81. Centre For Information On Low External Input And Sustainable Agriculture Aims for poverty alleviation through the promotion of agroecological approaches. Includes a collection of links, book reviews, and other information. http://www.ileia.org

home magazine about us documentation ... customize Partner Log in:  Password:  Magazine on Low External Input and Sustainable Agriculture Welcome to the LEISA website!! This website is the platform for the LEISA Magazines. ILEIA and its partner organisations document and publish experiences with Low External Input and Sustainable Agriculture for agricultural smallholders in the South. Volume 20: 1- Valuing crop diversity - Over time we have identified and learned to use nearly 8000 species for our food and well-being. Today, however, only about 30 crops form the basis of world’s agriculture. Over 50% of our energy requirements are now met by just three crops: rice, wheat and maize. The continuously narrowing base for global food security limits the options available to farmers, and reduces the agricultural biodiversity necessary to provide security in resource-poor environments. We hope you enjoy reading this issue on minor crops, crops that many of us know, use and enjoy but which do not receive the attention or support they deserve. As you will see from the networking section of this issue, however, there are many organizations working to improve the situation. Read the articles.

82. Agriculture And Food: Related Sites US Department of Agriculture. The University of California sustainable agriculture Research and Education Program addresses the question, What is Sustainable http://www.wri.org/wri/sustag/aglinks.html

Home Global topics Agriculture and food List all topics Agriculture and food People and projects Key issues Case studies Related sites Related sites Links to sites listed here and elsewhere do not indicate endorsement of content or work program. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) seeks to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living, to improve agricultural productivity, and to better the condition of rural populations. It serves as the largest specialized agency in the United Nations system and the lead agency for agriculture, forestry, fisheries and rural development. Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) seeks to harness modern science for the sustainable development of agriculture in developing countries. AgNIC (Agriculture Network Information Center) is a distributed network that provides access to agriculture-related information, subject area experts, and other resources. U.S. Department of Agriculture

83. Permaculture Australia About permaculture and PRI's handson permaculture courses in ecological design, environmental restoration, appropriate technology and sustainable agriculture. New South Wales, Australia. http://www.permaculture.org.au/

courses articles photo gallery projects ... about Welcome to Permaculture.org.au! What is permaculture? Permaculture (permanent agriculture) is the harmonious integration of landscape and people providing their food, energy, shelter, and other material and non-material needs in a sustainable way. It is also the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive ecosystems which have the diversity, stability and resilience of natural ecosystems. ( more >> - view movie - Latest news Friday, 11th Jun Geoff Lawton and the Rainforest Information Center will be teaming up to teach a permaculture design certificate course 2st August to 15th with a community living theme. Especially geared for people considering community living or designing community lifestyles properties. Cost just $800 fully accomadated, partital work exchange excepted. The location is a community property in design process adjoining the Border Ranges National Park a property surrounded by wilderness with abundant wild life, see the courses page for details. (edit) Sunday, 6th Jun

84. Centre For Sustainable Agriculture (CUL) The Centre for sustainable agriculture CUL - is a focal-point for researchers and institutions interested in research, development, education and information http://www.cul.slu.se/english/

The Centre for Sustainable Agriculture - CUL - is a focal-point for researchers and institutions interested in research development education and information related to ecological agriculture. CUL co-ordinates acitivities and promotes co-operation. It takes an active part in the work of developing interdisciplinary research methods. CAPs impact on organic farming A new book "Organic farming and measures of European agricultural policy" analyses the impact of the Agenda 2000 of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on organic farming ­ as one of most established examples of environmentally friendly farming systems. It also contains recommendations on how to maximise the positive effects of agricultural policy on organic farming. READ MORE NEWS! 04.05.11 Created by jessica.alm@cul.slu.se

85. Regional Information Service Centre For Southeast Asia On Appropriate Technology Resource on appropriate technologies in the fields of sustainable agriculture, waste management, textiles and renewable energy, primarily in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and Yunnan province in China. http://www.ist.cmu.ac.th/riseat/index.html

