Test (level 5%). SE cocoa plants have high jorget, small pod, small beans and flat. Productivity of side grafting cocoa is 4.21-4.36kg/tree/year. Response of farmers can receive bud grafting and side grafting technology for SE cocoa plant.
Despite the sago palm’s significant contribution to village economies since early times, it has never been cultivated in a systematic manner by local farmers in Luwu Utara Regency, Indonesia. This study examines farmers’ willingness to plant sago palm and the determinant factors influencing farmers’ adoption behavior. A descriptive analysis and binary logit model were used for this paper. The results revealed that the majority of the respondents agree that replanting is generally important and they believe it to be of concern for every local farmer. The results further indicate that knowledge of an integrated cultivation system of sago, access to information and training, internal motivation, work experience, and the size of the sago area are the determinant factors influencing farmers to plant sago palm. The findings in this study could explain farmers’ adoption of a better cultivation system plays an important role in the future of sustainable sago palm production.
Presented by: Norman Uphoff, CIIFAD, Cornell University, USA
Presented at: BioVision Alexandria 2010 New Life Sciences: Future Prospects
Date Presented: 04/15/2010
Author: Norman Uphoff
Title: Improving Food Production for Health in a Water-Constrained World: Opportunities from Agroecological Knowledge and Experience (SRI)
Presented at: Water for Health Lecture Series, Nebraska Water Center
Date: February 24, 2016
Implications of the introduction of forage chopper machines africa-rising
Poster prepared by Gundula Fischer, Jacqueline Rugalabam, Gabriel Malima, Simon Wittich, Ben Lukuyu, David Ngunga, Leonard Marwa and Gregory Sikumba for the Africa RISING Science for Impact Workshop, Dar es Salaam, 17-19 January 2017
Assessment of Experts’ Opinion on Irish Potato Farmers Perceptions about Clim...Premier Publishers
This paper evaluated expert opinions on farmers' perception about climate change, Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) practices and their effects on Irish potato production in Kenya. The study focused on different coping strategies preferred by experts and currently used by farmers. Delphi approach was used to elicit information from 22 experts from different Irish potato and climate research organizations in Kenya. The study found that, majority of farmers were aware of climate change and perceived it to affect Irish potato production in Kenya. Most experts opined that key climate change effects experienced by the farmers in Kenya included new strains of pest and diseases (91%), low rainfall (68%), instability in production (68%), inability to plan for production (64%) and destruction of crops by floods (59%) causing an overall decline in potato yield (86%). Despite high level of farmers’ awareness (76%) and benefits (91%), the study found low implementation levels(≤ 40%) on most of the CSA practices. Furthermore, the assessment revealed that the top 5 CSA practices preferred by both experts and farmers are the use of improved crop varieties (85%), irrigation (64%), efficient use of agrochemicals (54%), early land preparation (51%), diversified crop production (45%), efficient use of inorganic fertilizer (45%) and changing planting dates (45%). The study revealed that the most preferred CSA practices focused on increased production. The study calls for changes in agricultural policy to appropriately resolve the majority of CSA practices adoption and adaptation concerns in Kenya.
Sustainable agriculture and its effectiveness - Capstone research project MatthewBelanger10
This research paper was for the Environmental Studies 400 capstone class at Central Michigan University. In this paper, I strive to understand why industrial agriculture is so unsustainable, what is being done to reach a more sustainable system, and whether or not these strives in sustainability are effective. This research project allowed me to develop my interest in the agriculture industry and learn more about this field. Coupled with a presentation to faculty members and students of the Environmental Studies program, this project allowed me to practice my research and communication skills through a topic that deeply interested me.
Preserving Agricultural and Ecological Sciences: Inventing archives for dispe...linemily
Lightning talk presented at SAA's ARCHIVES 2017 meeting on UC Merced Library's efforts to preserve and make accessible historical materials from University of California Cooperative Extension county offices. These materials tell the development of California agriculture and CA rural communities in the last century, and impact ecological and other interdisciplinary research today.
To remain profitable in agriculture under the present condition every farmer should consider that fertility level must be measured, this presentation based on how recommendation gives based on soil testings.
