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1 Tinker, P.B. 2000. Shades of green: a review of UK farming systems. Warwickshire, UK: Royal Agricultural Society of England. iv, 100p.: ill.; 25 cm.
(Location: IWMI-SEA Call no: 631.45 G842 TIN Record No: BKK-325)
2 Thakur, D. S.; Sharma, K. D. 2005. Organic farming for sustainable agriculture and meeting the challenges of food security in 21st century: an economic analysis. Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 60(2):205-219.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H037809)
3 Puttaswamaiah, S.; Manns, I.; Shah, A. 2005. Promoting sustainable agriculture: Experiences from India and Canada. Gota, Ahmedabad, India: Gujarat Institute of Development Research. iv, 34p. (GIDR working paper no.162)
Sustainable agriculture ; Organic agriculture ; Environmental effects ; Marketing ; Water use ; Irrigation water / India / Canada
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 7531 Record No: H038587)
4 Osei, Kwame Boateng; Keraita, Bernard; Akple, Maxwell Selase Kwasi. 2007. Gyinyase Organic Vegetable Growers’ Association in Kumasi, Ghana. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 17:38-40.
Vegetables ; Urban agriculture ; Irrigated farming ; Organic agriculture ; Farmers associations ; Marketing / Ghana / Kumasi / Gyinyase
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G200 BOA Record No: H040209)
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5 Boateng, Osei Kwame; Keraita, Bernard; Akple, Maxwell Selase Kwasi. 2007. Organic vegetable growers combine for market impact. Appropriate Technology, 34(4): 26-28.
Farmers associations ; Farmers organizations ; Vegetable growing ; Organic agriculture ; Marketing ; Credit / Ghana / Kumasi
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 630.92 G200 BOA Record No: H040939)
Like many sub-Saharan African cities, Kumasi, in Ghana, has many farmers producing vegetables in and around the city. Often these farmers form associations and in Kumasi some of these associations have linked up to form bigger organisations that are now having an impact on the market. Osei Kwame Boateng, Bernard Keraita and Maxwell S.K. Akple report on the impact being made by the Gyinyase Organic Vegetable Growers' Association (GOVGA). GOVGA was formed by merging three farmers' organisations - Farmwell Organic Vegetable Growers' Association, Progressive Vegetable Growers' Association and Quarters Vegetable Growers' Association - from around the suburb of Gyinyase, which is about 10 km from the city centre. Formed in June 2006, it has 36 registered members, all of whom are fulltime commercial organic vegetable farmers. Farming is very intensive as each farmer holds an average of only 0.1 ha. Almost all lettuce, which is the most commonly grown vegetable in irrigated urban vegetable farming in Kumasi, comes from these sites. The other sites not represented by GOVGA mainly grow spring onions and cabbage.
6 Kshirsagar, K. G. 2008. Impact of organic sugercane farming on economics and water use efficiency in Maharashtra. In Kumar, M. Dinesh (Ed.). Managing water in the face of growing scarcity, inequity and declining returns: exploring fresh approaches. Proceedings of the 7th Annual Partners Meet, IWMI TATA Water Policy Research Program, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad, India, 2-4 April 2008. Vol.1. Hyderabad, India: International Water Management Institute (IWMI), South Asia Sub Regional Office. pp.172-184.
Sugarcane ; Economic aspects ; Water use efficiency ; Organic agriculture ; Farmers ; Surveys ; Cultivation ; Yields / India / Maharashtra
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G635 KUM Record No: H042300)
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7 Kshirsagar, K. G. 2008. Impact of organic sugarcane farming on economics and water use efficiency in maharashtra. In Kumar, M. Dinesh (Ed.). Managing water in the face of growing scarcity, inequity and declining returns: exploring fresh approaches. Proceedings of the 7th Annual Partners Meet, IWMI TATA Water Policy Research Program, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad, India, 2-4 April 2008. Vol.1. Hyderabad, India: International Water Management Institute (IWMI), South Asia Sub Regional Office. pp.172-184.
