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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookSelling street and snack foods 2011
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No results found.This booklet is intended to create awareness and promote street and snack food as a diversification enterprise for small-scale farmers. It looks at the advantages, benefits and income earning potential of such an enterprise as well as considering the positive spill over effects it can have on communities and others involved in the agrifood supply chain. The booklet is intended for public and private advisory institutions that provide support to local communities and in particular to small-scale farmers. -
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Book (stand-alone)Technical reportAssessing soil degradation. Report of an FAO/UNEP Expert Consultation, Rome, 18-20 January 1977
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No results found.There is a urgent need for a better understanding of the risks of soil degradation and their geographical distribution as well as a better knowledge of where degradation occurs at present. it would be desirable to combine soil conservation activities with other elements for increasing crop production.Erosion, salinity and alkalinity and the loss of soil fertility seriously reduce the natural potential of soils to produce food fibres. During the meeting, many criteria to assess the various types of soil degradation were outlined by the experts. however no uniform methodology for quantitative assessment of soil degradation was presented by the participants.