scholarly journals Conserving and promoting evenness: organic farming and fire-based wildland management as case studies

Ecology ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 93 (9) ◽  
pp. 2001-2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
David W. Crowder ◽  
Tobin D. Northfield ◽  
Richard Gomulkiewicz ◽  
William E. Snyder
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Organic Farming ◽  
Wildland Management

Organic Farming in Spain—Two Case Studies

2008 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 29-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xosé A. Armesto-lópez
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Organic Farming

scholarly journals Smallholder Organic Farming: An Entrepreneurial Strategy in Harmony with Nature

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Dina Cartagena Magnaye
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Organic Farming ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Organic Farm ◽  
Entrepreneurial Strategy ◽  
The Relationship

The paper examines the relationship between smallholder organic farming and entrepreneurship taking into account the environmental conservation approach of organic farming and the economic enhancement features of entrepreneurship. Further, it intends to determine through qualitative analysis using case studies how smallholder organic farming can be planned and the competencies needed by an organic farmer when venturing into an organic farm enterprise.

scholarly journals Smallholder Organic Farming: An Entrepreneurial Strategy in Harmony with Nature

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Dina Cartagena Magnaye
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Organic Farming ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Organic Farm ◽  
Entrepreneurial Strategy ◽  
The Relationship

The paper examines the relationship between smallholder organic farming and entrepreneurship taking into account the environmental conservation approach of organic farming and the economic enhancement features of entrepreneurship. Further, it intends to determine through qualitative analysis using case studies how smallholder organic farming can be planned and the competencies needed by an organic farmer when venturing into an organic farm enterprise.

scholarly journals Functional Biodiversity in Organic Systems: The Way Forward?

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Barberi
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Organic Farming ◽  
Functional Group ◽  
Agricultural Sustainability ◽  
Agricultural Policies ◽  
Functional Biodiversity ◽  
Input Substitution ◽  
Organic Systems ◽  
Open Questions

<p>Trends in EU agricultural policies recognize an increasingly important role to biodiversity conservation and use in agroecosystems, including organic ones. However, along with their economic success, organic systems are facing a risk of ‘conventionalization’, i.e. the prevalence of input substitution over agroecologically-based crop management. Understanding what is functional agrobiodiversity and when it can be successfully applied in organics may help strengthen the recognition of organic farming as the reference management system for agricultural sustainability. Here functional agrobiodiversity is defined as a subset of total biodiversity identified at the gene, species or habitat level able to deliver a given agroecosystem service, which extent increases with diversity in the functional group. Different functional agrobiodiversity categories are identified, compared to biofunctionality, and used to illustrate the mechanisms through which they can support agroecosystem services and consequently sustainability. Three case studies taken from the author’s own research are used as examples to illustrate functional agrobiodiversity’s potential in organic systems as well as open questions. Results show that (i) functional agrobiodiversity has potential to support agroecosystem services but it is not possible to generalize the effects; (ii) a given functional biodiversity element may create conflicts between different target agroecosystem services. In those cases, prioritization of services is required.</p>

scholarly journals Neo-Endogenous Rural Development in Favor of Organic Farming: Two Case Studies from Italian Fragile Areas

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angelo Belliggiano ◽  
Alberto Sturla ◽  
Marco Vassallo ◽  
Laura Viganò
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Organic Farming ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Economic Diversification ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Distinct Partition ◽  
Planning Strategies ◽  
Italian Apennines ◽  
The One

AbstractThis paper analyses two case studies ascribable to neo-endogenous paradigm for rural development experimented by two small municipalities in Northern (Varese Ligure) and Central-southern (Castel del Giudice) Italian Apennines. By means of different approaches, the two towns have been able to provide local development through organic farming that in turn have boosted economic diversification or new forms of territorial aggregation. They have drawn the attention to the neighbouring communities and have stimulated emulation processes. Through a multivariate analysis this study therefore gets to a distinct partition of the two regional territories (NUTS2), where the cases belong, identifying the municipalities that show greater affinity to the cases in question, in order to offer to policy makers useful elements either for encouraging the replication of best practices or including them in future planning strategies. However, while the cluster that includes Varese Ligure (in Northern Italy) appears more clearly influenced by environmental values and a certain demographic resilience, the one to which Castel del Giudice belongs (in the Center-South) is more influenced by the aging of the population and by a greater structural dependency. Both clusters, however, could find a common way of development centred on the economic potential offered by organic farming due to the affinity shown by the proposed case studies.

Corporate Sustainability: Challenge to Managerial Orthodoxies

2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dexter Dunphy
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Central Place ◽  
Marked Contrast ◽  
Sustainability Management

ABSTRACTThis paper addresses the issue of corporate sustainability. It examines why achieving sustainability is becoming an increasingly vital issue for society and organisations, defines sustainability and then outlines a set of phases through which organisations can move to achieve increasing levels of sustainability. Case studies are presented of organisations at various phases indicating the benefits, for the organisation and its stakeholders, which can be made at each phase. Finally the paper argues that there is a marked contrast between the two competing philosophies of neo-conservatism (economic rationalism) and the emerging philosophy of sustainability. Management schools have been strongly influenced by economic rationalism, which underpins the traditional orthodoxies presented in such schools. Sustainability represents an urgent challenge for management schools to rethink these traditional orthodoxies and give sustainability a central place in the curriculum.

Short-Form Application of the Screening Test of Spanish Grammar and the Northwestern Syntax Screening Test to Latino Children

1978 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 220-235
Author(s):  
David L. Ratusnik ◽  
Carol Melnick Ratusnik ◽  
Karen Sattinger
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Screening Test ◽  
Normative Data ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Latino Children ◽  
Data Application ◽  
York Metropolitan Area ◽  
Multiple Regression Technique

Short-form versions of the Screening Test of Spanish Grammar (Toronto, 1973) and the Northwestern Syntax Screening Test (Lee, 1971) were devised for use with bilingual Latino children while preserving the original normative data. Application of a multiple regression technique to data collected on 60 lower social status Latino children (four years and six months to seven years and one month) from Spanish Harlem and Yonkers, New York, yielded a small but powerful set of predictor items from the Spanish and English tests. Clinicians may make rapid and accurate predictions of STSG or NSST total screening scores from administration of substantially shortened versions of the instruments. Case studies of Latino children from Chicago and Miami serve to cross-validate the procedure outside the New York metropolitan area.

Case Studies for Telepractice in AAC

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanya Rose Curtis
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Eye Gaze ◽  
Cognitive Impairments ◽  
Perceived Barriers ◽  
Computer Experience ◽  
Access Methods ◽  
Complex Communication Needs ◽  
Barriers To Service ◽  
Communication Needs

As the field of telepractice grows, perceived barriers to service delivery must be anticipated and addressed in order to provide appropriate service delivery to individuals who will benefit from this model. When applying telepractice to the field of AAC, additional barriers are encountered when clients with complex communication needs are unable to speak, often present with severe quadriplegia and are unable to position themselves or access the computer independently, and/or may have cognitive impairments and limited computer experience. Some access methods, such as eye gaze, can also present technological challenges in the telepractice environment. These barriers can be overcome, and telepractice is not only practical and effective, but often a preferred means of service delivery for persons with complex communication needs.

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