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This study examines the impact of organic farming on economics and water use efficiency in sugarcane cultivation in Maharashtra. The study is based on primary data collected from both certified organic sugarcane (OS) and inorganic sugarcane (IS) growing sample farmers in the water scarce and groundwater dependent district of Jalgaon in Maharashtra. The study finds that OS cultivation increases human labour employment by 20.2% and its overall cost of cultivation is also lower by 14.67% than IS farming. Although the yield from OS is 6.2% lower than the conventional crop, it is more than compensated by the price premium received and yield stability observed on OS farms. The OS farming gives 15.72% higher profits and profits are also more stable on OS farms than the IS farms thereby enhancing the economic well-being of OS farmers. Crucially, OS farming substantially enhances the water use efficiency (WUE) measured by different indicators. Thus, OS farming offers ample opportunities for enhancing farmers’ income and improving water use efficiency in the cultivation of a highly water-consumptive and important sugarcane crop in the state. Finally, the paper discusses the emerging issues and outlines the task ahead for advancing OS farming in Maharashtra.
8 Hope, R.; Borgoyary, M.; Agarwal, C. 2008. Smallholder preferences for agri-environmental change at the Bhoj Wetland, India. Development Policy Review, 26(5):585-602.
Smallholders ; Farmers ; Organic agriculture ; Wetlands ; Models ; Incentives ; Watersheds / India / Bhoj wetlands / Madhya Pradesh / Kolans watershed
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044289)
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Incentive-based approaches have gained policy interest in linking change in agricultural land management with environmental conservation. This article investigates how scheme design influences smallholder farmers’decisions to switch to organic farming to reduce water pollution, drawing on a study at a Ramsar wetland site providing water for the city of Bhopal. Results from a choice experiment suggest that transitional payments are necessary to overcome farmer constraints to adopt organic farming, and that effective land certification has the potential to act as a self-enforcing mechanism linking farmer incomes with wetland conservation benefits.
9 Gianfelici, F.; Lancon, L.; Bucatariu, C.; Dubbeling, M.; Santini, G.; Fernando, Sudarshana. 2016. Composting urban organic waste into agricultural inputs: Balangoda, Sri Lanka. In Dubbeling, M.; Bucatariu, C.; Santini, G.; Vogt, C.; Eisenbeiss, K. City region food systems and food waste management: linking urban and rural areas for sustainable and resilient development. Eschborn, Germany: Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. pp.172-182.
Composting ; Urban wastes ; Organic wastes ; Urban areas ; Organic fertilizers ; Organic agriculture ; Solid wastes ; Waste management ; Waste treatment ; Recycling ; Environmental Impact Assessment ; Health hazards ; Stakeholders ; State intervention / Sri Lanka / Balangoda
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047773)
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As in other cities of Sri Lanka, solid waste management has been a key problem in and concern for Balangoda Urban Council. Waste accumulations in the city have caused many problems, including unpleasant odours, contamination of water bodies, and contamination of paddy fields, giving rise to epidemic diseases such as Salmonella, typhoid fever, and diarrhoea. A Balangoda compost plant has been set up to process municipal solid waste into compost. The project started in 1999 as a city service to provide a solution to the solid waste problem, but converted into a business in later years. Integrated waste management in Balangoda now consists of a Municipal Solid Waste compost plant, septage treatment plant, plastic pelletiser and an open dump. In addition, as there is increasing awareness of environmental and health risks related to the use of agro-chemical fertilisers, demand for alternative – organic – fertilisers is increasing. As per the majority of the compost plants in the country, the Balangoda plants are located in semi-urban or rural areas, facilitating reuse of waste in agriculture, with farming areas located near the compost plants. The Balangoda system thus operationalises rural-urban linkages through the collection of urban food and organic waste and its recycling, sale, and reuse as compost for rural (and peri-urban) producers.
