Mountain Farming - A Way Forward for Green Agriculture - A Contribution from Mountain Areas to the International Year of

This publication, featuring 25 case studies from across the mountain landscapes, gives an overview of the global changes affecting mountain farming and the strategies that mountain communities have developed to cope. Each study also presents a set of lessons and recommendations, meant to inform and benefit mountain communities, policy-makers, development experts and academics who work to support mountain farmers and to protect mountains.

Product details

• Authors: Food and Agriculture Organization of the, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Na
• Assisted by: Food and Agriculture Organization (Fao) (Editor)
• Publisher: Stylus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2014
• EAN: 9789251079751
• ISBN: 9789251079751
• No. of pages: 80
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches