ABSTRACT

Designed as an accessible text on sustainable agriculture, this book contains information on community organization and participation, technologies for sustainability and the wider policy and service environment. The book looks at a variety of ways of encouraging sustainability through policy change and service provision, including: ways of improving financial services; ways of improving land security; and ways of improving training. The book is illustrated by a range of case studies and examples, and contains lists of contact addresses.

part 1|36 pages

Introduction

part 2|40 pages

Resource-Conserving Technologies

chapter 4|14 pages

The Damaging Bias Against Sustainability

chapter 5|24 pages

Some Resource-Conserving Technologies

part 3|44 pages

Sustaining Local Institutions

chapter 6|12 pages

Why Local Organisation Is Important

chapter 7|13 pages

Farmer Groups and Unions

part 4|62 pages

Creating an Enabling External Environment

chapter 9|12 pages

Secure Access to Land

chapter 12|7 pages

Coping with Drought

part 5|14 pages

The Way Forward