10 Nair, P. K. R.; Garrity, D. (Eds.) 2012. Agroforestry - the future of global land use. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. 549p. (Advances in Agroforestry 9) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4676-3]
Agroforestry systems ; Land use ; Land management ; Landscape ; Climate change ; Adaptation ; Habitats ; Ecosystem services ; Biodiversity conservation ; Rural development ; Trees ; Domestication ; Carbon sequestration ; Carbon credits ; Agriculture ; Farming systems ; Research and Development ; Energy conservation ; Energy generation ; Renewable energy ; Bioenergy ; Industrialization ; Soil properties ; Rangelands ; Gender ; Smallholders ; Food security ; Germplasm ; Rehabilitation ; Greenhouse gases ; Emission ; Sustainability ; Organic agriculture ; Organic fertilizers ; Faidherbia albida ; Natural resources management ; Forest conservation ; Tillage ; Residues ; Nutrient cycling ; Grazing ; Cropping systems ; Shifting cultivation ; Rubber plants ; Wetlands ; Living standards ; Cashews ; Smallholders ; Fruit growing ; Poverty ; Rural communities ; Environmental policy ; Environmental services ; Silvopastoral systems ; Economic aspects ; Alley cropping ; Reclamation ; Indigenous knowledge ; Urbanization ; Agrobiodiversity ; Fertilizers ; Resource conservation ; Legal aspects ; Corporate culture ; Theobroma cacao ; Coffea ; Forage ; Soil fertility ; Case studies / Asia / Europe / Africa / Indonesia / China / USA / Canada / Japan / Latin America / Kenya / Philippines / Niger / Amazon / Sumatra / Xishuangbanna
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy SF Record No: H047924)
11 Drechsel, Pay. 2017. The Food-Energy Nexus is Closer to our Heart than we might think. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 32:3.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048412)
http://www.ruaf.org/food-energy-nexus-closer-our-heart-we-might-think
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Reflecting on the food-energy nexus, my first thought went to the Haber–Bosch process. Perhaps no other human invention has had a more dramatic impact on our wellbeing and mother Earth than the Haber-Bosch chemistry. As the reader might know, and I am citing here largely from Wikipedia, the Haber-Bosch process is the main industrial procedure for the production of ammonia fertiliser today. It is named after its inventors, the German chemists Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch, who developed it in the first half of the 20th century.
12 Rambonilaza, T.; Neang, M. 2019. Exploring the potential of local market in remunerating water ecosystem services in Cambodia: an application for endogenous attribute non-attendance modelling. Water Resources and Economics, 25:14-26. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wre.2018.07.001]
Water resources ; Ecosystem services ; Domestic markets ; Cropping systems ; Rice ; Organic agriculture ; Farmers ; Consumer behaviour ; Willingness to pay ; Socioeconomic environment ; Econometric models ; Estimation / Cambodia / Tonle Sape Lake / Phnom Penh
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049122)
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Within South East Asia, certification and local market development may play an important role in incentivizing farmers to continue with nature-based solutions delivered by organic or traditional farming practices and avoid using environmentally detrimental production techniques. The purpose of this study is to use economic valuation in order to achieve an empirical understanding of local consumer preferences for different attributes of rice products. Application of the agrarian system approach reveals that rice cultivation systems observed in the Tonle Sape Lake of the Mekong River Basin in Cambodia (our study case) may target three ecosystem services that present the characteristics of public goods and may benefit consumer support. A choice experiment survey was administered among local consumers in the city of Phnom Penh in 2013. Econometric analysis indicates high rate of non-attendance for the price attribute. It also suggests that 17% of the respondents made their choices neglecting attributes describing ecosystem services. However, there are evidence of consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) for certified organic rice higher than the price-premium observed on the local market. Furthermore, there is additional WTP value for the preservation of ecosystem services. We discuss the implications of our findings on potential payment for ecosystem services in the specific case of rice.
13 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). 2013. OECD compendium of agri-environmental indicators. Paris, France: OECD Publishing. 181p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264186217-en.]