Farmer participatory variety selection in multi location on-farm sorghum vari...ICRISAT
Sorghum plays an important role in the diets and economies of the people of Nigeria. The average per capita annual sorghum consumption in major sorghum growing areas, is more than 75 kg/person and it contributes to more than 50% of the dietary micronutrient requirements, particularly in the northern state's smallholder farmers. However, since 2009, there has been a decline in its production in terms of area harvested and yields (FAOSTAT, 2012), attributable to the unavailability and dissemination of improved varieties and hybrids that are adapted to the Sudan and Sahel ecologies with unpredictable and low rainfall pattern and Striga infestation. In line with the Nigerian Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA), aimed at strengthening the economy through sorghum commodity transformation, ICRISAT in collaboration with Institute for Agricultural Research Ahmadu Bello University (IAR/ABU), developed and evaluated sorghum varieties with farmer participatory evaluation across major sorghum growing ecologies during 2015 rainy season.
Assessment of bud-grafting and side-grafting techniques to support the improv...Open Access Research Paper
The results of the previous year study found that the somatic embryogenesis (SE) cocoa plant originated from planting from year 2009 until 2012, has not been in its optimal growth and production. It is reported is a significant mortality rate in the cocoa plant nursery phase or the SE in the vegetative phase. Based on the data and information, it is known that there is a need for the engineering efforts to increase production and quality of SE cocoa through the application of bud grafting and side grafting. The assessment is also expected to support farmer in order to apply the technology of bud grafting and side grafting for SE cocoa plant. The purpose of this study are : a) to find out the improvement of crop productivity and quality of SE cocoa through bud grafting and side grafting, and b) to analyze the response of farmers to increase crop productivity and quality SE cocoa through bud grafting and side grafting. This study was conducted in Bone, and Luwu regency, South Sulawesi from January 2015 to December 2016. This study used a Randomized Block Design with 8 treatments and 4 replications. Data collected are SE cocoa populations, some problems of SE cocoa developments and social-economic of farmers. Plant observations include growth and productivity of cocoa. The data has been collected, tabulated described and analyzed by ANOVA and Duncan’s Multiple Range Test (level 5%). SE cocoa plants have high jorget, small pod, small beans and flat. Productivity of side grafting cocoa is 4.21-4.36kg/tree/year. Response of farmers can receive bud grafting and side grafting technology for SE cocoa plant.
Despite the sago palm’s significant contribution to village economies since early times, it has never been cultivated in a systematic manner by local farmers in Luwu Utara Regency, Indonesia. This study examines farmers’ willingness to plant sago palm and the determinant factors influencing farmers’ adoption behavior. A descriptive analysis and binary logit model were used for this paper. The results revealed that the majority of the respondents agree that replanting is generally important and they believe it to be of concern for every local farmer. The results further indicate that knowledge of an integrated cultivation system of sago, access to information and training, internal motivation, work experience, and the size of the sago area are the determinant factors influencing farmers to plant sago palm. The findings in this study could explain farmers’ adoption of a better cultivation system plays an important role in the future of sustainable sago palm production.
