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Promoting agroforestry could be better option for rural poor in combating global warming issues. Agroforestry have been practiced for ages but less recognized by many governments. In agroforestry practice, farmers are benefits farm yield as well as from trees planted. They manage such tree based farm system to meets their needs of food and energy.

Agroforestry innovations have been introduced as an effort of development on market based agricultural commodities. It changes technological factors in production process to increase their productivity and enhance quality of agricultural commodities. Questioning how the impact of such innovations will lead to the process of new technological factors adopted by farmers.

Promoting agroforestry practice request better understanding on adoption process.

Adoption is wide-range term that describing changes process from mental perspective to practical agricultural economics. In farm-level, according to Feder et al (1985) economist defined adoption as the degree of use of a new technology in long-run equilibrium when the farmer has full information about the new technology and its potential.

Is there any view to examine the technology adoption? read more »

A recent survey of forest carbon offsetting reveals that most buyers rated positive on the projects of avoided deforestation and ecological reforestation.  It about 90% of respondents consider these to be highly desirable or desirable.

The survey was involved 141 corporate participants throughout the world. They are participated in the carbon market during February 2009 and also purchased about 2.7 million carbon credits in 2008–including 850,000 offset from forestry sector. The survey conducted four organization including Ecosecurities, Conservation International,The Climate Community & Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA) and ClimateBiz.

The participants of the survey rated highest on community and environmental benefits generated from forestry projects as main motivators for purchasing forestry offsets (88%). Meanwhile, about 77% of  participants agree or strongly agree on the motivators of the scale of the deforestation and climate change problem. Looking for the area preferred by participants for forestry carbon offsets, about 78% participants see that South America were considered attractive.  Africa and Southeast Asia positively rated 71% and 69% respectively.

Why people and business entities should pay more attentions on avoided deforestation?  I try to wrap it here: read more »

My understanding on world’s changes has been enriched by Gapminder who provides fascinating animation of  various facts. Gapminder presents the facts with animated bubble reflecting time series numbers such world’s population, world’s oil reserve, familiy number and length of life.

There’s a fact that some people always confused by table and numbers. Presenting facts with fascinating instruments without reducing key massages seems a good way for institution and organization who want to meet their goals with good understanding of their audiences or customers.

Gapminder World has ability to present  oil consumption and production of each countries from 1980 to 2007.  Here the steps: read more »