| Title | Post-War Reconstruction using Sustainable Agriculture in Chalatenango, El Salvador |
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| Contributor | agroecology.org |
| Author | Ariane de Bremond |
| Content | Ex-combatants and returned refugees formulate ecologically sustainable agricultural development plans in post-war El Salvador. |
| Type of initiative | Case Studies |
| Year Published | 1990 |
| Language | English |
| North America | EL SALVADOR |
| Link | https://www.agroecology.org/Case%20Studies/Chalatenango.html |
| Title | Planning an Urban Market Garden in Toronto, Canada |
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| Contributor | agroecology.org |
| Author | Jacinda Fairholm, Lauren Baker, Vera Top |
| Content | This case study outlines the plan for a 0.5 acre garden in downtown Toronto. This market garden was part of Field-To-Table’s Urban Agriculture initiative and will complement ongoing rooftop and sprout growing. The Urban Agriculture Initiative sells vegetables and sprouts to the Field-to-Table Good Food Box, an alternative distribution mechanism available to all Torontonians. |
| Type of initiative | Case Studies |
| Year Published | 2001 |
| Language | English |
| North America | CANADA |
| Link | https://www.agroecology.org/Case%20Studies/urbanmarketgarden.html |
| Title | Rice Transplanting in the Tai Lake Region of China |
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| Contributor | agroecology.org |
| Author | Erle Ellis |
| Content | Farmers transplant paddy rice to increase the growing period for winter crops and reduce irrigation. |
| Type of initiative | Case Studies |
| Year Published | |
| Language | English |
| Asia | CHINA |
| Link | https://www.agroecology.org/Case%20Studies/ricetransplanting.html |
| Title | Using Human Manure (“nightsoil”) in the Tai Lake Region of China |
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| Contributor | agroecology.org |
| Author | Erle Ellis |
| Content | China’s farmers use human manure and urine, also known as “nightsoil”, for fertilizer. |
| Type of initiative | Case Studies |
| Year Published | |
| Language | English |
| Asia | CHINA |
| Link | https://www.agroecology.org/Case%20Studies/nightsoil.html |
| Title | “Oufei” Wet composting in the Thai Lake Region of China |
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| Contributor | agroecology.org |
| Author | Erle Ellis |
| Content | Traditional farmers make an anaerobic compost called “oufei” using canal sediments, legume green manures, crop residues and animal manures as a fertilizer for rice. |
| Type of initiative | Case Studies |
| Year Published | |
| Language | English |
| Asia | CHINA |
| Link | https://www.agroecology.org/Case%20Studies/oufei.html |
| Title | Watermelon Cover Cropping with Wheat and Barley in Niigata, Japan |
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| Contributor | agroecology.org |
| Author | Hajime Araki, Niigata University |
| Content | Wheat and barley were introduced into watermelon production systems to control weeds and save labor in Japan. |
| Type of initiative | Case Studies |
| Year Published | 1999 |
| Language | English |
| Asia | JAPAN |
| Link | https://www.agroecology.org/Case%20Studies/watermelon.html |
| Title | Farmers’ Varieties and Agricultural Sustainability in Kaski, Nepal |
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| Contributor | agroecology.org |
| Author | LI-BIRD, Puspa Raj Tiwari |
| Content | Single households in Kaski, Nepal often maintain as many as 20 farmers’ varieties (landraces) of a single crop. This study demonstrates methods for documenting the cultural, medicinal value and use values of farmers’ varieties. |
| Type of initiative | Case Studies |
| Year Published | 1999 |
| Language | English |
| Asia | NEPAL |
| Link | https://www.agroecology.org/Case%20Studies/Kaski.html |
| Title | Role of Green Manure Crops in Lowland Rice Based Farming System of Northern Thailand |
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| Contributor | agroecology.org |
| Author | Budsara Limnirankul, Chiang Mai University, Multiple Cropping Center |
| Content | Use of green manure to improve overall system productivity of rice-soybean production system. |
| Type of initiative | Case Studies |
| Year Published | 2001 |
| Language | English |
| Asia | THAILAND |
| Link | https://www.agroecology.org/Case%20Studies/greenmanure.html |
| Title | Preserving and Increasing Agriculture Biodiversity: In-situ Conservation of Upland Rice in Krong No, Daklak, Viet Nam |
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| Contributor | agroecology.org |
| Author | Ariane de Bremond, Devra Jarvis, Pham Van Hien |
| Content | The people of Krong No, Daklak, Viet Nam are Mountain ethnic groups, whose livelihood is based on shifting cultivation. They have very diverse crop systems that include upland rice. The research focus is species conservation and improving diversity in order to preserve agricultural biodiversity on the farm and alleviate hunger and poverty. |
| Type of initiative | Case Studies |
| Year Published | 2001 |
| Language | English |
| Asia | VIET NAM |
| Link | https://www.agroecology.org/Case%20Studies/Daklak.html |
| Title | Revolving Funds for Building Water Tanks in Northeastern Brazil |
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| Contributor | agroecology.org |
| Author | Fabrizio Cesaretti |
| Content | Revolving Funds represent an effective means to enable peasants families to build their own water tanks to collect rainwater from rooftops and store it during the dry season. |
| Type of initiative | Case Studies |
| Year Published | 1999 |
| Language | English |
| South America | BRAZIL |
| Link | https://www.agroecology.org/Case%20Studies/watertanks.html |
 150 organizations have signed on to the document Rio+20 Time to act. See the list of organizations which have signed on to it, at www.timetoactrio20.org |
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