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Description | Author |
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| Sustainable Agriculture: Making Money, Making Sense. Twenty Years of Research and Results. | This issue brief reviews the current economic and agircultural research on the financial impact of sustainable farming on farmers in the United States. If profitability means the measure of return to the farmer, is sustainable farming profitable? Have specific types of sustainable agricultural systems been found to decrease the cost of production and thus raise farm income? Do certain practices enhance farm productivity and thus profitability? How does income vary over time? Is it fair to compare conventional and sustainable agriculture? These are some of the inquiries explored throughout the literature review. | Kristen Corselius, Suzanne Wiisniewski and Mark Ri | 14-May-01 |
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| Incentives for Wildlife Enhancement on Midwestern Farms, Sept. 2000 (Part 2) | This booklet is a resource for Midwestern farmers, ranchers, and other rural landowners with an interest in promoting wildlife on their land. It provides ideas, strategies, and examples of incentives that support the enhancement of wildlife—the traditional fish and game species as well as all native species on farmland, including plants, aquatic organisms, and invertebrates. (This part includes the Table of Contents and the main body.) PDF | Marcos Robles | 28-Sep-00 |
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| Incentives for Wildlife Enhancement on Midwestern Farms, Sept. 2000 (Part 1) | This booklet is a resource for Midwestern farmers, ranchers, and other rural landowners with an interest in promoting wildlife on their land. It provides ideas, strategies, and examples of incentives that support the enhancement of wildlife—the traditional fish and game species as well as all native species on farmland, including plants, aquatic organisms, and invertebrates. (This part includes the cover, title page, and acknowledgements. Part 2 is the main body.) PDF | Marcos Robles | 28-Sep-00 |
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| Farmworker Pesticide Safety Training Resources: an annotated bibliography of bilingual resources | This is an annotated bibliography of over 75 resources. It lists, reviews, and helps you locate the materials you will need to provide farmworker pesticide safety training under the Worker Protection Standard. Also included are resources on the safety of children and families of farmworkers, training methods, washing pesticide contaminated clothing, protective equipment and heat stress. Many materials are available in Spanish. 42pgs. September, 2000. PDF. | Melissa Frisk | 28-Sep-00 |
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| Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Assessment Tool for Field Corn (Parts 1 and 2) PDF | see Word/Excel versions | see Word/Excel versions | 24-Aug-00 |
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| Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Assessment Tool for Field Corn (Part 2) PDF version | see Excel version | see Excel version | 24-Aug-00 |
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| Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Assessment Tool for Field Corn (Part 1) PDF version | see Word version | see Word version | 24-Aug-00 |
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| Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Assessment Tool for Field Corn (Part 2) | Self-assessment instrument for growers and ag. professionals. Spreadsheet. Sections: Part A, Soil, Water, and Wildlife Conservation--Soil Quality, Nutrient Management, Agrochemical Practices, Irrigation Management, Groundwater Protection, Surface Water Protection. Part B, Integrated Pest Management--General Pest Management Practices, Cultural Practices, Monitoring and Economic Thresholds, Insect Pests, Diseases and Nematodes, Weeds, Vertebrate Pests. This document is in MSExcel 97. (17 pages, letter, landscape) | T. Green and J. Vickery | 17-Aug-00 |
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| Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Assessment Tool for Field Corn (Part 1) | A draft self-assessment tool for farmers and ag. professionals in two parts. This part includes: introduction, user guide, glossary, editors' notes, and references. The assessment section itself is in a separate spreadsheet format (Excel) file in this library (see Part 2). This document is in MSWord 97. (five pages, letter, portrait) | Thomas A. Green and John C. Vickery, Eds. | 17-Aug-00 |
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| IPM Assessment Tool Survey: Summary and Results | The IPM Assessment Tool Survey was conducted to identify the Integrated Pest Management assessment instruments or tools available in each state. This report provides the summary and results. | Stephanie Lundeen and John Vickery | 22-May-00 |
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| Ecolabelling: Consumers' Right-to-Know or Restrictive Business Practice? | This paper examines the recent surge in creation of eco-labeling schemes, nationally and internationally. Implications of international trade policy for the implementation of equitable ecolabeling schemes are discussed and the impacts of multiple aspects of scheme development are analyzed for producers and consumers. The paper presents four case studies and contains an appendix with descriptions of major international ecolabeling initiatives. | Kristin Dawkins | 26-Feb-98 |
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| Purchasing Power: Consumer Choices and Environmental Protection | Purchasing Power is adapted from a presentation to the Consultative Group on Biological Diversity. Session on Conservation Grantmaking in the Global Economy | Mark Ritchie | 28-Jan-98 |
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