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In response to the challenges of a growing population and food security, there is an urgent need to construct a new agri-food sustainability paradigm. This book brings together an integrated range of key social science insights exploring the contributions and interventions necessary to build this framework.

Reasserting the rural development agenda : lessons learned and emerging challenges in Asia -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Preface -- Contributors -- 1. Challenges and Policy Options for Agricultural Development: Overview and Synthesis -- 2. The Economics of Agricultural Development: What Have We Learned? -- 3. The Role of Social Structures and Norms in Agricultural Development: African and East Asian Communities Compared -- 4. Food Security in a Globalised Setting -- 5. Poverty and Vulnerability -- 6. Asian Agricultural Development: From the Green Revolution to the Gene Revolution -- 7. Dryland Agriculture in Asia: Ideas, Paradigms and Policies -- 8. Establishing Efficient Use of Water Resources in Asia -- 9. Improving the Delivery of Extension Services to Rural People: New Perspectives -- 10. Land Tenure and Forest Resource Management in Asia -- 11. Globalisation and the Poverty- Environment Link in Asian Agriculture -- 12. The Supermarket Revolution with Asian Characteristics -- Index.

A agricultura familiar, diversa e heterogênea, tem desenvolvido historicamente uma série de estratégias para se reproduzir social e economicamente. O presente estudo buscou analisar as estratégias de reprodução social utilizadas pela agricultura familiar assentada de Santana do Livramento/RS. Metodologicamente a pesquisa caracteriza-se como qualitativa, realizada a partir do método estudo de caso. As técnicas de pesquisa utilizadas foram: pesquisa bibliográfica e documental, entrevista semiestruturada e observação não participante. Foram entrevistados onze agricultores familiares assentados de três diferentes assentamentos rurais do município. A análise dos dados se deu a partir da técnica de análise de conteúdo. Como principais resultados destaca-se que as estratégias de reprodução social adotadas pelos agricultores são diversificadas, mas não diferem entre os assentamentos. Na adoção das estratégias, os agricultores levam em consideração as necessidades da família, a área de terra, localização do lote, acesso a políticas públicas e suas experiências de vida. Apesar da existência de 30 assentamentos rurais no município, os assentados enfrentam dificuldades para permanecer no campo, demandando que o Estado assuma a sua função de propulsor do desenvolvimento rural.

10 páginas, ilustrado, 26 referencias. ; El debate internacional que culmina con la negociación y la aprobación del Tratado Internacional sobre los Recursos Fitogenéticos para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (el Tratado), comenzó en la década de 1950, en el seno de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO, por sus siglas en inglés). Si bien en un primer momento el debate era esencialmente de carácter técnico y científico, a partir de la década de 1970 se centró en las implicaciones económicas y sociales de la cuestión de los recursos fitogenéticos, y desde principios de los años 1980, en su naturaleza política, jurídica y ética. El producto de estas primeras negociaciones fue la aprobación en 1983 de un primer acuerdo no vinculante: el Compromiso Internacional sobre los Recursos Fitogenéticos (el Compromiso) y el establecimiento en la FAO de un primer foro intergubernamental permanente para continuar las negociaciones: la Comisión de Recursos Genéticos para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (la Comisión) que cuenta hoy con 167 países y la Comunidad Europea. En 1992, se aprobó el primer acuerdo vinculante sobre diversidad biológica en general: el Convenio sobre Diversidad Biológica (CDB), el cual despeja el camino para que el sector agrario desarrolle ‑ en armonía con este convenio y sobre la base del Compromiso ‑ su propio instrumento jurídico vinculante, el Tratado, adoptado por la FAO en 2001. En el momento en que se escribe este artículo, el Tratado ha sido ratificado por 115 países y la Comunidad Europea, y la primera reunión de su Órgano Rector tuvo lugar en Madrid en junio de 2006. ; What would later culminate with the negotiation and approval of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (the Treaty), began in the 1950's as an international debate from within the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Initially discussions were technical and scientific, but by the 1970's, they had focused on the economic and social implications of the plant genetic resources in question. The 1980's saw the debate develop politically, legally and ethically. As a result of these early negotiations, in 1983, the first non-binding agreement, the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources (IU) was approved. Also stemming from the initial debate is the 1983 establishment of the first perma nent intergovernmental forum, the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (the Commission), to continue discussions and negoti ations. Today, the Commission includes 167 coun tries and the European Community. In 1992, the approval of the first binding agreement on biological diversity in general, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), cleared the way for the agricul tural sector to develop its own international binding instrument, in harmony with the CBD and based on the principles of the International Undertaking. This legal instrument, the Treaty, was adopted by FAO in 2001. To date 115 countries and the European Community have ratified the Treaty.

