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Conservation agriculture (CA) is defined as a system comprising no or minimum mechanical soil disturbance, permanent organic soil cover, and crop species diversification [FAO. (2014). What is Conservation Agriculture? FAO CA website, consulted on 15.09.2014. Retrieved September 15, 2014, from http://www.fao.org/ag/ca/1a.html]. The vast majority of medium- and large-scale farmers in Paraguay and neighbouring countries (Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay) who use tractor-based farming systems have moved from conventional agriculture and adopted CA through no-tillage technologies. Among this farmer type, very few wish to return to the old system of tillage agriculture. However, despite massive efforts to transmit the technology to small-scale farmers by development aid projects and local governments, widespread adoption of CA has not happened on farms that use animal traction or manual farming systems; in fact significant dis-adoption of CA practices by smallholders has occurred. Some of the reasons for this dynamic are analysed in this paper. The reasons for dis-adoption by small-scale farmers can be generally divided into two groups. One group has to do with the fact that, comparatively, small-scale farmers are less able to cope with the factors related to CA (e.g. degraded soils, recuperating and maintaining soil fertility and know-how) than medium- and large-scale farmers. The second group of reasons has to do with the approaches and strategies that development aid agencies and local governments have taken towards small-scale farmers, which have influenced small-scale farmers’ ability to adopt and maintain CA practices. Small-scale farmers’ main asset is the soil and the CA/no-tillage system is a knowledge-based, learning-intensive system. However, despite the technical support provided by aid agencies and local governments, small-scale farmers often lack a deeper understanding of the CA concepts and practices. This is attributable to the short- to medium-term and rather conservative transfer-of-technology approaches that have been applied by development aid agency and local government programmes over the years, without any changes and without adaptive research. The latter can be derived, for instance, from the accountability of results to donor agencies or the one-size-fits-all approach applied in order to achieve ‘numbers’. One consequence of this is that ownership by and empowerment of farmers is often absent among dis-adopters. It therefore seems more suitable to apply long term, adaptable approaches to CA with smallholders. The lessons learned in Paraguay may well serve to properly direct future development intervention efforts in this country and also serve to mend development strategies in other countries in South and Central America, Africa or Asia. 相似文献
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Romina Cavatassi Lina Salazar Mario González‐Flores Paul Winters 《Journal of Agricultural Economics》2011,62(2):403-428
Evaluating agricultural programmes requires considering not only the programmes’ influence on input and output indicators, but also considering the relationship between these indicators as embodied in the production technology. This article examines the impact on production of an intervention in the Ecuadorian Sierra designed to improve returns to potato production through training and through linking smallholders to high‐value markets. Critical to identifying the impact of the programme is the careful construction of a counterfactual and meticulous data collection. To assess the impact of the programme on production, a weighted estimation, where weights are constructed through propensity score matching, is employed to estimate a production function within a damage abatement framework. The function incorporates a series of interaction terms to assess the impact of the programme on the production technology. The findings provide evidence that the programme enhances yields both through a general shift in technology as well as increased input use. The results suggest that the use of effective farming techniques that are learned through the programme induce this technological shift. 相似文献
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Agricultural policies in Rwanda focus on agricultural intensification and increased market orientation of the smallholder farm sector. Cooperatives are seen as key vehicles in this, but little is known about their effectiveness to achieve these goals. In this article, we analyze the impact of cooperative membership on the agricultural performance of rural households in Rwanda. We use cross‐sectional survey data, collected in 2012, to analyze the impact of cooperative membership on different agricultural performance indicators, including indicators on agricultural intensification, market orientation, farm revenue, and income. We use several econometric techniques to deal with potential selection bias in estimating the impact of cooperative membership, including a proxy variable method based on a willingness to pay measure and propensity score matching methods. We find that cooperative membership in general has a positive impact on farm performance but these effects are driven by specific types of cooperatives. 相似文献
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马铃薯与甜瓜、糯玉米、大白菜、茼蒿及各青菜的间套种,是理想的多熟立体高效复种模式,经济、社会效益极为显著,其复种要占.合理布局,优化良种通常择地势高爽、排灌良好、肥沃疏松的砂质壤上,于播栽前结合耕翻施肥。通常春马铃薯选用早熟、优质、高产、抗病的品种。甜瓜选用优质、高产、抗病的“伊丽沙白”、“海冬青”及“梨瓜”等。糯玉米选用早熟、优质、高产的“沪糯一号”、“鲁糯玉1号”等。大白菜选用早熟、优质、耐热的“夏丰”、“夏舒”及“八月早”等。茼蒿选用优质、高产的大叶型种。冬青菜选用“矮杂3号”等优质、高产的… 相似文献
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赵紫阳同志在全国农村工作会议上强调指出:“发展农业生产要靠政策、靠科技、靠投入”。这“三靠”是在总结我国农业生产正反两方面经验的基础上提出的。农业科学技术在发展农业生产中起着非常重要的作用。每一次农业科学技术的进步,都有效地促进了农业生产的迅速发展。每一个新的农业科研成果在农业生产中的应用,都使农业科学技术转化为巨大的生产力,创造出大量的物质财富,促进整个国民经济的发展。农业生产在先进的农业科学技术的指导下,任何生产要素都可以进行科学的组合,以最少的人力、物力、财力,在一定的耕地而积上,生产出更多的产品,创造出更多的财富,获得最大的经济效益。 相似文献
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[注]译自Giorgio Agamben,"Art,Inactivity,Politics",inThinking Worlds The Moscow Conference on Philosophy,Politics,andArt(《思想世界:莫斯科哲学、政治学和艺术研讨会》),NY,Sternberg Press,2008.p.197-204近三年来我的研究一直聚焦于可被描述为经济与治理的神学系谱的那种东西。我试图展示当前经济与治理在社会生活一切领域上的支配,是在早几个世纪的基督教神学中,在——为协调单子论和三位一体——神学家把三位一体呈现为某种神圣的"经济",作为上帝组织与治理神圣生命与被造世界的方式的时候,是如何取得(形成)其范式的。 相似文献
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一、1993年工作的基本估价1993年是我区放开粮食购销价格和经营的第一年,粮食部门由高度集中的计划经济走向市场经济,既要担负繁重的行政管理任务,又要在市场竞争中摸索和开展经营,面临新情况、新问题,遇到了前所未有的困难。思想要大转弯,工作要大转轨,作风要大转变,机制要大转换,才能适应发展的新形势。我们在区党委和区人民政府的领导下,认真学习、贯彻党的十四大文件和邓小平同志南巡重要谈话精神,以经济建设为中心,解放思想,实事求是,变困难为机遇,变压力为动力,大胆改革,勇于实践,开拓进取,履行两个职能,肩挑两副… 相似文献
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党的十一届三中全会以来,在中央一系列正确方针,政策指导下,乡镇企业以其特有的活力迅速地改变着我国的经济结构、产业结构和整个农村的面貌。如今,乡镇企业已成为我国国民经济的重要组成部分,成为振兴我国农村经济的必由之路。1989年我国乡镇企业总产值达7350亿元,占农村社会总产值的60%,占全国社会总产值的25%;乡镇工业总产值5100亿元,占全国工业总产值的30%,为国家创汇100亿美元,占全国出口创汇的19%;向国家缴纳税金360亿元,占国家财政收入的12.8%。这 相似文献
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