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Latino Youth Involved in Urban Community Gardening
(Cambio Center, 2014)
, Washington, has historically been a productive agricultural region with dairies, livestock operations, crop farms, and berry fields (King County, 2012). However, agriculture has decreased for many reasons, including urban encroachment, lack of technical...
Around the globe and across Canada : the agriculture and agri-food Canada agroforestry division
(2009)
"The Agroforestry Division of the new Agri-Environment Services Branch of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is in transition from a predominantly regional focus to a national role in providing leadership and expertise in agroforestry research...
Promoting tree-based intercropping systems in the political arena : a cognitive analysis of public policies in agriculture, natural resources and rural development in Quebec
(2013)
now driving three specific public policies (agriculture, natural resources and rural development). Our research uses qualitative methods and a content analysis based on Muller�s notion of referentials to understand how TBI systems can be integrated...
Alberta woodlot extension program
(2009)
in Alberta. WEP has three goals. The first goal is to increase awareness of economic, social and environmental implications of agricultural area forest management. The management of forests, woodlots and agroforestry systems on the agricultural landbase has...
Communicating the economic and environmental impacts of agroforestry systems
(2009)
The Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Agroforestry Division conducts research, development and delivers technology tools, products and services including tree and shrub seedlings for the adoption and integration of agroforestry practices by producers...
New Latino Farmers in the Midwest: The Case of Southwest Michigan
(Cambio Center, 2007)
Our paper is, "New Latino Farmers in the U.S. Heartland: An Example of a Growing Trend in U.S.Agriculture." It is a change that is affecting the economic well-being, social, and cultural arena of rural America. We will address the major findings...
Immigration and migration policy propoal's impact beyond farm labor markets across the United States
(Cambio Center, 2020)
Most agricultural workers in the United States are from Latin America. The National Agricultural Workers Survey suggests 69 [percent] of hired workers on U.S. farms are born in Mexico. More than half of these same farm workers indicated they do...
Thirty million agroforesters : Russia's family gardens
(2009)
Today, over 30 million Russian households engage in food gardening and collectively produce over half of Russia's agricultural output, using less than 6 [percent] of agricultural land in the country. The small size of plots allocated for household...
Hedgerows as providers of services in agricultural landscapes
(2013)
Hedgerows and shelterbelts, have been planted and managed for millennia to provide services to society, provision services such as timber and firewood, cultural services such as property limits and beautification, regulating ...
Rural Livelihoods and Agroforestry Practices in the Missouri Flood Plains
(2010-11)
and part-time farming prevail, reflecting a rural lifestyle option where some household members engage in off-farm activities. Given differences in production systems and income from agriculture, the study finds that those interviewed have some knowledge...
Peasant Households Strategies in the Andes and Potential Users of Climate Forecasts: El Niño of 1997-1998
(2010-11)
Production strategies pursued by households and individuals in a peasant community of the Bolivian Altiplano are shaped by access to resources, social networks and institutions, wealth, and the ability to develop urban ...
Creating the knowledge infrastructure to enhance landowner adoption of agroforestry through an agroforestry academy
(2013)
Agroforestry offers a novel approach to land management that provides opportunities to combine productivity and profitability with environmental stewardship, resulting in healthy and sustainable agricultural systems that can be passed on to future...
Verification of shelterbelt crop yield improvements in the Great Plains region
(2013)
In 1962, J. H. Stoeckeler summarized the impacts of windbreaks on agriculture in the Great Plains. This paper has been the standard by which windbreak benefits, particular crop yield benefits have been judge. Over the last 60 years, agricultural...
Exploring the meanings of food and agriculture for Latino youth through the use of PhotoVoice in three Iowa cities
(Cambio Center, 2013)
. The students explored the cultural meanings of food and agriculture within their families and in their communities. Participants were asked to reflect on and describe their pictures, incorporating their points of view on the different elements that integrated...
Innovative agroforestry designs : Ecobuffers
(2011)
The predominance of large scale agriculture on the Canadian prairies and the introduction of precision farming technology has led to a noticeable reduction in habitat of marginal lands adjacent to agricultural fields. Removal of existing...
Response of avian community to willow ring mangement in Prairie Pothole Wetlands
(2013)
Wetlands surrounded by willow vegetation (willow rings) within the Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) are an important part of the prairie landscape. They provide habitat for wildlife, remove agricultural runoff, and reduce soil salinity. However, willow...
Recreational multifunctionality and its implications for agroforestry
(2009)
services revealed two groups of recreational multifunctionals: Farming Lifestyle Landowners - FLL (n=122) and Rural Lifestyle Landowners - RLL (n=199). Both types of recreational multifunctionals differ in their engagement in agricultural production, types...
Bird species diversity in riparian buffers, row crop fields, and grazed pastures of two agriculturally
(2009)
numbers were observed on the 9 year-old (27 species) and 2 year-old (28 species) buffers and the pasture (23 species). Our results suggest that re-establishing native riparian vegetation in areas of intensive agriculture will provide habitat to a broader...
Carbon sequestration potential of a 27-year-old tree-based intercropping system in southwestern Ontario
(2013)
This study aimed to quantify carbon (C) pools and fluxes in a 27-year-old tree-based intercropping (TBI) system as compared to a conventional agricultural system at the University of Guelph�s Agroforestry Research Station (43o 16�N 89o 26�W...
Agroforestry in Germany : from traditional to modern applications
(2013)
Agroforestry (AF) has a long history also in temperate climatic zones (e.g. grassland fruit orchards / "Streuobstwiesen" in southern Germany or wind brakes in northern Germany). However, due to the immense industrialization of the agricultural...