| Scaling up and sustaining the gains | 0-44
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| Cover - Sustaining the gains | 1
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| Editorial - Introducing Farming Matters | 2
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| Edith van Walsum |
| During the recent World Summit on Food Security in Rome and the Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen, delegates from all over the world tackled the most crucial problems the world is facing toda... |  |
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| ...and the winner of the Jubilee Photo Contest is... | 3
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| The Future of Family Farming | |
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| Contents | 4-5
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| Building on Success | 6-11
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| Jorge Chavez-Tafur |
| There is a growing recognition of the role small-scale farmers play when it comes to food production and food security. How can this be built on? Rather than asking "how to scale up", we sho... | |
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| "The glass is half full" | 12-15
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| Jorge Chavez-Tafur |
| Interview > Parviz Koohafkan (Parviz Koohafkan is currently director of the Land and Water Division of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, FAO. His is a positive view: in s... | |
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| Opinion: Seduce the scientist | 17
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| Anil K. Gupta |
| There is worldwide indifference among formal and institutional scientists about local knowledge and people’s ability to solve problems. This indifference has only increased by the use of short cut met... | |
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| No "one-size-fits-all" in extension | 18-19
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| Ismail Stephen Kimole |
| Social and cultural factors need to be understood and respected when trying to get farmers to adopt new practices. One year on the job, extensionist Ismail Kimole observes with sharp eyes how critical... | |
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| What is the future of family farming | 20-21
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| Fábio Kessler Dal Soglio, Rudy Rabbinge |
| Two views: Family farmers traditionally care for their farm, and grow crops for home consumption. But can family farming produce enough food for the growing world population? And can it compete with l... | |
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| More from less, from less to more: Dissemination of a rice cultivation technique | 22-24
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| Mireille Vermeulen |
| When it comes to SRI (the System of Rice Intensification), scientists cannot seem to agree on exactly what makes it work, or even whether it works. This has not stopped farmers from widely applying th... | |
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| One step is not enough | 25
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| Benedikt Haerlin |
| Opinion: Small-scale farmers are big news these days. "Melinda and I believe that helping the poorest small-holder farmers grow more crops and get them to market is the world's single most powerf... | |
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| Mind! New in print | 26-27
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| New books from IFOAM, ODI, KIT, FAO and others | |
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| Moving pictures: Sharing agricultural practices through video | 28-31
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| Jonas Wanvoeke, Esperance Zossou, Paul Van Mele |
| Videos are a very useful tool for the dissemination of both technological and institutional innovations. Producing these videos also helps identify constraints and solutions to local challenges. The r... | |
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| Regreening the Sahel: The success of natural tree regeneration | 32-34
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| Chris Reij |
| In the mid-1980s, farmers and NGOs developed a technique to regenerate "forests on the farm" in dry areas in Niger. Now, millions of hectares have become greener and more productive. This Af... | |
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| Educators page: Linking theory to practice | 35
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| Mundie Salm |
| In a recent visit to Ethiopia, I met with educators at two universities – Jimma and Haramaya – to get some feedback on the first two modules produced at ILEIA as part of the Learning AgriCultures proj... | |
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| Locally rooted | 38-39
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| Cases from Niger, Cameroon, Nigeria and Eritrea | |
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| Globally connected | 42-43
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