Agricultural production ; Environmental factors ; Indicators ; OECD countries ; Water resources ; Water use ; Water extraction ; Water quality ; Greenhouse gas emissions ; Ammonia ; Acidification ; Eutrophication ; Soil erosion ; Wind erosion ; Water erosion ; Climate change ; Land cover ; Land use ; Farmland ; Organic agriculture ; Pesticides ; Irrigation water ; Nutrients ; Nitrates ; Nitrogen ; Phosphorus ; On-farm consumption ; Energy consumption ; Biofuels ; Methyl bromide ; Ozone depletion ; Transgenic plants ; Biodiversity ; Birds ; Economic aspects ; Markets ; Trends ; Policies ; Monitoring and evaluation
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050073)
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14 Singh, R.; Kumari, T.; Verma, P.; Singh, B. P.; Raghubanshi, A. S. 2022. Compatible package-based agriculture systems: an urgent need for agro-ecological balance and climate change adaptation. Soil Ecology Letters, 4(3):187-212. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42832-021-0087-1]
Farming systems ; Agroecology ; Climate change adaptation ; Agricultural policies ; Conservation agriculture ; Sustainable agriculture ; Agronomic practices ; Organic agriculture ; Cropping systems ; Rice ; Intensification ; Crop yield ; Soil properties ; Soil fertility ; Greenhouse gas emissions ; Biochar ; Bibliometric analysis
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051074)
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Besides contributing majorly in the growth of a country, agriculture is one of the severely affected sectors at present. Several modifications and adaptations are being made in agricultural practices to cope-up with the declining soil fertility and changing climate scenarios across the world. However, the development and adoption of a single agricultural practice may not help in the holistic mitigation of the impacts of climate change and may result in economic vulnerability to farmers. Therefore, it is high time to develop and recommend a group of agricultural practices i.e., package-based agriculture system having some compatibility for one another in the long term. In this article, a viewpoint has been given on some emergent agronomic practices adopted in the tropical agro-ecosystems which have potential to be developed as compatible agricultural package in combination. Moreover, we also emphasized on exploring some key indicators/environmental factors to assess the compatibility of different agronomic practices. For identifying the research transition from single to combined agricultural practices, a bibliometric analysis was performed by using conservation agriculture (CA), the system of rice intensification (SRI), organic agriculture and soil (biochar) amendment as the major agronomic practices being used for improving agro-ecological services such as improving nutrient cycling, soil fertility and crop productivity as well as climate change mitigation. The results revealed that scientific communities are now paying attention to exploring the role of combined agricultural practices for agro-ecological balance and climate change adaptation. Moreover, the limitations of the adoption of agronomic packages under different agro-climatic zones have also been highlighted. The recommendations of the study would further help the environmental decision-makers to develop potential measures for climate change mitigation without compromising the agro-ecological balance.
