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Cropping systems. --- New crops. --- Alternative agriculture. --- Agriculture --- Agriculture, Alternative --- Alternative agricultural systems --- Alternative farming systems --- Agricultural systems --- Appropriate technology --- Sustainable agriculture --- Crops --- Soil management

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Public pressure and societal changes induce interventions and policies, which aim to transform agriculture and food provision. This book shows that for upscaling novel practices and organizational models it is important to include meso-level regime aspects in analysis and practice. The argument presented is that our understanding of the human and social dimensions of transformation processes can be enriched by anchoring practice and policy in social theory. A focus on transitions offers a clear view on the direction and velocity of change. This publication aims to complement this by highlighting theoretical insights in the social or institutional mechanisms enabling or hindering change. Essays on a selection of theorists, varying from idealist or materialist accounts, to actor or system approaches, examine what the presented explanatory framework on social change offers in terms of guidance for intervention and action. The value of these theoretical insights is further explored in a selection of case studies in agriculture and food: rural reconstruction in horticulture and livestock, seed supply systems, and pest control. Each case study systematically applies six theoretical frameworks with the purpose of investigating what novel insights arise from looking at the change process from a particular perspective. Through this exercise the often implicit assumptions of hands-on change processes surface. This book is of interest to practitioners engaged in changing current practices in agriculture and food provision, policy makers interested in grasping why transitions are challenging, applied researchers who like to move beyond individual case studies and social and natural scientists involved in integrative studies of complex change processes.

Agriculture --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Biology - General --- Agriculture - General --- Life sciences. --- Life Sciences. --- Life Sciences, general. --- Biosciences --- Sciences, Life --- Science --- Alternative agriculture. --- Sustainable agriculture --- Sustainable agriculture. --- Social aspects. --- Low-input agriculture --- Low-input sustainable agriculture --- Lower input agriculture --- Resource-efficient agriculture --- Sustainable farming --- Alternative agriculture --- Agriculture, Alternative --- Alternative agricultural systems --- Alternative farming systems --- Agricultural systems --- Appropriate technology

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The Philippine economy has grown rapidly since 2010, but despite this growth, poverty and inequality remain high. Two-thirds of the poor live in rural areas, and the weak performance of the agriculture sector has contributed to the slow improvement in livelihoods. The challenge for agriculture will further increase, with climate change posing a growing threat to the sector. But agricultural transformation to spur sustained growth and reduce poverty is still possible under climate change with aggressive institutional reforms and implementation of the right mix of policies and programmes. The identification of the suitable policy and programme combination requires an accurate assessment of the key drivers of agricultural growth and food security; the impacts of climate change on agriculture and the overall economy; and the effectiveness of policies for adaptation and growth. This book addresses these big issues, focusing on enhancing the adaptation capacity of the Philippine agriculture sector. It is designed to provide a much-needed base of knowledge and menu of policy options to support decision- and policymaking on agriculture, climate change, and food security. The volume uses newly generated data, modelling outputs, and innovative analyses to provide a scientific basis for a variety of adaptation measures under different sets of climate change scenarios to guide decision-makers in strategic planning and policy formulation.

Agriculture --- Climatic changes --- Alternative agriculture --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Agriculture, Alternative --- Alternative agricultural systems --- Alternative farming systems --- Agricultural systems --- Appropriate technology --- Sustainable agriculture --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Environmental aspects --- Global environmental change

