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Briefing paper, 2008 (6 pages). International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development. This is one of six IAASTD reports that were agreed to at an Intergovernmental Plenary Session in Johannesburg, South Africa in April, 2008.
 

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The Leopold Center is dedicated to exploring and cultivating alternatives that will secure healthier people and landscapes in Iowa and the USA.
 

Private non-profit educational foundation dedicated to promoting sustainable agriculture and rural development, progressive food policy, environmental stewardship (especially wrt water), and strong local food systems. Based in Oklahoma, USA.

California-based organization dedicated to the development of ecologically-based food systems through educational events, conferences, regional trainings and alliance-building.

Data tables from Statistics Canada (2006) containing such information as farm type, type of land tenure, crops planted, land management methods used, irrigation, conservation, inputs (e.g., pesticides), livestock (including hatcheries and bees), and farm business practices.
 

Save Our Wild Salmon is a nationwide coalition of conservation organizations, commercial and sportsfishing associations, businesses, river groups, and taxpayer advocates working collectively to restore self-sustaining, healthy, and abundant wild salmon to rivers, streams and oceans of the Pacific Salmon states.

This report looks at corporate concentration and proprietary strategies in the livestock genetics industry - including patents on animals - which are increasing corporate power and contributing to the development of a global genetic monoculture.

By Susanne Gura, League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development, supported by Greenpeace Germany, 2007 (30 pages).
Also available in Spanish and German.

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The League for Pastoral Peoples (LPP) and Endogenous Livestock Development is an advocacy and support group for pastoralists who depend on common property resources. LPP works and conducts research with pastoral communities, primarily in India.
This website documents the challenges faced by pastoralists and facilitates networking among similar agencies. Contains a wealth of fascinating and excellent publications not widely available elsewhere.

Focuses on a key threat to the survival of pastoralists and their livestock breeds: the loss of access to grazing and water. Case studies from India. By Ilse Köhler-Rollefson and the LIFE Network.

Note: A documentary film to accompany the book, produced by award-winning filmmaker Moving Images, is also available.  Order from the League for Pastoral Peoples (http://www.pastoralpeoples.org)

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Comprehensive report detailing the state of the world’s agricultural biodiversity in the context of climate change, the emergence of new and virulent animal diseases, and vastly increased industrial production in response to surging demand for meat, milk and eggs.

Edited by Barbara Rischkowsky & Dafydd Pilling. Published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. 2007 (524 pages).

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