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  1. 12th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics-ISEE 2012:Ecological Economics and Rio +20: Contributions and Challenges for a Green Economy
    ISEE is a nonprofit, member-governed organization dedicated to advancing understanding of the relationships between the economy, ecology and society, for the mutual well-being of people and nature. ISEE conferences are transdisciplinary and have been held biennially since 1990. ISEE 2012 has been…
  2. G20 Experts to Meet on Food Security Solutions
    Source: Voice of America Audio Interview is available here. Agricultural experts from the G20 countries will meet next week to find ways to match the latest research and technology to the growing demand for more food. It’s estimated the world’s population will grow to nine billion by 2050.…
  3. Report on the Proceedings of the International Workshop
    On Fast Growing Economies¿ Role in Global Agricultural Research for Development + Annexures
    Fast growing economies are increasingly emerging also as dominant forces in global economic, social and environmental affairs. These economies represent the world¿s largest potential markets and trading partners, the source of much of both the world¿s natural and human resources and of major…
  4. International Workshop on Fast Growing Economies' Role in Global Agricultural Research for Development. 2010 February 2010. Country Briefs
    Country briefs presented by Brazil, China, Egypt, India, France, Vietnam at the International Workshop on Fast Growing Economies' Role in Global Agricultural Research for Development, February 2010
  5. Report on the Proceedings of the International Workshop
    On Fast Growing Economies¿ Role in Global Agricultural Research for Development
    Fast growing economies are increasingly emerging also as dominant forces in global economic, social and environmental affairs. These economies represent the world¿s largest potential markets and trading partners, the source of much of both the world¿s natural and human resources and of major…
  6. SCALING UP, AND SCALING FURTHER UP:
    An ongoing experience of participatory development in Brazil
    The program is located in the southern part of Brazil, at the border between the states of Paraná and Sta. Catarina. Twenty-two municipalities are included in the program, covering 13,000 square kilometers and a population of 55,000 family farmers (roughly 250,000 people). The area is part of the…
  7. Session 2: stakeholders' involvement in setting and implementing an agricultural research agenda. Cashew-nut processing miniplants in Northeastern Brazil: a successful partnership (Latin America and the Caribbean)
    This paper describes the implementation of a multipartner effort, under the coordination of Embrapa Tropical Agroindustry, one of the research centres of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), located in the State of Ceará, Northeast Brazil. The project had as its main objective…
  8. Soil conservationist management systems on small farms of Santa Catarina State, Brazil
    "Objectives: Minimize the erosion, the superficial runoff and the soil degradation, through the growth of soil cover crops and adoption of soil conservationist management systems with minimum or any soil plowing. To adapt and/or to develop, with technicians and farmers participation, soil…
  9. Development of an agroecological research network for organic vegetable production and marketing
    In the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a partnership was formed between seven institutions, including both governmental and non-governmental organizations, that had been acting previously and independently in favor of the agroecological movement. In the area of agroecology an interinstitutional…
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