41. Sustainable Agriculture: Coffee ATTRA National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service Your source for the latest in sustainable agriculture and organic farming news, publications, events and funding http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/agriculture.cfm?id=coffee

42. USAID - Sustainable Agriculture Sound management of land, minerals, forests, wildlife, and water is necessary to increase the productivity of developing countries' fields, forests, rivers, lakes and seas. http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/agriculture/sustainable_ag.htm

Saving Lives and Protecting Forests in Guatemala Drip Irrigation in India Helps Farmers Save Egyptian Farmers Transform Waste into Fertilizer The Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) ... Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research USAID Biotech Brochure English French USAID Agriculture Strategy (714k pdf) Improving Lives thru Agriculture Science and Technology (468k pdf) Advanced search... Search USAID Personnel... Search USAID Documents... Home ... Agriculture Sustainable Agriculture Agriculture and other natural resource-based enterprises are the foundation for economic growth in many developing countries. Of the 11 percent of the world's land surface that is suitable for agriculture, 38 percent has become degraded by poor natural resource management practices. With no significant room to expand areas of cultivation, good stewardship of the available land is necessary to maintain agricultural productivity, ensure economic growth, protect biodiversity, maintain sufficient amounts of clean water and meet the increasing food demands of a growing global population. Adina uses drip irrigation for her vegetable garden in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A USAID program provides vulnerable women like Adina with the tools to plant gardens to feed their families and increase household income. -

43. Centre For Sustainable Agriculture | ...caring For Those Who Feed The Nation Organization that works with small and marginal farmers in India. Provides details of projects, sustainable technologies and major areas of work being undertaken. http://www.csa-india.org

Skip to Content Primary links About Us Direct Downloads Programs What we do? ... Centre for Sustainable Agriculture ...caring for those who feed the nation About Us Direct Downloads Programs What we do? CSA is an Independent Research Organisation with a mission to establish ecologically and economically sustainable models in agriculture, help farmers to organize themselves to improve their livelihoods and get a policy change to enable promotion of such models. Who's new admin Welcome to your new Drupal website! Please follow these steps to set up and start using your website: Configure your website Once logged in, visit the administration section , where you can customize and configure all aspects of your website. Enable additional functionality Next, visit the module list and enable features which suit your specific needs. You can find additional modules in the Drupal modules download section Customize your website design To change the "look and feel" of your website, visit the themes section . You may choose from one of the included themes or download additional themes from the Drupal themes download section Start posting content Finally, you can

44. A (re)Purposeful Farm Blog about moving back to the old family farm with information about sustainable agriculture, rural living, and responsible and humane animal husbandry. http://ouroldfarm.blogspot.com

skip to main skip to sidebar A (re)Purposeful Farm Slightly east of Eden. Fallen, but not destroyed. Redeemed. Recovered. Repurposed... Tuesday, November 16, 2010 The Soil Food Web I started an interesting new book this week. It's called "Teaming with Microbes" The book subtly thumbs it's nose at conventional land-grant soil "science" by getting past the N-P-K chemistry lessons, and focusing on the basic components of soil structure and soil biology. It gets back to the basic roots (no pun intended) of what good soil is, what it isn't, and how to rebuild soil that has been subjected to a chemical cornucopia of pesticides, herbicides, and petroleum-derived fertilizers. After reading through the preface I asked Suzanne to remember a time last Spring one afternoon when we both witnessed what appeared to be a gastronomic event occuring in our very own front yard. Sure enough several types of birds and a few squirrels were busily chucking their way through our grass, pecking here and poking there for bits of food - bugs I assume. Yes squirrels eat bugs too. We were watching the activity through our front window very intently, and I started to look around at the other yards in our neighborhood across the street and adjacent to our house. Not one bird paid my neighbors' yards a visit that afternoon unless it was to poop on it during a fly-over in an futile effort to add life to the toxic dumping grounds.

45. Sustainable Agriculture, CCCC - Central Carolina Community College Central Carolina Community College Sustainable Agriculture. As a pioneer in innovative curriculum programs for the community college system, CCCC scored another winning http://www.cccc.edu/sustainableag/

About Directory Give to CCCC Locations ... Schedules BlackBoard First login? Login trouble? 24/7 Tech Support: Cougar Mail First login? Trouble? WebAdvisor First login? FAQs? Admissions Programs of Study ... Money for College Sustainable Agriculture As a pioneer in innovative curriculum programs for the community college system, CCCC scored another winning effort with the establishment of its Sustainable Agriculture program in 2002. Developed in partnership with the North Carolina Cooperative Extension and with input from the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, the curriculum is about better growing methods. Sustainable agriculture focuses on production that renews resources. The program is about more than environmental awareness. It is also about the farming community. Urban sprawl has inflated land prices and small farmers, unable to deal with rising taxes, diminished markets for traditional crops, and supply and equipment costs, are losing their farms. All this is occurring at a time when the market is rapidly increasing for sustainably-grown products such as cut flowers, vegetables, meat and dairy products. Approximately 85 percent of the organic products sold in North Carolina are grown out-of-state. The unique curriculum offered through the Sustainable Agriculture program has attracted students from throughout North Carolina, as well as many other states. The program provides both the small business and technical skills needed to develop and manage a profitable, environmentally sound and community-based small farm or agricultural business.