15 Iyabano, A.; Klerkx, L.; Leeuwis, C. 2023. Why and how do farmers’ organizations get involved in the promotion of agroecological techniques? Insights from Burkina Faso. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 28p. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2023.2164881]
Farmers organizations ; Organic agriculture ; Agroecology ; Sustainability ; Soil fertility ; Resilience ; Food systems ; Agroforestry ; Composts ; Crops ; Cereals ; Cowpeas ; Water conservation ; Villages ; Case studies / Burkina Faso / Sahel
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051624)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/21683565.2023.2164881?needAccess=true&role=button
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https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051624.pdf
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Agroecological techniques (AET) have been recognized by many farmers, NGOs, and farmers’ organizations (FOs) as a promising solution for slowing down the persistent soil fertility degradation in West African drylands. In the context of Burkina, the promotion of AET is the result of the interactions between NGOs and farmers’ knowledge through the intermediation of FOs. Although numerous studies have highlighted the instrumental role of FOs in the dissemination of AET in Burkina, there are limited studies focusing on the historical dynamic of FOs’ involvement in the promotion of agroecology. To address this gap, this study aims to answer the following questions: why and how do FOs get involved in the promotion of agroecological techniques, and how do they define the term agroecology or agroecological techniques? A multiple case study approach was used to provide the answer to these questions. The results from the case studies reveal that the FOs’ promotion of AET is largely connected to their aim of fulfilling one of the following three goals: enhancing the productivity of commercial crops; improving the resilience of subsistence farmers; enhancing both the productivity of commercial crops and the resilience of subsistence farmers. The quest to achieve these goals explained their constant interaction with external partners to get the necessary assistance for the provision of agroecological support services to their farmers. Furthermore, the results of the study also reveal that the Farmers’ Organizations’ definitions of agroecology or agroecological terms are mostly associated with the interpretation of agroecology as a collective practice encompassing both economic and ecological aspects of Burkinabè agriculture. A broader insight is that while FOs can fulfill important roles in agroecology transitions this comes with diverse interpretations of agroecology, in which FOs facilitate the hybridization of existing farmers ’practices with those proposed by external actors. The study hence shows the complexity related to the local actors’ definitions of agroecological terms and the broader implication is that in the debate on agroecology transitions, these blended or hybrid forms of agroecology should receive more attention. Areas for future research include drivers of FOs choice making processes in how they approach agroecology, and subsequently the influence of FOs on the drivers of farmers’ decisions toward AET.
16 Rodríguez-Espinosa, T.; Papamichael, I.; Voukkali, I.; Gimeno, A. P.; Candel, M. B. A.; Navarro-Pedreno, J.; Zorpas, A. A.; Lucas, I. G. 2023. Nitrogen management in farming systems under the use of agricultural wastes and circular economy. Science of the Total Environment, 876:162666. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162666]
Circular economy ; Farming systems ; Agricultural wastes ; Organic wastes ; Organic agriculture ; Inorganic fertilizers ; Nitrogen fertilizers ; Nutrient management ; Farmers ; Organic carbon ; Crop yield ; Organic matter ; Organic residues ; Food security ; Sustainable development ; Recycling ; Soil fertility
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051863)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969723012822/pdfft?md5=36426ff355b05c3a9ad245a419cc9956&pid=1-s2.0-S0048969723012822-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051863.pdf
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Population growth leads to an increase in the demand for energy, water, and food as cities grow and urbanize. However, the Earth's limited resources are unable to meet these rising demands. Modern farming practices increase productivity, but waste resources and consume too much energy. Agricultural activities occupy 50 % of all habitable land. After a rise of 80 % in 2021, fertilizer prices have increased by nearly 30 % in 2022, representing a significant cost for farmers. Sustainable and organic farming has the potential to reduce the use of inorganic fertilizers and increase the utilization of organic residues as a nitrogen (N) source for plant nutrition. Agricultural management typically prioritizes nutrient cycling and supply for crop growth, whereas the mineralization of added biomass regulates crop nutrient supply and CO2 emissions. To reduce overconsumption of natural resources and environmental damage, the current economic model of “take-make-use-dispose” must be replaced by “prevention-reuse-remake-recycle”. The circular economy model is promising for preserving natural resources and providing sustainable, restorative, and regenerative farming. Technosols and organic wastes can improve food security, ecosystem services, the availability of arable land, and human health. This study intends to investigate the nitrogen nutrition provided by organic wastes to agricultural systems, reviewing the current state of knowledge and demonstrating how common organic wastes can be utilized to promote sustainable farming management. Nine waste residues were selected to promote sustainability in farming based on circular economy and zero waste criteria. Using standard methods, their water content, organic matter, total organic carbon, Kjeldahl nitrogen, and ammonium levels were determined, along with their potential to improve soil fertility via N supply and technosol formulation. 10 % to 15 % of organic waste was mineralized and analysed during a six-month cultivation cycle. Through the results, the combination of organic and inorganic fertilization to increase crop yield is recommended, as is the search for realistic and practical methods of dealing with massive amounts of organic residues within the context of a circular economy.
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