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86. The Sustainable Agriculture Program çHome, sustainable agriculture Program. Many factors have convinced the agriculture community to seek new approaches to the production of food and fiber. http://www.umaine.edu/pse/sag.htm

Home Sustainable Agriculture Program Many factors have convinced the agriculture community to seek new approaches to the production of food and fiber. Among these factors are increasing input costs, pesticide resistance, ground water contamination, soil erosion, decreasing soil fertility, and the demand for chemical free food. The University of Maine offers academic, research, and extension programs in Sustainable Agriculture (SAG) in order to address the principles and practices of environmentally sound, profitable farming. The academic program emphasizes: how to increase farm profits by decreasing the costs of crop and livestock production; how to build soil tilth and fertility through rotations, multiple cropping, and nutrient cycling; how to protect water quality by decreasing the need to use synthetic agrichemicals; how to manage crop pests and livestock diseases with integrated, ecologically sound strategies; and how to create a strong, diversified agriculture that is stable through market and weather fluctuations. The Sustainable Agriculture Program is an interdisciplinary program offered cooperatively by the faculties of the Departments of Plant, Soil and Environmental Sciences, Plant Biology and Pathology, and Resource Economics and Policy. In addition, to the core courses, students obtain knowledge and skills in the liberal arts, mathematics, sciences, and communications.

87. Sustainable Agriculture-Key Text Key text Feeding the future – sustainable agriculture. Published by Does sustainable agriculture have the answers? Printerfriendly version of complete topic http://www.science.org.au/nova/071/071key.htm

Key text Published by Australian Academy of Science Sponsored by With the population exceeding 6 billion and growing by about 6 million a month, the need to protect agricultural land and to increase food production has become critical. Does sustainable agriculture have the answers? Printer-friendly version of complete topic About 5000 years ago, large cities were flourishing in the flat plains of what is now southern Iraq. The cities were surrounded by thousands of hectares of crop land irrigated from the rivers. Farmers grew barley, wheat, flax, dates, apples, plums and grapes, and herded sheep and goats for meat and milk. This early example of intensive agriculture proved unsustainable. By around 4000 years ago, desert had replace the fields and the cities had been abandoned. History records many such examples of agricultural communities flourishing and then failing, often because farming eroded the soil, exhausted the soil’s nutrients or caused a build-up of salt. There were many fewer mouths to feed in those days; the global population was probably no more than a couple of hundred million. So if agriculture failed in one area, plenty of arable land remained available for development. The world no longer has that luxury. The need to protect agricultural land and to increase food production has become critical. Around the world the concept of sustainable agriculture has been embraced to try to ensure that food supplies will continue to match demand.

88. Appalachian Sustainable Development Focuses on developing healthy, diverse and ecologically sound economic opportunities through education and training. ASD's two main programs are in sustainable forestry and wood products and sustainable agriculture. http://appsusdev.org

Contact Information: Anthony Flaccavento, Executive Director P.O. Box 791 289A West Main Street, Abingdon, VA 24212 Phone: 276-623-1121, Fax: 276-623-1353 Email: asd@eva.org SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY ... CONTACT US last updated 3/29/03 web site by

89. Center For Integrated Agricultural Systems What s new? Coming Events. 2004 Internship in Urban sustainable agriculture— Application info. CSA Across the Nation Findings from the 1999 CSA Survey. http://www.wisc.edu/cias/

