Author: Suzanne DeMuth
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: resource, guide, bibliography, annotated, supported, agriculture, community
Number of Pages: 503
Published: 2008-04
ISBN-10: 142898867X
ISBN-13: 9781428988675

Community supported agriculture (CSA) is a new idea in farming which has been gaining momentum since its introduction to the U.S. from Europe in the mid-1980s. Consumers interested in safe food & farmers seeking stable markets for their crops join together in economic partnership. CSA consists of a community of individuals who pledge support to a farm operation so that the farmland becomes the communityżs farm, with the growers & consumers providing mutual support & sharing the risks & benefits of food production. All CSAs have a shared commitment to building a more local & equitable agricult

Author: Christopher J. N. Gibbs
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: projects, review, supported, bank, organizations, world, nongovernmental
Number of Pages: 98
Published: 1999-06
ISBN-10: 0821344560
ISBN-13: 9780821344569

Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are important to the Bank because of the skills and resources they bring to emergency relief and development activities. In addition, they foster participation in the development process. The strength of the World Bank's collaboration with NGOs has grown since the late 1980s. In recognition of the added value that NGOs bring to Bank-supported projects, there have been intense efforts to include them. However, this report identifies a gap between promise and performance. The report concludes that the Bank's guidelines on working with NGOs are sound but that

Author: Unknown
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: supported, adequately, report, congressional, committees, workloads, depot, competitions, dod, determination, combine, publicprivate
Number of Pages: 32
Published:
ISBN-10: 1428976779
ISBN-13: 9781428976771

Author: Unknown
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: supported, adequately, report, congressional, requesters, cannot, exposure, illnesses, war, dod, conclusions, troops, gulf
Number of Pages: 116
Published:
ISBN-10: 1428936327
ISBN-13: 9781428936324

Author: GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC, Keith Rho
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: exposure, cannot, adequately, supported, troops, conclusions, war, illnesses, dod, gulf
Number of Pages: 31
Published:
ISBN-10: 1428936319
ISBN-13: 9781428936317

Author: Jonathan O. Cole
Publisher: National Academies
Keywords: work, supported, place, field, alcoholism, research, problems, alcohol, report, activities, committee
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 1956*
eBookDB-ID: NAP:13957

Author: Lawrence J. M. Haas
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: infrastructure, projects, example, governance, standards, communication, setting
Number of Pages: 66
Published: 2007-09
ISBN-10: 082137169X
ISBN-13: 9780821371695

This title outlines a number of practical initiatives to strengthen the role of development communication in infrastructure projects. The authors aim to facilitate better quality projects and to build consensus on the type of governance reforms needed to fight corruption, drawing on the experience of development agencies like the World Bank and Transparency International.It starts by characterizing corruption vulnerabilities in infrastructure and proceeds to illustrate where communication has added value on a number of recent projects, both in regard to making the projects more sustainable and