by EcoAgriculture Partners | Dec 1, 2011
This special issue reports on recent research on biodiversity-ecosystem-livelihood dynamics in pasture-dominated landscapes in the Neotropics. The issue provides a set of evidence on ecoagriculture in Latin America. The issue includes a short piece by EcoAgriculture...
by EcoAgriculture Partners | Nov 1, 2011
What is conservation agriculture? Conservation agriculture (CA) is a farming approach that fosters natural ecological processes to increase agricultural yields and sustainability by minimizing soil disturbance, maintaining permanent soil cover, and diversifying crop...
by EcoAgriculture Partners | Nov 1, 2011
Re-Thinking the Sectoral Approach to Land Use in Climate Strategy To date, land use related climate policy and programs have tended to separate forestry and agriculture. In reality, the interface between these sectors is highly diverse and dynamic. With the influx of...
by EcoAgriculture Partners | Nov 1, 2011
Challenge Growing demand for food, fuel and other commodities, coupled with natural resource scarcity, has created an urgent need to produce more with less. Intensified production on farmed land in the tropics will be necessary to protect intact ecosystems from...
by EcoAgriculture Partners | Oct 1, 2011
What is Payment for Watershed Services? Payment for watershed services (PWS) are voluntary programs that offer cash payments or other benefits to landowners in exchange for providing “watershed services” that help protect water quantity or quality. For instance,...