Grazing dairy systems pastured poultry and the School for Beginning Dairy Farmers Profit by Planning CSA Home Grown Wisconsin and the School for Beginning Market Growers The Wisconsin Integrated Cropping Systems Trials The College Food Project and Wisconsin Homegrown Lunch Specialty cheese Farm Fresh Atlas Community kitchens and alternative crops Sustaining local food systems in a globalizing environment Renewing an agriculture-of-the-middle and Energy use in the food system Troy Gardens and Growing Power/CIAS student internships The Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems brings together university faculty, farmers, policy makers and others to study relationships between farming practices, farm profitability, the environment, and rural vitality. What's new? Coming Events CSA farms: National Survey Results (Research Brief #67) CSA farms: Management and income (Research Brief #68) Home Grown Wisconsin: Marketing fresh produce cooperatively (Research Brief #69) ... Organic Agriculture in Wisconsin: 2003 Status Repor t (PDF) Accessibility If you have any difficulty accessing this Web site, please contact Cris at

90. Sustainable Agriculture Organizations sustainable agriculture organizations. Wisconsin nonprofit organizations. sustainable agriculture centers at land grant universities. http://www.wisc.edu/cias/links/orgs.html

Sustainable agriculture organizations Wisconsin nonprofit organizations Churches Center for Land and People Madison Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition Michael Fields Agricultural Institute Midwest Organic and Sustainable Eduction Services ... Wisconsin Citizen Action Regional and national nonprofit organizations American Farmland Trust Center for Rural Affairs Consortium for Sustainable Ag Research and Education FoodFirst Cuban Agriculture Exchange ... Land Stewardship Project University of Wisconsin-Madison Babcock Institute for International Dairy Research Center for Cooperatives Center for Dairy Profitability College of Agricultural and Life Sciences: ... Wisconsin Integrated Cropping Systems Trial Sustainable agriculture centers at land grant universities CASFS - University of California, Santa Cruz CARI (formerly CSAS) - University of Nebraska CSANR - Washington State University CFAP -Cornell Univ. ... SAREP - University of California, Davis State and federal government Alternative Farming Systems Information Center WI Dept. of Ag, Trade and Consumer Protection

91. Syngenta Foundation For Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA) Promotes improved and sustainable farming through better cultivation methods and crop diversification. http://www.syngentafoundation.com/index.htm

@import url(css/style.css); Kenya: Insect Resistant Maize Seeds - Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture Skip to: content navigation welcome to our foundation Your resource for latest developments on our activities, projects and research. search Note: Syngenta Foundation content is accessible to all versions of every browser. If your browser does not support basic W3C web standards, it will prevent the display of the site design layout. This is why the page you are now viewing is diaplayed without formatting. To find out more please visit the Web Standards Project and read about the campaign encouraging users to upgrade their browsers to standards compliant versions. Our current Feature 2003 marked the first time nearly 5000 residents of Siketi drew healthy drinking water. Read full story... Our Projects Insect resistant maize development in Kenya Our Focus Semiarid agriculture Plant genetic resources Access to technology Features Our 2003 report Download Order Mali textiles screensaver Download Order CD Infocenter Countries: Burkina Faso Chad Eritrea Ethiopia ... Niger Organizations: In the Sahel Development Agencies Crops: Millet Sorghum Guides: Development acronyms At a glance: Partnerships Speeches Publications Contact Us visit our infocenter for information on sahelian countries, organizations

92. World Sustainable Agriculture Association Goals of the World sustainable agriculture Association. The ultimate What Does the World sustainable agriculture Association Do? The World http://www.bcca.org/services/lists/noble-creation/wsaa.html

Goals of the World Sustainable Agriculture Association The ultimate goal of WSAA is to promote sustainable farming, food distribution, consumption, and biocycling systems throughout the world. We promote systems and public policies that enhance local and regional food security, in ways that are economically viable, socially just, and environmentally harmonious with Nature. WSAA's activities are guided by an operational definition of sustainable agriculture adapted from Fred Kirschenmann's "New Paradigm for Agriculture," (based on Meadows) which he presented at a recent Board of Directors meeting. We consider the agriculture of a specific farm, region, or nation is sustainable if it has the following attributes: Does not use non-renewable resources any faster than substitutes become available and economically feasible. Does not use renewable resources any faster than Nature can regenerate them. Does not generate pollution or waste products any faster than Earth's planetary sinks can absorb, disipate, or disperse them. Safeguards inter-generational equity, respecting the needs of future gen- erations.

