Summary: Sustainability is an inherently dynamic, indefinite and contested concept. Sustainable development must, therefore, be seen as an unending process defined not by fixed goals or the specific means of achieving them, ...

We study factors associated with a shift toward diversified, high-valued vegetable crops and the incentives associated with the use of IPM methods for vegetable producers in Bangladesh. The primary objective is to measure ...

This study compares the soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration of three different soil types under no-tillage and conventional tillage. In all three soil types, soils under no-tillage had greater total SOC and greater C ...

This article presents the possibility of organic farming as a means for smallholders in Africa and other developing nations to increase their incomes from agriculture as they help meet the increasing demand in Europe and ...

Issues affecting the interplay among wildlife health, the health of domestic animals, and human health are receiving inadequate attention from protected area managers. This chapter encourages an innovative framework, called ...

This paper examines the characteristics of successful, locally-sponsored development of irrigated agriculture in the Sahel, through the presentation of a detailed case study. Particular attention is given to physical and ...

The articles that appear in this book cover various aspects of institutions, organizing and governing of natural resources, and the improvement of livelihoods. A majority of the papers discuss how innovative forest management ...

Widespread skeletal myodegeneration in cattle was associated with a disease syndrome characterized by an afebrile course, abnormally dark red urine, incoordination, recumbency, and death. The plants Cassia occidentalis or ...

Ecuador is characterized by high levels of both cultural and biological diversity. Cultural diversity is expressed not only in clothing, art and music, language and behavioral norms, but also in concrete social realities ...