Andi Setyo Pambudi, University of Indonesia In daily life, the term environment has become popular in the community both among politicians, scientists, and society in general (Pambudi, 2019). The environment is defined as the area (region, etc.) and includes the resources in it, while the natural environment defines as the surrounding circumstances (conditions, forces) that affect the development and behavior […]
Graham Brewer, University of Newcastle Alice Conant, University of Newcastle Since 2015, the widespread appearance of disaster risk reduction (DRR) concepts has increasingly permeated governments, their bureaucracies and emergency response agencies. Top level endorsement has led to trickle down inclusion in policy and procedures, across a wide range of emergency-related provisions. The research reported in this letter a) constructed a […]
Nathan Einbinder, Helda Morales, Mateo Mier Y Terán-Giménez Cacho, Miriam Aldasoro, Bruce G. Ferguson & Ronald Nigh In this paper we examine processes of scaling agroecological practices in the Maya-Achí territory of Guatemala. We compare the Achí case to other examples documented in the literature and the key factors, or “drivers,” reported as important if not essential for scaling to […]
Miguel A. Altieri and C.I. Nicholls The Green Revolution not only failed to ensure safe and abundant food production for all people, but it was launched under the assumptions that abundant water and cheap energy to fuel modern agriculture would always be available and that climate would be stable and not change. In some of the major grain production areas […]
As the expansion of agroexports and biofuels continues unfolding in Latin America, the concepts of food sovereignty and agroecologically based production systems gain increasing attention. Miguel A. Altieri and Clara I. Nicholls suggest that the key importance will be the involvement of farmers directly in the formulation of the research agenda and on their active participation in the process of […]