93. Welcome To Our Foundation - Novartis Foundation For Sustainable Development A project for improved farming through better cultivation methods and crop diversification. http://www.foundation.novartis.com/pasad_philippines.htm

German News Contact Sitemap ... About us International Symposium Human Rights and the Private Sector Read the Detailed Report Redesign of the Website Welcome to our Foundation We aim to improve the quality of life for poor people in developing countries by improving access to healthcare through development projects, think tank efforts and dialogue facilitation Did you know that Novartis and the Novartis Foundation provide free treatment for all leprosy patients in the world? Learn More About the Donation What We Want To Achieve Who We Are Why We Exist , and Where We Are Coming From We contribute to the definition and discussion of key issues about sustainable development through our Publications, Presentations and Symposia We promote grassroots development initiatives in the areas of Right to Health and Health Access to Basic Health Care Access to Malaria Treatment and Leprosy Elimination document.write('<'); document.write('! ');

94. Energy And Sustainable Agriculture of Agriculture sustainable agriculture and Integrated Pest Management Unit promotes alternative practices which are energy efficient, environmentally sound http://www.mda.state.mn.us/esap/default.htm

Consumer FAQ's Producer FAQ's Business FAQ's Hot Topics Sudden Oak Death NASDA 2004 Quality Count$ Soybean Rust ... CMC Heartland Lite Yard Site Seasonal Items Crop/Weather Reports Pesticide Recertification Apiary Registration Application Reporting Pesticide Complaints Quick Links License Lookup Publications Finance Opportunities Food Safety ... Accessibility Plug-in for Acrobat Reader Energy and Sustainable Agriculture " . . . committed to the economic, environmental and societal well-being of Minnesota farms." Seeking Alternatives The Energy and Sustainable Agriculture Program was established in 1987 in response to concerns over the impact of conventional agricultural practices on farm profitability, health and the environment. The purpose of the program is to demonstrate and promote alternative practices which are energy efficient, environmentally sound, profitable and which enhance the self-sufficiency of Minnesota farmers. Vision - Agriculture in Minnesota will be based on dynamic, flexible farming systems that are profitable, efficient, productive and founded on ethics of land stewardship and responsibility for the continuing vitality of local rural communities. Minnesotans will strive to understand and respect the complex interconnectedness of living systems, from soil to people, so as to protect and enhance all natural resources for future generations. Minnesota agriculture will sustain an abundance of food and other products as well as meaningful, self-directed employment that supports the quality of life desired by farmers and rural communities. Agriculture will foster diversity in all its forms of production, products, markets and cultures.

95. Greenbook 2000: Marketing Sustainable Agriculture Greenbook 2000 Marketing sustainable agriculture. Table of Contents. Introduction pages). sustainable agriculture Loan Program (PDF 11 KB / 1 page). http://www.mda.state.mn.us/esap/greenbook2000/gb2000.html

Consumer FAQ's Producer FAQ's Business FAQ's Hot Topics Sudden Oak Death NASDA 2004 Quality Count$ Soybean Rust ... CMC Heartland Lite Yard Site Seasonal Items Crop/Weather Reports Pesticide Recertification Apiary Registration Application Reporting Pesticide Complaints Quick Links License Lookup Publications Finance Opportunities Food Safety ... Accessibility Plug-in for Acrobat Reader Greenbook Greenbook 2000: Marketing Sustainable Agriculture Table of Contents Introduction to the Greenbook from Commissioner Gene Hugoson Essays Sustainable Agriculture Marketing in Action: Where the Sticker Meets the Scanner ( PDF: 96 KB / 3 pages Conversations with the Land: The Relationship Between Livestock and the Land PDF: 262 KB / 3 pages Collaborative Marketing Groups: Working Together to Meet New Challenges ( PDF: 55 KB / 3 pages Farmers' Voices: Long Term Trends and Needs for Sustainability ( PDF: 45 KB / 3 pages Grant Program Description ( PDF: 9 KB / 1 page Alternative Crops Dry Edible Beans as an Alternative Crop in a Direct Marketing Operation ( PDF: 577 KB / 4 pages Managed Production of Woods-grown and Simulated Wild Ginseng ( PDF: 314 KB / 3 pages Native Minnesota Medicinal Plant Production ( PDF: 562 KB / 5 pages Establishing Agroforestry Demonstration Sites in Minnesota ( PDF: 450 KB / 2 pages Propagation of Native Grasses and Wildflowers for Seed Production ( PDF: 514 KB / 3 pages Cropping Systems and Soil Fertility