10 páginas, ilustrado, 26 referencias. ; El debate internacional que culmina con la negociación y la aprobación del Tratado Internacional sobre los Recursos Fitogenéticos para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (el Tratado), comenzó en la década de 1950, en el seno de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO, por sus siglas en inglés). Si bien en un primer momento el debate era esencialmente de carácter técnico y científico, a partir de la década de 1970 se centró en las implicaciones económicas y sociales de la cuestión de los recursos fitogenéticos, y desde principios de los años 1980, en su naturaleza política, jurídica y ética. El producto de estas primeras negociaciones fue la aprobación en 1983 de un primer acuerdo no vinculante: el Compromiso Internacional sobre los Recursos Fitogenéticos (el Compromiso) y el establecimiento en la FAO de un primer foro intergubernamental permanente para continuar las negociaciones: la Comisión de Recursos Genéticos para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (la Comisión) que cuenta hoy con 167 países y la Comunidad Europea. En 1992, se aprobó el primer acuerdo vinculante sobre diversidad biológica en general: el Convenio sobre Diversidad Biológica (CDB), el cual despeja el camino para que el sector agrario desarrolle ‑ en armonía con este convenio y sobre la base del Compromiso ‑ su propio instrumento jurídico vinculante, el Tratado, adoptado por la FAO en 2001. En el momento en que se escribe este artículo, el Tratado ha sido ratificado por 115 países y la Comunidad Europea, y la primera reunión de su Órgano Rector tuvo lugar en Madrid en junio de 2006. ; What would later culminate with the negotiation and approval of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (the Treaty), began in the 1950's as an international debate from within the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Initially discussions were technical and scientific, but by the 1970's, they had focused on the economic and social implications of the plant genetic resources in question. The 1980's saw the debate develop politically, legally and ethically. As a result of these early negotiations, in 1983, the first non-binding agreement, the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources (IU) was approved. Also stemming from the initial debate is the 1983 establishment of the first perma nent intergovernmental forum, the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (the Commission), to continue discussions and negoti ations. Today, the Commission includes 167 coun tries and the European Community. In 1992, the approval of the first binding agreement on biological diversity in general, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), cleared the way for the agricul tural sector to develop its own international binding instrument, in harmony with the CBD and based on the principles of the International Undertaking. This legal instrument, the Treaty, was adopted by FAO in 2001. To date 115 countries and the European Community have ratified the Treaty.

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Intro -- THE FARM SAFETY NETPROGRAMS, PROPOSALS, OVERLAP -- THE FARM SAFETY NETPROGRAMS, PROPOSALS, OVERLAP -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 FARM SAFETY NET PROGRAMS:ISSUES FOR THE NEXT FARM BILL -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- FARM SAFETY NET OVERVIEW -- Commodity Programs -- Direct Payments -- Counter-Cyclical Payments (CCP) -- Marketing Assistance Loan Program -- Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) -- Eligible Producers -- Commodity Programs and Farm-Level Risk -- Dairy and Sugar -- Risk Management -- Crop Insurance -- Crop and Livestock Policies -- Whole-Farm Insurance Policies -- Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) -- Supplemental Disaster Assistance -- Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program (SURE) -- Livestock and Tree Assistance Programs -- Additional Disaster Programs Under Discussion -- BUDGET ISSUES -- POLICY ISSUES -- WTO COMPATIBILITY OF CURRENT FARM PROGRAMS -- Does US Farm Program Spending Stay Within WTO Limits? -- Does the Program Result in Adverse Effects? -- Is the US Farm Program Exempt from WTO Limits? -- Farm Programs Under the Green Box -- Farm Safety Net Under the Blue Box -- Farm Safety Net Under the De Minimis Exemption -- A Whole-Farm Safety Net Under the WTO -- CONCLUSION -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 FARM SAFETY NET PROPOSALS AND THE JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE ON DEFICIT REDUCTION -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE ON DEFICIT REDUCTION -- CURRENT FARM SAFETY NET PROGRAMS -- Commodity Programs -- Crop Insurance -- Disaster Assistance -- Policy Issues for Current Programs -- Effectiveness of the Current Farm Safety Net -- Overlap in Farm Risk Programs -- Commodity Coverage Limited to Major Row Crops -- Payment limits and Farm Size -- Farm Policy Alignment with U.S. Trade Commitments -- FARM BILL SAFETY NET ISSUES -- FARM BILL SAFETY NET PROPOSALS -- Group I. Downsize Current Policy

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Peasants and peasant agriculture : basic concepts and data -- A further specification of peasant agriculture -- Delineating and comparing peasant and entrepreneurial farming -- Rural development : processes of repeasantization in Europe -- The struggle for land in Latin America : waves of repeasantization and depeasantization -- China : the potential of peasant agriculture -- Self-organizing territories -- The construction of new, nested markets -- Theorizing the peasantries of the 21st century -- Food empires and the peasant principle

Understanding and Predicting the World's Climate System1 -- Effects of Seasonal Climate Variability and the Use of Climate Forecasts on Wheat Supply in the United States Australia and Canada -- Appendix -- Impacts of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation on Agriculture: Guidelines for Regional Analysis -- Midwestern United States Corn and Soybean Yield Response to Changing El Niño-Southern Oscillation Conditions During the Growing Season -- El Niño-Southern Oscillation Impacts on Crop Production in the Southeast United States -- El Niño-Southern Oscillation Effects on Maize Production in South Africa: A Preliminary Methodology Study -- Current and Potential Use of Climate Forecasts for Resource-poor Farmers in Zimbabwe -- Front Matter