46. Untitled Document Monthly magazine covering commercial-scale organic and sustainable agriculture. http://www.acresusa.com/

47. WWF - Sustainable Agriculture Rice fields on the outskirt of Satoyama AichiSeto 'Kaisho Forest'. 'Satoyama' means secondary forests, having been used sustainably. One of the Japanese typical forests. http://www.panda.org/about_our_earth/teacher_resources/webfieldtrips/sus_agricul

48. Soil Foodweb Soil health laboratory services for organic growers, and information on sustainable agriculture. http://www.soilfoodweb.com/

49. Rodale Institute, Organic Pioneers Since 1947 | Rodale Institute Details of research and promotion of sustainable farming practices. http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/

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50. Meeting Lunch A food security blog exploring how agriculture is tied to human development. http://meetinglunch.com

Home About Meeting Lunch Food Security Blog 14.7% of US Households are Food Insecure It is somewhat easy to imagine food insecurity as an isolated problem effecting the developing world. The United States is a country that has a huge amount of domestic food production and a large (though recently declining) economy.  Based on all the widely accepted tools for measuring prosperity and GDP, the residents in the United States should by all accounts lead a rather comfortable life. Yet, on Monday the USDA announced that 17.4 of US household, roughly 14.7%, struggled with food security in 2009.  With the deepening economic crisis, it would be safe to estimate that this number will rise when the report is compiled for 2010. The US has seem a sharp uptake in the number of food stamp recipients. In order to deal with the  alarming rise in the number of  hungry American households, the US government is now assisting a monthly average of 34 million people. That means that 1 out of 5 Americans in enrolled in federal food-assistance programs. Even prosperous countries such as the United States have a long way to ensure food security for their citizens.

51. Economical Impact Of A Sustainable Agriculture Including Forestry And Agricultur Explore sustainable agriculture stories, and learn more about organic farming and food with National Geographic. Get facts, information, see pictures, and watch free videos. http://www.brighthub.com/environment/science-environmental/articles/93777.aspx

52. ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service A sustainable agriculture information center that provides technical assistance to farmers, market gardeners and extension agents on farming topics sustainable, organic, alternative, crops, livestock, and pest control. http://www.attra.org/

Contact Calendar Multimedia Databases ... Master Publication List Newsletters Newsletter Archives XML Feeds RSS 2.0: Events Breaking News Funding Opportunties Atom: Events Breaking News Funding Opportunties What is RSS? ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service P.O. Box 3838 Butte, MT 59702 800-346-9140 (English) Are you looking for the latest in sustainable agriculture and organic farming news, events and funding opportunities? The National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service covers these topics, plus offers in-depth publications on production practices, alternative crop and livestock enterprises, innovative marketing, organic certification, and highlights of local, regional, USDA and other federal sustainable agriculture activities. Grass-finished Beef Webinar Now Available During this webinar you'll learn how ranchers are using more pasture and less grain to produce high quality beef, and how ranchers who raise grass-finished beef find ways compete in the market place. Question of the Week events ?week funding I'm interested in no-till weed suppression. Where can I get more information about roller-crimpers?

53. What's New Partnership between the College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences at the University of Minnesota and the Sustainers Coalition. Cooperative effort to develop and promote sustainable agriculture. http://www.misa.umn.edu/

54. What Is Sustainable Agriculture: ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Inform The publications in this series provide an introduction to the principles of sustainable agriculture and some of the systems approaches associated with it. http://attra.ncat.org/fundamental.html

Home Contact Calendar Multimedia ... Home Page Newsletters Newsletter Archives XML Feeds RSS 2.0: Events Breaking News Funding Opportunties Atom: Events Breaking News Funding Opportunties What is RSS? ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service P.O. Box 3838 Butte, MT 59702 800-346-9140 (English) Home What is Sustainable Agriculture? What is Sustainable Agriculture? Whether you're a beginning farmer, or an experienced agricultural producer interested in transitioning to more sustainable practices, you may want to start by learning more about the principles of sustainable agriculture and some of the "systems" approaches associated with it. The publications in this series introduce and discuss concepts, and provide a general overview of planning and managing a more sustainable farm operation. ATTRA Publications NOTE: Some of the following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Acrobat Reader Agriculture, Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration

55. Sustainable Agriculture Educational Page on how to maintain soil fertility and how to reduce pH, soil erosion, pesticide use and salt levels. Links to other sustainable agriculture pages....... http://www.msu.edu/user/dunnjef1/rd491/project.htm