Presented by: Norman Uphoff, CIIFAD, Cornell University, USA
Presented at: BioVision Alexandria 2010 New Life Sciences: Future Prospects
Date Presented: 04/15/2010
Author: Norman Uphoff
Title: Improving Food Production for Health in a Water-Constrained World: Opportunities from Agroecological Knowledge and Experience (SRI)
Presented at: Water for Health Lecture Series, Nebraska Water Center
Date: February 24, 2016
Presenter: Norman Uphoff
Title: Agroecological Strategies for Raising Crop Productivity with Reduced Inputs, with Less Water Requirement, and with Buffering of Climate-Change Stresses
Date: April 10, 2014
Venue: Agricultural Research Center, Sakha, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt
Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Practices among Farmers in Ohaukwu Local...BRNSS Publication Hub
The study was conducted with the broad objective of determining the level of adoption of sustainable
agricultural practices (SAPs) among farmers in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
Multistage, random, and systematic sampling procedures were employed to select 160 respondents for
the study. The collected data were analyzed using relevant descriptive and inferential statistics suitable
for each objective. The result showed that majority of the respondents were females who were married,
having a mean age of 43 years and mean number of years of experience of 17. Majority of them acquired
secondary school education while practicing Christianity and were engaged in the production of both crops
and animals (mixed farming), having mean farm size of 0.8 ha in scattered plots and mean annual income
of N71,400 which was regarded as low income. Most of the farmers were not members to any farmers’
cooperative society. The predominant SAPs adopted included crop rotation, compost manure, and use of
tolerant varieties. Furthermore, socioeconomic characteristics of the rural farmers were observed to have
strong influence on adoption of SAPs by the farmers. The constraints to the adoption of SAPs among farmers
were socioeconomic, political, and institutional. The null hypothesis tested using F-test was rejected at 5%
level of significance. Consequently, it was concluded that socioeconomic characteristics of farmers actually
influenced adoption of SAPs, though there were identified constraints that limited the level of adoption
of such SAPs which if mitigated will improve adoption of the SAPs. Based on the study findings, the
policy recommendations were that relevant agencies should ensure vigorous dissemination of information
to farmers on available windows to low interest rate agricultural credit facilities by the government; reform
in land tenure system should be facilitated to support adoption of SAPs; Nigerian agricultural extension
program should be restructured to reflect sustainable agricultural context and emphasis; and farmers should
be encouraged to seek meteorological information to minimize risks from adverse weather conditions. This
will encourage adoption of SAPs and ensure that maximum result is achieved.
Title: Agroecological Strategies for Raising Crop Productivity with Reduced Inputs, with Less Water Requirement, and with Buffering of Climate-Change Stresses
Speaker: Norman Uphoff, Cornell University, USA
Presented at: ECHO 20th Annual Agricultural Conference
Venue: ECHO, Ft. Myers, FL - December 10, 2013
Climate Smart Rice (CSR): Boosting the food security in the changing climateIARI, NEW DELHI
Climate change will influence crop distribution and production and increase risks associated with agriculture.
Crop productivity has already experienced detrimental impacts, underlining the necessity of taking adaptive
measures. Although, in few regions (mainly in temperate latitudes) may experience improved conditions for
production. Globally, climate change is expected to reduce cereal production by 1% to 7% by 2060. Both
the changing climate and growing population has been increasing the pressure on our food resources. The
sustainability of feedable resources is looking difficult in present changing scenario of climate. Almost, more than half of the world’s population, near about 4 billion people eating rice as their staple food (Mohanty, 2014).
But on another hand, the changing climate is making it tenacious for rice growing communities to maintain the
productivity. So that, there is an urgent need to make a climate suitable genotypes to resist changing climate.
Presently, new stress tolerant rice cultivars can help make farmers more resilient against the calamitous effects
of climate. Dr. Matthew Morell (Australian scientist), who heads the International Rice Research Institute,
Philippines described the climate change ready rice as “the engine of food security” during the delivering the
Millennium Lecture at the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation in Chennai, India. Dr. M. S. Swaminathan
named rice crop as “the crop of the future” due to its versatility (Environment New Service, 2017).
Nearly 100 million rice farmers live in unfavorable rice environments. These communities are among the poorest and most vulnerable to climate change. Solutions are urgently needed to avoid some of the worst impacts of climate change.
Discusses the use of science in combination with local knowledge and practices that can help address climate change-related concerns. Various approaches used by CURE are outlined. This policy brief is based on the paper "Rice Crisis and Climate Risk Manaement: A review of the CURE Approach", published in Asian Journal for Agriculture and Development (AJAD) Volume 5, No. 1.
Poster presented at the 4th International Rice Congress (IRC2014)
Authors: Dang Bao Nguyet and Le Nguyet Minh
Title: The Evolution of the System of Rice Intensification - What Have We Learnt?
