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Biblioteca(s): |
Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura. |
Data corrente: |
08/04/1996 |
Data da última atualização: |
08/04/1996 |
Autoria: |
REARDON, T. |
Afiliação: |
Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, Michigan, USA. |
Título: |
Sustainability Issues for Agricultural Research Strategies in the Semi-arid Tropics: Focus on the Sahel. |
Ano de publicação: |
1995 |
Fonte/Imprenta: |
Agricultural Systems, v. 48, 345-359, 1995. |
Idioma: |
Inglês |
Conteúdo: |
To stimulate debate in agriculturL research circles, the paper discusses six sets of issues for the desing and strategy of agricultural research on sustainability in the semi-arid tropics of Africa, to wit: (i)what production systems to propose in what zones, in particular how and where to intensify; (ii) what measures are needed to conserve the resourse base in different zones; (iii) what incentive measures;, and technology desin, are needed to encourage and enable farmers to adopt conservation and productivity measures; (iv) what complementary investments at farm, village, and state level are necessary to help farmers make those investments; (v) what crop and activity mix should be sustained - are the conditions upstream and downstream from production ofthat mix conducive to sustained profitability; (vi) how should sustainability research be organized? |
Palavras-Chave: |
Conservacao de solos; Semi-arid; Soil's conservation; Sustainable tecnologies; Sustentabilidade; Tecnologia sustentavel. |
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