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The following 96 publications are tagged with Agriculture
by Rainforest Alliance (2009)
profile

Since 1992, Chiquita Brands International, the company that invented the banana industry, has been gradually reinventing it, one farm at a time. That transformation has been guided by the Rainforest Alliance and its partners in the Sustainable Agriculture Network, a coalition of environmental groups in eight tropical nations.

by Steven Romanoff (2008)
research reports

This report is one part of an analysis of shade coffee as a component of biological corridors in western El Salvador, part of a USAID-financed project to improve watershed management and conservation. This report addresses a concern that the costs of gaining coffee-farm certification would far surpass the monetary benefits of certification, preventing widespread adoption of the conservation practices required for certification.

by Rainforest Alliance (2008)
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The Rainforest Alliance is working to conserve Ethiopia's remaining forests while improving the livelihoods of coffee farmers. We have helped a number of operations like Moredocofe's become certified to the standards of the Sustainable Agriculture Network, ensuring that they harvest, mill and process coffee using socially responsible and environmentally sustainable methods. This has had a positive impact on the lives of hundreds of farmers working thousands of acres of land.

by Paolo Galizzi, Alena Herklotz (2008)

This book explores the challenges of environmental protection and development. Includes a chapter by Rainforest Alliance president Tensie Whelan on conserving biodiversity and ensuring sustainable livelihoods. 

by Rainforest Alliance (2008)
fact sheet

Sustainable Flowers and Ferns in Bloom

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