Poultry production in the Republic of Niger. Assistance to middle-sized versus small farmers
The study analyses whether the present demand for consumer eggs in Niamey can be met by poultry producers on the level of intensified small-holder farming. The support of this level would be in accordance with the basic development policies
of the German government and independent of the question of supporting poultry production in countries with an unstable nutritional basis. (l'A)
Soil productivity and erosion : biophysical and farmer-perspective assessment for hillslopes
Agricultural practice ; Agricultural productivity ; Agropedology ; Slope ; Soil ; Soil erosion ; Soil properties ; Sri Lanka
Data on soil biophysical changes and erosion are limited, especially from the farmer's perspective. Field techniques of biophysical assessment of erosion and conservation and their impacts are presented for Sri Lanka, with a focus on Gliricidia
Agriculture ; Amélioration des terres ; Domaine aride ; Géographie de l'Asie ; Inde ; Intensification ; Mise en valeur agricole ; Production agricole ; Pâturage ; Recherche ; Système de culture ; Technique agricole
This paper reviews the need for a proper farming systems research in Indian arid zone and the results obtained so far from different studies. - (PLK)
Archaic relations of production in modern agricultural systems : the example of sharemilking in New Zealand
Agricultural product ; Agriculture ; Dairy industry ; Dairy product ; Economic efficiency ; Farm ; New Zealand ; Sharecropping
Sharecropping is conceptualized as simple commodity production, based on the unity of household and enterprise. Sharemilking is used to evaluate this framework on representative dairy farms of average size and on large dairy farms owned
by corporations. It is found to be a mutually beneficial relationship that promotes efficient production and high output. It facilitates intergenerational transfer and contributes to the reproduction of family-based dairying. It plays a role in the penetration
Agriculture ; Agro-industrie ; Alaska ; Géographie rurale ; Production agricole ; Produit laitier
Only. 001 percent of Alaska is in cropland, concentrated near the cities of Anchorage and Fairbanks, and on the Kenai Peninsula. Potato and vegetable production is not subsidized whereas milk and meat receive government assistance without which
Megafarms - Grossfarmen und agrarindustrielle Unternehmen in den USA Megafarms - large farms and agricultural enterprises in the USA
The process of concentration in farming in the USA is forging ahead with undiminished speed. Forecasters are assuming that by year 2 000, some 50.000 farms will be accounting for almost 75 - 85 % of all agricultural production. The A. analyses
the position of the megafarm within the framework of such a process. This term embraces farms which are putting at least $ 8 million worth of agricultural products onto the market each year. - (l'A.).
Die Xingtang dairy farm bei Guangzhou - Eine neue Form der Viehwirtschaft in China (La Xingtang dairy farm à Guangzhou - Une nouvelle forme de production animale en Chine)
Le modèle de la Xingtang dairy farm , dans la région de Canton, offre à la Chine les moyens d'importer les technologies et méthodes agricoles modernes et de les appliquer à la modernisation de leur agriculture.
Since 1990 the number of agricultural holdings in West Germany decreased from 630 000 to 485 000 until 1998, whereas it increased in the new Länder from 4 750 to about 32 000. In eastern Germany all agricultural production cooperatives and state
-owned estates had to be dissolved within a short period of time. 26 000 individual farms and 3 000 partnerships have been established. The successors of collective and state farms cultivate still on average more than 1 000 ha farmland. The individual
farm enterprises cultivate about 49 ha, this is twice the size of corresponding farms in West Germany. The radical transformation process was accompanied by a massive reduction of employment to only one sixth of the initial employment figure. Today
, medium-sized farms in the new Länder are even more profitable than their counterparts in the West. - (HPB)
Etude des changements techniques, des évolutions de marchés et des nouvelles méthodes de production qui ont permis une production rentable de légumes pendant presqu'une année près de Shijiazhuang, province de Hebei au nord de la plaine de Chine. Se
Human-environmental influences and interactions in shifting agriculture when farmers form expectations rationally
Agricultural productivity ; Fallow land ; Farming;Agriculture ; Food consumption ; Man-environment relations ; Model ; Production function ; Shifting cultivation ; Tropical zone
Agriculture ; Consommation alimentaire ; Culture itinérante ; Fonction de production ; Jachère ; Modèle ; Productivité agricole ; Relation homme-environnement ; Zone intertropicale
This paper contains a study of the response of shifting agriculture to several social and environmental changes in circumstances in which farmers form in a relatively sophisticated manner their expectations of the future value of key economic
Plant production on a Faeroese farm 1813-1892, relating to climatic fluctuations
Agricultural calender ; Cereal ; Climatic variation ; Faeroe Islands ; Farm ; Farming system ; Hedge ; Island ; Nineteenth Century ; Potato ; Village
The article concentrates on the analysis of plant production, haymaking, grain and potato growing. A new crop (potatoes) first planted in 1823, gradually toke over the role of grain. There have been three periods with good climatic conditions
Farm size, tenancy and land productivity: an analysis of farm level data in Bangladesh agriculture
Il y a une relation inverse entre la taille de l'exploitation et la productivité de la terre en raison de la technologie utilisée dans un mode de production pré-capitaliste (basé sur le travail). D'autre part il semble que l'impact du métayage sur
Les AA. soulignent quelques exemples de résolution de problèmes et de pratiques de survie à l'échelle du village et de l'exploitation agricole chez des petits producteurs alimentaires dans un environnement agro-économique plein de défis tel que
Well-written treatment of the historical development of agriculture in the eastern United States from a well-known geographer who in his life time has seen much change in American farming. - (DWG)