Vermicomposting: A promising technology to turn kitchen waste to organic compost

Vermicomposting is a process of composting that uses earthworm to convert organic waste into humus-like high-quality compost.This technique of converting organic waste into compost manure not only boosts organic production but also helps to effectively manage the household and urban organic waste.

Agroecology: Science and Politics

Peter M Rosset, Miguel A Altieri

Our global food system is largely based on unsustainable industrial agricultural practices, is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, is controlled by a handful of large corporations and produces unhealthy food. Agroecology is a solution to these increasingly urgent problems. After decades of b...

Smallholder Agriculture and Market Participation

Nigel Poole

Small-scale agriculture is the main livelihood of the majority of the world’s rural poor. Smallholder farmers in the global South play a crucial role in maintaining biodiversity, as well as contributing to food security in their countries. However, they need to be connected to markets to see sustain...

Fairtrade Impacts

Valerie Nelson

Fairtrade goods are claimed to empower producers, and promote sustainable livelihoods, and it is these claims that attract consumers who willingly pay a premium for the sake of the benefits that they expect will be experienced by smallholders in developing countries. But what is the evidence for the...

Normes et directives pour l’aide d’urgence à l’élevage (LEGS) 2nd edition

Les Normes et directives pour l’aide d’urgence à l’élevage (LEGS – acronyme de l’anglais Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards) constituent un ensemble de normes et de directives internationales pour concevoir, mettre en oeuvre et évaluer des interventions pour venir en aide aux communautés d...

A Bucket of Water

Kanayo F. Nwanze

The Sustainable Development Goals, which were adopted by 193 countries in 2015, set clear targets for ending hunger and undernutrition, as well as tackling poverty, inequality and the impact of climate change, by the year 2030. The vision they represent is an inclusive one, in which no one is left b...

Understanding Equid Welfare Issues

A comprehensive technical guide to understanding and dealing with equid welfare and health issues from The Brooke

What is animal welfare?

Animal welfare refers to the physical and emotional state that is impacted by the environment in which the animal lives and works, human attitudes and practices, and resources available to it. Welfare is an everchanging state in which all of these factors can and will cause welfare to fluctuate betw...

Farmer Research Groups

Dawit Alemu, Yoshiaki Nishikawa, Kiyoshi Shiratori, Taku Seo

It has long been recognized that agricultural research should involve the farmers themselves. Participatory agricultural research methods have been developed to help farmers and researchers to identify the most appropriate technologies and techniques for a particular area. However, mainstreaming thi...

Agrarian Change, Migration and Development

Henry Veltmeyer, Raúl Delgado Wise

The focus and concern of Agrarian Change, Migration and Development is the problem of labour migraton. Veltmeyer and Wise explore the dynamics and development implications of the migration processes set in motion by the capitalist mode of production. The dynamics of these processes are both internat...