96. SAI Platform sustainable agriculture Initiative Platform. A food industry platform to support the development of and communicate about sustainable http://www.saiplatform.org/

Site Map Search About Us Our Activities ... Contact Us Visit the About Us section to learn more about SAI Platform: approach, structure, members, products and services as well as news and facts. Read about our new Coffee The Working Group on Coffee has just finalised draft principles and practices for green coffee sustainable production. See our section on Coffee Palm Oil A Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil has just been launched. See our section Palm Oil You can also read about our: Work on Cereals Work on Dairy New: SAI Platform's 7th Newsletter now available! Forthcoming events: Energy and Agricultural Carbon Utilization - Sustainable Alternatives to Sequestration Athens, Georgia, USA, 10-11.06.2004 http://www.georgiaitp.org/carbon 14th Annual World Food and Agribusiness Forum - Symposium and Case Conference Montreux, Switzerland, 12-15.06.2004 http://www.ifama.org/conferences/2004Conference For information on past and forthcoming events, visit our Events page.

97. OPIRG Sustainable Agriculture Forum Collects and disseminates information about sustainable agriculture and advocates for agricultural research in the public interest. http://www.uoguelph.ca/~pparso01

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98. SASA - Social Accountability In Sustainable Agriculture Social Accountability in sustainable agriculture (SASA) is a collaborative project of FLO, SAI, SAN and IFOAM, four main social and environmental verification http://www.isealalliance.org/sasa/

Social Accountability in Sustainable Agriculture (SASA) is a collaborative project of FLO SAI SAN and IFOAM , four main social and environmental verification systems in sustainable agriculture. SASA objectives are to improve social auditing processes in agriculture and to foster closer cooperation and shared learning between the initiatives through 9 pilot audit exercises worldwide in 2002 and 2003. Read our Newsletter Wrapping it up Successful final SASA conference From the 20 April, evening, to the 21 April 2004, the final conference took place at the FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy. Highlights of the presentation made included: Recommendations on standard setting and auditing methodologies for social certification in agriculture Possible options for convergence and coordination between FLO, SAI, SAN/RA and IFOAM to improve service delivery and reduce the costs of certification to social and environmental certification systems Launch of ISEAL Code of Good Practice for Setting Social and Environmental Standards 150 people from various organisations from all over the world attended the event.

99. CEESA - Central And Eastern European Sustainable Agriculture Translate this page Humboldt University of Berlin, CEESA - Central and Eastern European sustainable agriculture. START. http://www.ceesa.de/

100. SSAWG Home Page Southern SAWG was founded in 1991 to develop communication between organizations and individuals invested in sustainable agriculture, to collaborate on projects http://www.ssawg.org/

Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group Mission Statement To empower and inspire farmers, individuals, and communities in the South to create an agricultural system that is ecologically sound, economically viable, socially just, and humane. Because sustainable solutions depend on the involvement of the entire community, SSAWG is committed to including all persons in the South without bias. Contact Us Who We Are NEW SERVICE! Technical Assistance for Community Food Security Programs YES!, I want to put my Farm or Farmers' Market on the Map! Click Here ... Site Map

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