Author: Kurian, Mathew
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN: 9290905697
Category : Water-supply, Agricultural
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Income / Environmental degradation / Domestic water / Food security / Watersheds / Decentralization / Institutions
Institutions for integrated water resources management in upland watersheds of Southeast Asia: A comparative analysis of Thailand and Lao PDR
Author: Kurian, Mathew
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN: 9290905697
Category : Water-supply, Agricultural
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Income / Environmental degradation / Domestic water / Food security / Watersheds / Decentralization / Institutions
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN: 9290905697
Category : Water-supply, Agricultural
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Income / Environmental degradation / Domestic water / Food security / Watersheds / Decentralization / Institutions
Institutional/legal classification, MSEC Project sites in Thailand and Lao PDR
Author: Kurian, Mathew
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN: 9290905689
Category : Chao Phraya River Watershed (Thailand)
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
institutions / legal aspects / decentralization / Thailand / Lao PDR
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN: 9290905689
Category : Chao Phraya River Watershed (Thailand)
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
institutions / legal aspects / decentralization / Thailand / Lao PDR
The Real Cost of Cheap Food
Author: Michael Carolan
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136529764
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
This challenging but accessible book critically examines the dominant food regime on its own terms, by seriously asking whether we can afford cheap food and exploring what exactly cheap food affords us. Detailing the numerous ways that food has become reduced to a state, such as a price per ounce, combination of nutrients, yield per acre, or calories, the book argues for a more contextual understanding of food when debating its affordability. The author makes a compelling case for why today's global food system produces just the opposite of what it promises. The food produced under this regime is in fact exceedingly expensive. Thus meat production and consumption are inefficient uses of resources and contribute to climate change; the use of pesticides in industrial-scale agriculture may produce cheap food, but there are hidden costs to environmental protection, human health and biodiversity conservation. Many of these costs will be paid for by future generations – cheap food today may mean expensive food tomorrow. By systematically assessing these costs the book delves into issues related, but not limited, to international development, national security, health care, industrial meat production, organic farming, corporate responsibility, government subsidies, food aid and global commodity markets. The book concludes by suggesting ways forward, going beyond the usual solutions such as farmers markets, community supported agriculture, and community gardens. Exploding the myth of cheap food requires we have at our disposal a host of practices and policies. Some of those proposed and explored include microloans, subsidies for consumers, vertical agriculture, and the democratization of subsidies for producers.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136529764
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
This challenging but accessible book critically examines the dominant food regime on its own terms, by seriously asking whether we can afford cheap food and exploring what exactly cheap food affords us. Detailing the numerous ways that food has become reduced to a state, such as a price per ounce, combination of nutrients, yield per acre, or calories, the book argues for a more contextual understanding of food when debating its affordability. The author makes a compelling case for why today's global food system produces just the opposite of what it promises. The food produced under this regime is in fact exceedingly expensive. Thus meat production and consumption are inefficient uses of resources and contribute to climate change; the use of pesticides in industrial-scale agriculture may produce cheap food, but there are hidden costs to environmental protection, human health and biodiversity conservation. Many of these costs will be paid for by future generations – cheap food today may mean expensive food tomorrow. By systematically assessing these costs the book delves into issues related, but not limited, to international development, national security, health care, industrial meat production, organic farming, corporate responsibility, government subsidies, food aid and global commodity markets. The book concludes by suggesting ways forward, going beyond the usual solutions such as farmers markets, community supported agriculture, and community gardens. Exploding the myth of cheap food requires we have at our disposal a host of practices and policies. Some of those proposed and explored include microloans, subsidies for consumers, vertical agriculture, and the democratization of subsidies for producers.
Irrigation and Water Policies in the Mekong Region
Author: François Molle
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN: 9290906081
Category : Irrigation
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
This report documents current irrigation and water policies in the Mekong countries. It successively reviews planning issues, water policies and legal frameworks, the setting up of water policy "apex bodies," participatory policies, and IWRM/river basin management.
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN: 9290906081
Category : Irrigation
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
This report documents current irrigation and water policies in the Mekong countries. It successively reviews planning issues, water policies and legal frameworks, the setting up of water policy "apex bodies," participatory policies, and IWRM/river basin management.
Integrated Water Resources Management in the Chao Phraya River Basin, Thailand
Author: Christopher Michael Stubbs
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Land and Water Resources Management for Upland Farms in Southeast Asia
Author: Mahen Chandrasoma
Publisher:
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Category : Agricultural conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Agricultural conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
Thailand Environment Monitor
Author:
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Category : Electronic book
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Electronic book
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Contested Waterscapes in the Mekong Region
Author: François Molle
Publisher: Earthscan
ISBN: 1849770867
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
The water resources of the Mekong river catchment area, from China, through Thailand, Cambodia and Laos to Vietnam, are increasingly contested. Governments, companies and banks are driving new investment in roads, dams, diversions, irrigation schemes, navigation facilities, power plants and other emblems of conventional "development." Their plans and interventions pose multiple burdens and risks to the livelihoods of millions of people dependent on wetlands, floodplains, fisheries and aquatic resources.
Publisher: Earthscan
ISBN: 1849770867
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
The water resources of the Mekong river catchment area, from China, through Thailand, Cambodia and Laos to Vietnam, are increasingly contested. Governments, companies and banks are driving new investment in roads, dams, diversions, irrigation schemes, navigation facilities, power plants and other emblems of conventional "development." Their plans and interventions pose multiple burdens and risks to the livelihoods of millions of people dependent on wetlands, floodplains, fisheries and aquatic resources.
From Vision to Action
Author: Le Huu Ti
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water quality management
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water quality management
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Integrated Water Resources Management in Asia and the Pacific
Author: United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Publisher:
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description