Farmers and farming : practices, management and challenges / Frederikke Poulsen, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Poulsen, Frederikke, editor.

Series:

Agriculture issues and policies series.

Agriculture issues and policies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Farm life--India.

Farm life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2020]

Summary:

"Farmers and Farming: Practices, Management and Challenges opens with a focus on livelihood, which refers to the way people make a living. Livelihoods are the means people use to support themselves, to survive and to prosper. Next, the authors aim to analyze the socio-economic features of farmers involved in organic cultivation, exploring landholding patterns in the northern part of Karnataka state. They also explore how gender-based farming systems analysis could be used to simulate the effects of a change in agricultural practices on gender relations, either with the aim to do no harm or with the objective to achieve more gender equality. In closing, an overview on the potential and setbacks of intercropping in maintaining crop yields in changing climate in smallholder farmers in ESA set-up"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Livelihood Assets and Security of Small and Marginal Farmers in Selected Districts of Haryana, India / Anusha Punia

A Study on Socio-Economic and Landholding Patterns of Organic Farming Systems in Northern Karnataka / S. Vijayachandra Reddy, S. M. Mundinamani and V. A. Shinde

An Integrated Approach for Gender in Farming Systems: A Way Forward for Transformation and Equity / Nisha Verma, N. Ravishankar and A. S. Panwar

Intercrops Involving Legumes Enhance Productivity in Smallholder Crop-Livestock Farming Under a Changing Climate in Eastern and Southern Africa: A Review / Tarirai Muoni, Petra Gwaka, Lena Majoni, Christian Thierfelder.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-5361-8598-1