Forest cover transitions in the developing tropics are conditioned by agricultural change. The expansion, intensification, and diversification of agricultural land uses are tied to regional economic/environmental regimes and decisions of local farming households. Land changescienceandagrariansystems research sharean interest in the drivers of household strategies, land use impacts, and typologi...

This paper proposes the construction of tables for emergy synthesis of agricultural systems using internet resources. The general model considered for these tables can be used for simple agricultural systems like chemical farming but also for complex systems as organic, agroecological and forestrycattle-agriculture systems. The construction of tables was possible due to a research on XML (exten...

A more closed farming system may prevent introduction of infectious diseases on dairy farms and can be a good starting point for eradication of these diseases. In an exploratory study it was calculated that being >open= had a negative influence on net profit of almost Dfl 1 per 100 kg of milk. A survey was carried out to make up an inventory of the existing more or less closed farming systems i...

Botswana has the second highest population of cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) with most living outside protected areas. As a result, many cheetahs are found in farming areas which occasionally results in human-wildlife conflict. This study aimed to look at movement patterns of cheetahs in farming environments to determine whether cheetahs have adapted their movements in these human-dominated landsca...

There is growing interest in using environmental taxes to address the problems of agricultural pesticide contamination, given the potential of economic instruments for higher eciency compared to regulatory approaches. However, research to date has suggested low producer responsiveness to input price changes. It is important to examine crop protection decisions and the options for adjustment in...

The Supreme Court decision on school desegregation 25 years ago-Brown v. Board o f ~ducatio-ushered in an era in which the law courts have carried an ever-growing share of the burden of social reform and policy change in this country. Even though several current members of the Supreme Court were appointed as "strict constructionists," and think of themselves as not in the business of setting so...

Japan's rice sector is supported by high prices paid by consumers that allow many farm households to maintain small rice farms. Japan's government controls trade within a tariff-rate quota and imposes a prohibitively high tariff on imports outside the quota. Within Japan, diversion programs pay farmers to substitute other crops for rice since, without government-mandated diversion, supply would...

Successes • Many people showed up at the public meeting. • The citizen group wants to continue beyond the MERIT project. • Increased level of knowledge on both sides of the table. • A deeper understanding of pesticide sources and precautionary actions. • Implementation of cooperative farming contracts is not only a question of money. • There are new opportunities to establish waterworks coopera...