Image Resources Our extensive research library contains thousands of summaries of journal articles, reports and news stories that can be searched by keyword and category RESOURCES CATEGORYBooksBriefing paperEvent recordingFeatured articlesFeatured reportGameJournal articlesNews and resourcesReportsThink pieceVideoWorking paperWorkshop summary YEAR201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Resource Comparison of UK industrial and agro-ecological farming Details and abstract follow of a paper written by FCRN mailing list member, Chris Smaje, entitled Industrial or agro-ecological farming: performance indicators in the UK (2011). Abstract This paper examines the performance of conventional, high-input ‘industrial’ farming and agro-ecological smallholding across seven different indicators of performance: Productivity per unit area. Productivity per unit cultivated area. Nutritionally necessary productive capacity. Productivity per unit labour. Read Resource Calculating emissions from Brazilian beef Read Resource Longer lasting products "Longer lasting products", is a book edited by FCRN mailing list member, Tim Cooper. The present economic system requires us to consume and throw away more and more goods. Yet often it's our desire, and the best interests of the environment, for these goods to last. Read Resource Crop wild relatives: Plant conservation for food security Read Resource Taking the scarce out of scarcity: Contesting the politics of allocation Earthscan, UK Mehta L (ed). 2011. Taking the scarce out of scarcity: Contesting the politics of allocation Earthscan, UK The summary below is from the Sustainable Development Research Network (SDRN) newsletter: Read Resource Small is Successful! Creating sustainable livelihoods on ten acres or less Small is Successful! Creating sustainable livelihoods on ten acres or less Small is Successful! is the outcome of 12 months research commissioned by the Ecological Land Co-operative (ELC). This research addressed the lack of information on financially viable, small scale farms in the UK. Working with eight real life case studies, the report demonstrates that economically viable and highly sustainable land based livelihoods can succeed on holdings of ten acres or less. The report and its policy recommendations opens up truly affordable opportunities for new entrants into farming. Read Resource Making Integrated Food-Energy Systems (IFES) Work for People and Climate: An Overview. The report presents examples from Africa, Asia and Latin America to demonstrate approaches to integrate food and energy crops that offer benefits to poor rural communities. It underscores that integrating crops can be an effective climate change mitigation approach. The report describes the benefits of generating biogas for cooking, the reduction of time spent collecting fuel wood and the use of compost from generating biogas. Read Resource Sustainable Development Commission report: Making Sustainable Lives Easier The Sustainable Development Commission has published its report Making Sustainable Lives Easier: A Priority for Governments, Business and Society. Read Resource Cooperative Group releases its sustainability strategy Read VIEW MORE
Resource Comparison of UK industrial and agro-ecological farming Details and abstract follow of a paper written by FCRN mailing list member, Chris Smaje, entitled Industrial or agro-ecological farming: performance indicators in the UK (2011). Abstract This paper examines the performance of conventional, high-input ‘industrial’ farming and agro-ecological smallholding across seven different indicators of performance: Productivity per unit area. Productivity per unit cultivated area. Nutritionally necessary productive capacity. Productivity per unit labour. Read
Resource Longer lasting products "Longer lasting products", is a book edited by FCRN mailing list member, Tim Cooper. The present economic system requires us to consume and throw away more and more goods. Yet often it's our desire, and the best interests of the environment, for these goods to last. Read
Resource Taking the scarce out of scarcity: Contesting the politics of allocation Earthscan, UK Mehta L (ed). 2011. Taking the scarce out of scarcity: Contesting the politics of allocation Earthscan, UK The summary below is from the Sustainable Development Research Network (SDRN) newsletter: Read
Resource Small is Successful! Creating sustainable livelihoods on ten acres or less Small is Successful! Creating sustainable livelihoods on ten acres or less Small is Successful! is the outcome of 12 months research commissioned by the Ecological Land Co-operative (ELC). This research addressed the lack of information on financially viable, small scale farms in the UK. Working with eight real life case studies, the report demonstrates that economically viable and highly sustainable land based livelihoods can succeed on holdings of ten acres or less. The report and its policy recommendations opens up truly affordable opportunities for new entrants into farming. Read
Resource Making Integrated Food-Energy Systems (IFES) Work for People and Climate: An Overview. The report presents examples from Africa, Asia and Latin America to demonstrate approaches to integrate food and energy crops that offer benefits to poor rural communities. It underscores that integrating crops can be an effective climate change mitigation approach. The report describes the benefits of generating biogas for cooking, the reduction of time spent collecting fuel wood and the use of compost from generating biogas. Read
Resource Sustainable Development Commission report: Making Sustainable Lives Easier The Sustainable Development Commission has published its report Making Sustainable Lives Easier: A Priority for Governments, Business and Society. Read
