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  2. Global strategies
  3. Developing sustainable agriculture in humid areas

Developing sustainable agriculture in humid areas

  • Managing farming of tropical lands

Implementation

DANIDA has prepared a series of strategies that examine environmental issues in agriculture in humid areas.

Claim

In order for humid tropical agriculture to be both highly productive and sustainable, it must imitate the highly productive, millions-of-years-old humid tropical forest.

Broader

Ensuring sustainable agricultural development
Excellent

Narrower

Managing rainforest succession for agriculture
Presentable
Developing alternatives to tropical slash-and-burn
Presentable
Managing tropical production forests
Yet to rate

Facilitated by

Providing agricultural aid to developing countries
Presentable
Intercropping
Presentable
Reducing overgrazing
Yet to rate

Problem

Stagnated development of agricultural production
Excellent
Underdevelopment of countries
Presentable

Value

Unsustainable
Yet to rate

Reference

Lugo, Ariel E et al: People and the tropical forest
Hecht, Susanna B: Amazonia: Agriculture and Land Use Research
Moran, E F: The Dilemma of Amazonian Development
Committee on Selected Biological Problems in the Humid Tropics: Ecological Aspects of Development in the Humid Tropics

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #2: Zero HungerSustainable Development Goal #8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Metadata

Database
Global strategies
Type
(D) Detailed strategies
Subject
  • Meteorology » Meteorology
  • Climatology » Tropical zones » Tropical zones
  • Geography » Land type/use
  • Agriculture, fisheries » Agriculture
  • Agriculture, fisheries » Farming
  • Management » Management
  • Development » Development
  • Development » Sustainable development » Sustainable development
    • Content quality
    Presentable
     Presentable
    Language
    English
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2022