Sustainable Agriculture Educational Project Homepage First of all, why is there such an interest in sustainable agriculture? Eating food is necessary for survival, and most people desire maintaining a secure supply of food. Currently, the world's agricultural output exceeds the dietary needs of all humans on this planet. Widespread hunger in parts of the world are due mainly to the failure of political and economic systems to distribute the food. So if enough food is being currently produced in the world, what is all this concern about "sustainable agriculture?" The major concern is that while we may be able to feed the world today, future generations may not have adequate food production to satisfy their dietary needs. We know that some farming and land use techniques are not sustainable. For example, the Middle East used to be known as the "Fertile Crescent," but now much of that land is desert. Poor land use planning and unsustainable agricultural practices has lead to desertification and declining soil fertility in that region. Farmers and environmentalist alike are interested in creating cropping systems that have the potential to produce similar yields year after year with no decline in fertility. Creating a truely sustainable farming system is a very difficult task. Farmers must choose individually for themselves what methods are best for their own situation. Farmers must worry about maintaining soil fertility, stopping soil erosion, avoiding soil compaction, protecting their crops from pests, using adequate amounts of water, working within political systems, making a liveable wage, and creating a product that is safe to eat.

56. Area Of Focus: Sustainable Agriculture imgu447790599_c1f513c981.jpg Photo source definition Sustainable agriculture and farming is the science, art, or practice of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and http://www.wiserearth.org/aof/195

57. Sustainable Agriculture Using Cover Crops development of sustainable agriculture using mucuna bean as a cover crop green manure http://globalcrisis.info/sustainable.html

58. ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service ATTRA provides an on-line resource for sustainable agriculture and organic farming news, publications, events and funding opportunities. Extensive library of articles and studies, with links to related sites. http://attra.ncat.org/

Contact Calendar Multimedia Databases ... Master Publication List Newsletters Newsletter Archives XML Feeds RSS 2.0: Events Breaking News Funding Opportunties Atom: Events Breaking News Funding Opportunties What is RSS? ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service P.O. Box 3838 Butte, MT 59702 800-346-9140 (English) Are you looking for the latest in sustainable agriculture and organic farming news, events and funding opportunities? The National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service covers these topics, plus offers in-depth publications on production practices, alternative crop and livestock enterprises, innovative marketing, organic certification, and highlights of local, regional, USDA and other federal sustainable agriculture activities. Grass-finished Beef Webinar Now Available During this webinar you'll learn how ranchers are using more pasture and less grain to produce high quality beef, and how ranchers who raise grass-finished beef find ways compete in the market place. Question of the Week events ?week funding I'm interested in no-till weed suppression. Where can I get more information about roller-crimpers?

59. Sustainable Agriculture Resource List Sustainable Agriculture Resource List This is a list of articles, books, videos, online resources, faculty, and organizations that can help you incorporate pollution prevention http://www.umich.edu/~nppcpub/resources/ResLists/agri.html

Sustainable Agriculture Resource List This is a list of articles, books, videos, online resources, faculty, and organizations that can help you incorporate pollution prevention into your agriculture courses. We include purchasing information on more recently published books, which might be difficult to locate through interlibrary loan; also, the Cornell University Online Catalog is especially useful for locating agriculture documents. Please contact us if you can identify comlementary materials for this list. An asterisk ( ) indicates materials described in this compendium's annotated bibliography. Contents BOOKS, PAPERS, AND ARTICLES Curriculum Development Low-Input, Sustainable Agriculture Pollution Problems ... ADDITIONS Books, Papers, and Articles Curriculum Development Altieri, Miguel A. "Sustainable Agriculture Development in Latin America: Exploring the Possibilities." Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 39, no. 1/2 (3 March 1992): 1-21. Altieri, Miguel A., and Charles A. Francis. "Incorporating Agroecology Into the Conventional Agricultural Curriculum." American Journal of Alternative Agriculture 7, no. 1/2 (1992): 89-93.

60. APSA - Home An initiative to contribute to the sustainable agricultural development of Armenia involving different stakeholders of the agri-food chain. http://www.apsa.am/

About us Activities Sustainability Workshops Conferences Seminars ... english About Us: Armenian Platform for Sustainable Agriculture (APSA) is an initiative launched in January 2009 by the International Center for Agribusiness Research and Education and the Swiss College of Agriculture to contribute to the sustainable agricultural development of Armenia involving different stakeholders of the agri-food chain. We at ICARE and APSA define a sustainable agriculture as one that maintains economic and social viability of our farmers while improving the productivity and quality of our ancient LAND of ARMENIA and preserving it for our generations to come. The main aim of the platform is to gather and develop knowledge on sustainable agricultural practices in consonant with the three dimensions of sustainability: social, environmental and economic and then share the gained knowledge with farmers, input providers, food processors, extentionists, researchers, government, international organizations, NGOs, consumers and others. The compiled knowledge on sustainable agricultural practices used worldwide will be analyzed to reveal whether the particular practice can be used in Armenia as it is or it should be localized and adapted. The sub-committees in close cooperation with food chain stakeholders, researchers and academia will localize and support farmers to adapt the best sustainable agricultural practices in Armenia. The sub-committees will contribute to the creation of new sustainable agricultural practices from scratch.

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