Date: October 27-31, 2014
Venue: BITEC, Bangkok, Thailand
Analysis of technical Efficiency of traditional wheat farming in Fezzan regio...Premier Publishers
Although the efforts to enhance the productivity of wheat in Libya, it is still low and there is no improvement in wheat yield over the last decade indicating the usage of inputs in process of production is not efficient. Though some farms use modern methods in planting wheat, nevertheless a lot of wheat farmers are still using the traditional method of production. This paper aims to examine the technical efficiency of traditional wheat farming in Fezzan region, Libya as well as factors affecting technical inefficiency. A set of questionnaires was used to obtain data from 149 traditional wheat farmers selected by using a simple random sampling technique. The slack based data envelopment analysis model (SBM) was used to estimate technical efficiency and fractional regression model to determine factors response for inefficiency. Results showed that, the average technical efficiency of the farms was 0.69 indicating that farmers were operating at a low level of technical efficiency. This indicates that there is a need to improve technical efficiency by about 0.31 with the same level of inputs. The results of slack analysis revealed that the total inputs used by the traditional farmers would be reduced by 42 kg/ha for DAP, 58 kg/ha for seed, 14kg/ha for urea, 33 kg/ha for organic fertilizers and 12.9 man-days/ha for labour.
0207 Potential Contributions of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) for ...
IANR-growing-spring-2016
1. UNL graduate student
studying conservation
agriculture in Nepal
JohnLaborde
AgronomyandHorticultureGradStudent
T
he growing population of the
world brings challenges when it
comes to producing enough food
to feed everyone. Not only does
food production need to increase
by 70 percent by 2050, but that
production has to occur with less water than
ever before due to climate change.
Scientists at the Institute of Agriculture and
Natural Resources are committed to finding
cropping systems that are sustainable while
simultaneously increasing productivity. One
cropping system with potential to meet that
criteria is called Conservation Agriculture
(CA). John Laborde, a graduate student in the
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at
the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, is living and
working in Nepal as part of an IANR graduate
research assistantship. Laborde is conducting
research at the International Maize and Wheat
Improvement Center to determine whether
CA might be a viable option in an area with
immediate needs for increased production.
“Two out of three people in Nepal suffer from
food insecurity each year as a result of low
productivity,” said Laborde. “My research is
focused on how the adoption of CA might
influence crop productivity, crop choice, soil
characteristics and operational profitability.”
Nepal’s low agricultural production can be
attributed to a variety of complex reasons such
as water scarcity due to its monsoon/dry season
climate, lack of fertilizers and pesticides, weak
local markets, poor institutional supports and
lack of infrastructure such as roads, processing
facilities and storage facilities. Furthermore, a
devastating earthquake hit Nepal in April 2015,
which has hindered all aspects of life, including
agriculture.
CA is intended to minimize the disruption of
the soil’s structure, retain crop residue and
allow for crop rotation. CA has proven potential
to improve crop yields, while improving the
long-term environmental impacts due to
farming. However, according to Laborde the
effectiveness of the soil management practice
is not so clear-cut.
“Through my research in Nepal, I have found that
the effectiveness of CA is highly dependent upon
climactic conditions of the agroecology in which
it is adopted,” he said.
18 Growing A Healthy Future 19IANR.UNL.EDU
In Nepal, the largest impact on
agronomic systems is climate.
Four months out of the year it
experiences heavy rainfalls and the
remainder of the year is dominated
by drought. Although this is a
significant challenge to overcome
for successful CA implementation
in Nepal, the research station
where Laborde is located plans to
continue the research indefinitely
to get to the point where a second
crop could be grown during the
dry season.
“If farmers are to successfully plant
a secondary crop they will need to
be educated on how to properly
adopt CA management practices
and when to plant this new crop,”
said Laborde. “As more information
on CA is collected over the years
I suspect CA education will be
incorporated into their extension
activities.”
Laborde’s research is of particular
interest to his colleagues at
UNL. CA is widely practiced in
the Midwest, especially in corn
production. However, the principles
of preserving natural resources
such as water while simultaneously
boosting yields is a message
that is gaining momentum with
increased variability in rainfall and
drought conditions. Minimizing soil
disturbance, residue retention and
crop rotation is essential to the
future health of agriculture at home
and abroad.
By Haley Steinkuhler
asia