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Resource Pointer #340 (Traditional Models for Sustainable Agriculture)

 

October 10, 2003

 

For copies of the following resources, please contact the appropriate publishers

or organizations directly.

 

*Past Roots, Future of Foods: Ecological Farming Experiences and Innovations in

Four Asian Countries, 2003* Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific.

Recounts the long history of sustainable organic agricultural practices in Asia

and the traditional knowledge and culture supporting it. Discusses the

introduction of industrial agricultural practices within Asia and it's

subsequent effects -- loss in biodiversity, increased demand for inputs with

decreased yields, and the de-stabilization of agricultural communities and

sustainable farming systems. 39 pages. US$8. Contact PAN Asia-Pacific, P.O. Box

11170, 10850 Penang, Malaysia; phone (604) 657-0271; fax (604) 657-7445; email

panap; Web site http://www.panap.net/.

 

*Rotational Agriculture of Indigenous Peoples in Asia, 2002* International

Alliance of Indigenous -- Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forest. Discusses the

environmental, agricultural, and cultural benefits of shifting cultivation, a

farming method often implemented in hilly regions that relies on moving crop

production to new land in order to maintain soil fertility. Addresses the

resistance to rotational agriculture, especially by loggers who assert that such

a farming method is wasteful, their supporters in government, and lowland

large-scale farmers who blame rotational farmers for water shortages. Includes

three case studies to illustrate these issues. 130 pages. Contact International

Alliance of Indigenous -- Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forest, 14 Rudolf

Place, Miles Street, London SW8 1RP, UK; phone (44 20 7) 587-3737; fax (44 20 7)

793-8686; email secretariat; Web site

http://iaip.gn.apc.org/.

 

*Organic Cotton Production in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2002* Pesticide Action Network

United Kingdom. Recounts the history of organic cotton farming in Benin,

Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Examines the current state of organic

cotton production and the international market for organic cotton to gain a

better understand of the constraints and opportunities for increasing organic

cotton production in these countries. Also discusses the benefits of an organic

model for production of cotton and the problems associated with genetically

modified cotton and high reliance on dangerous pesticides dictated by the

conventional model. 67 pages. UK £16. Contact PAN UK, Eurolink Centre, 49 Effra

Road, London SW2 1BZ, UK; phone (44 20 7) 274-8895; fax (44 20 7) 274-9084;

email admin; Web site http://www.pan-uk.org/.

 

*Dynamics and Diversity: Soil Fertility and Farming Livelihoods in Africa, 2001*

Ian Scoones. Examines the food production and poverty problems facing

sub-Saharan African nations and current agricultural development programs. Notes

a focus on soil management in international development policies that fails to

integrate local-level understanding of soil fertility and management. Employs

case studies from Ethiopia, Mali and Zimbabwe to investigate community

approaches to soil fertility and argues for development policies to incorporate

such knowledge. 244 pages. UK £16.95. Contact Earthscan Publications Ltd., 120

Pentonville Road, London, N1 9JN, UK; phone (44 01 90) 382-8800; fax (44 02 07)

278-1142; email earthinfo; Web site http://www.earthscan.co.uk/.

 

*Natural Crop Protection in the Tropics, 2000* Gabrielle Stoll. Various case

studies demonstrate different methodologies used to implement local,

traditional, and scientific techniques in natural crop protection. Pest control,

disease prevention, and food storage are among the topics investigated. 376

pages. US 64.94. Contact Margraf Verlag Publishers, P.O. Box 1205, 97985

Weikersheim, Germany; phone (07) 934-3071; fax (07) 934-8156; email

info; Web site http://www.margraf-verlag.de/.

 

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