800-346-9140 BIODYNAMIC FARMING & COMPOST PREPARATION Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural ALTERNATIVE FARMING SYSTEMS GUIDE A www.attra.ncat.org ATTRA is the national sustainable agriculture information center funded by the USDA’s Rural Business -- Cooperative Service. Abstract: Biodynamic agriculture was the first ecological farming system to arise in response to commercial fertilizers and specialized agriculture after the turn of the century, yet it remains largely unknown to the modern farmer and land-grant university system. The contribution of biodynamics to organic agriculture is significant, however, and warrants more attention. The following provides an overview of biodynamic farming and ...
FINAL REPORT Inter Provincial Dependency for Agricultural Development Submitted to Ministry of Agriculture, Land Management and Cooperative Department of Agriculture Harihar Bhawan, Lalitpur, Nepal Submitted by Development Vision Nepal P. Ltd. (DVN), Dhumbarahi-4, Kathmandu July, 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY I CHAPTER I: BACKGROUND 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.2 OBJECTIVE OF THE ASSIGNMENT 2 1.3 SCOPE OF THE ASSIGNMENT 2 CHAPTER II: APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY 4 2.1 INCEPTION REPORT PREPARATION AND APPROVAL 4 2.2 COLLECTION AND REVIEW OF SECONDARY INFORMATION 4 2.3 SOURCE OF DATA 4 2.4 DESK REVIEW 4 2.5 ...
Jurnal Penyuluhan, Maret 2015 Vol. 11 No. 1 Faktor-Faktor yang Menentukan Keterlibatan Pemuda Pedesaan pada Kegiatan Pertanian Berkelanjutan Determine Factors of Rural Youth Involvement on Sustainable Agriculture Activities 1 1 Fitri Ningsih , Sofyan Sjaf 1Departemen Sains Komunikasi dan Pengembangan Masyarakat, Fakultas Ekologi Manusia, Institut Pertanian Bogor, Bogor Abstract Sustainable agriculture is one of national goal development in the realization of food self-suffiency in Indonesia. Sustainable agriculture will not be realized without the involvement of youth in agricultural activities, which include the activities of land and seed preparation, maintenance, and harvesting. Agricultural activities must be able to meet the economic needs ...
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK INDONESIA: COUNTRY ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS August 2005 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This CEA report will assist ADB to assess and evaluate the status of development in terms of environment and NRM capabilities, environmental performance, and the environmental improvement (or degradation) trends. This CEA report preparation process is one of the means through which ADB conducts in-depth dialogue with the key stakeholders and policy makers in Indonesia. In addition, the process highlights the priority actions for supporting the sustainable use of environment and natural resources in short- and medium-terms. Deforestation, loss of biodiversity, coral reef degradation, fisheries depletion, land degradation, agricultural ...