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No Thumbnail AvailableBook (stand-alone)Production is only half the battle - A training manual in fresh produce marketing for the Eastern Caribbean 1988
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No results found.This Training Manual was prepared and reproduced under FAO Project PFL/RLA/001/PFL "The Reduction of Post-Harvest Losses of Fruits and Vegetables Entering the Inter-Island Trade.", and funded therefore by the FAO Action Programme for the Prevention of Food Losses. It is intended as a source of training material and general information on the subject of post-harvest technology and marketing of fresh produce appropriate to the conditions, commodities and needs of trainers and growers of the Easter n Caribbean. The Manual is sub-divided into Sections, each of which describes the important principles and considerations of that particular phase or aspect of fresh produce marketing. In this way it is hoped that the complexities which are an everyday part of fresh produce marketing are more easily understood. At the same time it is recognized that not all trainers or trainees need exposure to the whole spectrum of activities from production to consumption and that most extension workers in t he region are too busy to select and abstract their training material from a broad and more general text. Accordingly, trainers and extension workers should consider the Training Manual as a 'menu' from which different 'meals' can be selected to suit different appetites or training needs on different occasions. Throughout the preparation of this Manual, I have tried to keep to a simple, readable, and I hope, interesting style with the emphasis on the principles concerned and their relevance to real situations in the Eastern Caribbean. However, the subject material is complex and often the use of technical terms is the only way to properly describe the events or operations concerned. The Manual should not be considered anything more than an introduction to the subject of post-harvest technology and marketing of fresh produce and the references given in Section 12 are just a selection from many other possible sources. -
DocumentProperty rights, land fragmentation and the emerging structure of agriculture in Central and Eastern European countries 2006
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No results found.This paper offers an overview of land reform processes in the CEECs and their outcomes and impacts and analyzes current and emerging structures in rural areas. Different types of land consolidation are defined and their potential impacts are assessed. The paper then looks in depth at land consolidation processes, especially in the context of land management, and outlines preconditions and cornerstones for various approaches. Environmental aspects and principles for land funds and land banking ar e also drawn in. The paper argues the need for an integrated and sustainable rural development which includes a role for land consolidation. -
DocumentAgriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. Geographic distribution and environmental characterization of livestock production systems in Eastern Africa 2010
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No results found.The central role played by livestock in the livelihoods of rural households in the developing world is seldom fully appreciated by policy makers, development agencies and donors. Knowledge gaps in the geographic distribution and environmental determinants of farming systems, especially if viewed through the livestock lens, compound this problem. We have produced a map of pastoral, agro-pastoral and mixed farming systems across Eastern Africa, by analysing datasets collected in the framework of l ivelihood analysis. Input data were gathered between 2000 and 2007 by various emergency and development agencies for Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, Uganda and parts of Ethiopia and Sudan. A quantitative definition of the production systems is adopted, based on the ratio of livestock- to cropderived income. The resulting livelihood-based map of livestock production systems was compared through correspondence analysis to an alternative livestock production systems map, produced independently f rom environmental data. Convergence between the two mapping approaches was evident. The geographic distribution of the livestock production systems was also modelled using multivariate analysis of remotely sensed and other geospatial datasets. Models show high statistical accuracy, and were thus used to fill the gaps in the observed distribution of livestock production systems. Finally, selected environmental factors underpinning the systems (agro-climatology, human and livestock populations and land cover) were analysed in detail, enabling the livestock production systems to be characterized in terms of them. The regional scope of the map, as well as its direct link with a vast amount of livelihood information, render it a valuable tool for a range of development and research applications, including those related to global change.
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