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| Schwentesius, Rita. |
| It is necessary to boost a series of measures and policies to help peoples search for a new balance in the growth of civilization while reducing starvation and malnourishment, using new production and technological strategies that may help humankind and societies, not only to recover their food self-sufficiency, but also, based on a new relationship between age-old knowledge and technology, to put a stop on environmental deterioration which allows humanity to revert climate change, as well as to preserve agro environments that have helped people preserve and reproduce as a species on the planet. |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Farming Systems. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/24441/7/24441.pdf |
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| Nelson, Erin; Schwentesius, Rita; Tovar, Laura Gómez; Cruz, Manuel Gómez. |
| Over the past several years, in response to the rapid growth in global demand for organic goods, the amount of organic production in Mexico has increased dramatically. Indeed, while Mexican agriculture as a whole has suffered severe crises, the organic sector has boomed, and today more than 83 000 producers farm organically on over 300 000 hectares of land. Of these producers, 98 percent are small scale, farming an average of three hectares, and over 50 percent are indigenous people. Unfortunately, as is the case in many developing countries, the vast majority of organic production remains focused on export crops – particularly coffee, but also cocoa, coconut, and other fruit and vegetables – with 85 percent of organic goods being sent to foreign markets.... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Markets and trade; Produce chain management. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/13879/1/13879.pdf |
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