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L’autogestion est une forme d’organisation collective où chaque membre du groupe prend part au processus décisionnel qui s’exprime dans la recherche de consensus. Depuis ses débuts, la pensée libertaire propose, à travers ce type d’organisation, de quitter le paradigme capitalisme. Elle rejette non seulement la domination et l’exploitation de l’humain sur l’humain mais aussi l’emprise de l’humain sur son environnement qui conduit à sa destruction. Depuis trois ans, en Grèce, le Refugee Village for Freedom est un collectif autogestionnaire de réfugié.e.s qui pratique une agriculture en marge des circuits conventionnels. La souveraineté alimentaire pour le collectif est visée tout comme la solidarité, avec l’apport gratuit et régulier de produits sain et frais à plus d’un millier de réfugié.e.s vivant à Athènes. À travers une enquête sur le terrain et d’entretiens qualitatifs avec certains de ses membres, ce travail va analyser l’apprentissage du Refugee Village for Freedom dont le fondement libertaire offre un potentiel de transformation sociale rendu possible par l’autogestion. Self-organisation is a form of collective organisation where each member of the group participates in the decision-making process as a way of obtaining consensus. Since its inception, libertarian thought has proposed, through this type of organisation, to depart from the capitalism paradigm. It rejects not only the domination and exploitation of humans over humans but also the control of humans over their environment that leads to its destruction. For the past three years, in Greece, the Refugee Village for Freedom is a refugee collective based on the principles of self-organisation. In light of this, this collective has tended to practice a form of farming outside the conventional agriculture. Food sovereignty for the collective is targeted, along- side solidarity, with the free and regular supply of healthy and fresh products to more than a thousand refu- gees living in Athens. Through the use of field research and qualitative interviews with some of its members, this work will analyze the learnings observed from the Refugee Village for Freedom whose libertarian foun- dation offers a potential for social transformation, made possible by self-organisation.

autogestion --- étude de cas --- transformation sociale --- agroécologie --- libertaire --- réfugiés --- Grèce --- organisation horizontale --- sociologie --- qualitative --- paradigme social --- processus décisionnel --- démocratie radicale --- indépendance --- souveraineté alimentaire --- écologisme réformiste --- écologisme radical --- collectif --- autogestionnaire --- agriculture alternative --- solidarité --- anarchie --- autonomie --- égalitaire --- slef-organization --- case study --- social transformation --- agroecology --- libertarian --- anarchy --- refugees --- Greece --- horizontal organization --- sociology --- egalitarian --- qualitative --- social paradigma --- decision-making --- radical democracy --- independence --- food sovereignty --- mainstream ecology --- radical ecology --- collective --- self-orgenized --- agriculture --- alternative --- solidarity --- autonomy --- Sciences sociales & comportementales, psychologie > Sociologie & sciences sociales --- Sciences du vivant > Agriculture & agronomie

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This book provides case studies on cultivating alternative crops and presents new cropping systems in many regions of the world. It focusses on new emerging research topics aiming to study all aspects of adaptation under several stresses including agricultural, environmental, biological and socioeconomic issues. The book also provides operational and practical solutions for scientists, producers, technology developers and managers to succeed the cultivation of new alternative crops and, consequently, to achieve food security. Many regions in the world are suffering from water scarcity, soil and water salinization and climate change. These conditions make it difficult to achieve food security by cultivating conventional crops. A renaissance of interest for producing alternative crops under water scarcity and water salinization has been, therefore, implemented primarily among small-scale producers, researchers and academics. The use of alternative crops (quinoa, amaranth, legume crops, halophytes, …etc.) may provide some environmental benefits such as valorization of salt-affected soils, reduced pesticide application, enhanced soil and water quality and promotion of wildlife diversity. This also may provide some economic benefits such as providing the opportunity for producers to take advantage of new markets and premium prices, spreading the economic risk and strengthening local economies and communities. Furthermore, alternative crops are often rich in proteins and minerals, and even some of them are Gluten free (quinoa). This reflects their importance to achieve food security in quantity and quality scale. The year 2013 was exceptional for alternative crops as it was the international year of quinoa celebrated by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). This reflects the importance of research conducted on quinoa and other alternative crops in many regions of the world.

Engineering. --- Agriculture. --- Plant physiology. --- Soil science. --- Soil conservation. --- Climate change. --- Environmental management. --- Engineering, general. --- Plant Physiology. --- Soil Science & Conservation. --- Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts. --- Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management. --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic changes --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Conservation of soil --- Erosion control, Soil --- Soil erosion --- Soil erosion control --- Soils --- Agricultural conservation --- Soil management --- Pedology (Soil science) --- Agriculture --- Earth sciences --- Botany --- Plants --- Physiology --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Construction --- Technology --- Environmental aspects --- Control --- Prevention --- Conservation --- New crops. --- Alternative agriculture. --- Cropping systems. --- Agriculture, Alternative --- Alternative agricultural systems --- Alternative farming systems --- Agricultural systems --- Appropriate technology --- Sustainable agriculture --- Crops