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1. Library Resource

   

   Land Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction

   A World Bank Policy Research Report

   Journal Articles & Books

   December, 2003

   Global

   Land & Investments

   agriculture

   agricultural land management

   sustainable land management

   sustainable land use

   farmers

   farming systems

   development agencies

   land investments

   land acquisitions

   land grabbing

   title deeds

   land titling

   land policies

   land law

   Land policies are of fundamental importance to sustainable growth, good governance, and the well-being of, and the economic opportunities open to, both rural and urban dwellers - particularly the poor. To this end, research on land policy, and analysis of interventions related to the subject, have long been of interest to the Bank's Research Department, and other academic, and civil society institutions.

2. Library Resource

   

   Processing tomato water and nutrient integrated crop management: state of the art and future horizons

   Journal Articles & Books

   December, 2003

   United States of America

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   farming systems

   desertification

   land use

   farmers

   Growing processing tomatoes represents one of the most intensive forms of land use in terms of water consumption and nutrient inputs. During the last decade in many European countries and in the United States, Integrated Crop Management guidelines have also been applied for fertilisation and reducing nitrogen inputs to crops has become compulsory. A large number of Best Management Practices, rules and tools have been developed to steer farmers toward sustainable farming practices.

3. Library Resource

   

   Sustainable Soil Management Practices in Small Farms of Southern Nigeria: A Poultry-Food Crop Integrated Farming Approach

   Journal Articles & Books

   December, 2003

   Nigeria

   farming systems

   farmers

   A major reason given for the decline in per capita food production in Nigeria over the last two to three decades is the gradual decline in land productivity. Available information shows that in southern Nigeria, for example, there was recorded a consistent decline in yield per hectare of major food crops between 1995 and 2000. Evidence from the literature suggests that the main reason for this persistent decline in soil productivity is the perpetuation of unsustainable soil management practices by small food crop farmers that dominate the food production landscape in the country.

4. Library Resource

   

   set of guidance for the management of grazing Units in the cereal-sheep system of Castile-La Mancha (South-Central Spain)

   Journal Articles & Books

   December, 2003

   Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism

   farming systems

   grazing

   farmers

   Extensive livestock farming systems in the Less Favored Areas (LFA) of the European Union (EU) are under social stress and requirement to adapt their production practices to new economic and social realities. This research argues that a restructuring plan for the cereal-sheep system of Castile-La Mancha may represent economic and ecological synergies. The potential implementation of a technical strategy (integrating cereal and sheep farming and increasing acreage of annual forage legumes) has been tested within a community-based research project carried out over three phases.