Search Results - "Humanism"

Miombo woodlands and rural livelihoods in Malawi by Lowore, J.D.

“…These miombo woodlands have until relatively recently always been vast in comparison to the human population and their needs. Over the years the woodlands and the way they have been used have changed, but their contribution for maintaining well being and providing peoples’ basic needs appears to have remained important. …”
Get full text

Towards solutions for state vs. local community conflicts over forestland: the impact of formal recognition of user rights in Krui, Sumatra, Indonesia by Kusters, K., Foresta, H. de, Ekadinata, A., Noordwijk, Meine van

Get full text

Social geomatics: participatory forest mapping to mediate resource conflict in the Bolivian Amazon by Cronkleton, P., Albornoz, M.A., Barnes, G., Evans, K., Jong, W. de

Get full text

Collaborative governance of tropical landscapes by Colfer, C.J.P., Pfund, J.L.

“…This book provides a novel approach to governance relating to biodiversity and human well-being in complex tropical landscapes, including forests and protected areas. …”
Get full text

Profits and margins along Uganda's charcoal value chain by Shively, G.E., Jagger, P., Sserunkuuma, D., Arinaitwe, A., Chibwana, C.

“…Linear regression models are used to study overall profits and per-unit marketing margins along the value chain and to test several hypotheses regarding the importance of location, human and social capital, and asset ownership on observed economic returns and scale of activity. …”
Get full text

Assessing local knowledge of game abundance and persistence of hunting livelihoods in the Bolivian Amazon using consensus analysis by Holt, T. van, Townsend, W.R., Cronkleton, P.

Get full text

Staying together: people-wildlife relationship in the Amboseli Ecosystem, southern Kenya by Pinho, J.R. de, Ellis, J.

“…Final research results will contribute a multi-layered and sensitive picture of the co-existence of humans, livestock and wild animals in the Amboseli ecosystem to guide policy-makers in smart planning and adaptive policies that integrate conservation and livelihoods.…”
Get full text

Kitengela transforming: Will pastoralists and wildlife survive? by Reto-o-Reto Project

“…Urgent planning and action involving all stakeholders is the best hope for giving Kitengela’s human, livestock and wildlife residents a healthy future.…”
Get full text

Characterisation of a heparan sulfate proteoglycan homologue OVPG-1 from Onchocerca volvulus by Amambua, A.N., Tachu, J.B., Ghogomu, S.M., Pelle, Roger, Titanji, V.P.K.

“…Objective: To determine the role of an immunodominant antigen OvPG-1 in human onchocerciasis. Design: Cross-sectional study of subjects living in three onchocerciasis endemic areas. …”
Get full text

Options to intensify cropland use for alleviating smallholder energy and protein deficiencies in the East African highlands by Mohamed-Saleem, M.A., Astatke, A.

“…Land-use intensification in the East-African highland zone is required for meeting food and feed demands from the rising human and animal populations. A single crop of wheat has been a traditional practice for the 8 Mha of Vertisols in the Ethiopian highlands with both grain and residues finding use. …”
Get full text

Analysis of mitochondrial D-loop region casts new light on domestic water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) phylogeny by Kierstein, G., Vallinoto, M., Silva, A., Schneider, M.P., Iannuzzi, L., Brenig, B.

“…The phylogeny of water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) is still a matter of discussion, especially if the two types of domestic water buffalo (swamp and river) derived from different domestication events or if they are products of human selection. To obtain more insight, we analyzed the entire mitochondrial D-loop region of 80 water buffaloes of four different breeds, i.e., 19 swamp buffaloes (Carabao) and 61 river buffaloes (Murrah, Jafarabadi, and Mediterranean), sampled in Brazil and Italy. …”
Get full text

Towards transdisciplinarity in technology and resource management research: A project in Ethiopia by Jabbar, M.A., Mohamed-Saleem, M.A., Li-Pun, H.

“…The paper first discusses the need for moving from disciplinary to transdisciplinary research in addressing problems of human development and environmental management. Then the experience of a research project in highland Ethiopia is described. …”
Get full text

Bovine helper T-cell clones specific for lymphocytes infected with Theileria parva (Muguga) by Baldwin, Cynthia L., Goddeeris, M., Morrison, W. Ivan

“…These clones were non‐cytolytic and had the BoT4+BoT8‐surface phenotype, BoT4 and BoT8 being the bovine analogues of human CD4 and CD8 molecules. The clones proliferated in response to irradiated autologous lymphoblasts infected withT. parva(Muguga) but not to autologous uninfected lymphoblasts or monocytes. …”
Get full text

Adoption of double-cropping soybeans and wheat by Shapiro, Barry I., Brorsen, B.W., Doster, D.H.

“…Contrary to the findings of some other adoption studies, this decision is not influenced by human capital factors. The farmers who double-crop are more highly leveraged and appear to do so both to achieve higher income and as part of a risk diversification strategy. …”
Get full text

An agro-pastoral household model for the rangelands of East Africa by Thornton, Philip K., Galvin, K.A., Boone, Randall B.

“…Model results indicate that all households in NCA depend to some degree on outside sources of calories, and that pastoralist welfare in NCA, even with small amounts of agriculture allowed, is under severe pressure at current human population levels. Strengths and weakness of the model are discussed, and next steps in its application identified.…”
Get full text

Intensified agricultural land-use and bird conservation in Burkina Faso by Soderstrom, B., Kiema, S., Reid, Robin S.

“…Such knowledge may aid in predicting how avian diversity copes with increased human population density and land-use. A total of 34 transects were established on which bird censuses were made to test the effects of different fallow age, soil type and grazing intensity. …”
Get full text

The history of African village chickens: An archaeological and molecular perspective by Mwacharo, Joram M., Bjornstad, G., Han Jianlin, Hanotte, Olivier H.

“…These will contribute to a deeper understanding of the history of trading networks and human interactions within Africa and between African and Asian societies, at the root of the development and expansion of African civilizations.…”
Get full text

Ecohealth as a field: Looking forward by Saint-Charles, J., Webb, J., Sánchez, A., Mallee, H., Welden de Joode, B. van, Hung Nguyen-Viet

“…Commonalities highlighted by these discussions draw a portrait of a field in which human health, complex systems thinking, action, and ecosystem health are considered central issues. …”
Get full text

Gender differences in labor allocation in West Africa : A case study of the savannas of Northern Nigeria by Chianu, Jonas N., Tsujii, H.

Get full text

Sampling strategies for proper quantification of carotenoid content in cassava breeding by Ortíz, D., Sánchez, T., Morante, N, Ceballos, H., Pachón, Helena, Duque E., Myriam Cristina, Chavez, Alba L., Escobar Salamanca, Andrés F.

“…Rapid-cycling recurrent selection has been implemented to produce cassava varieties that deliver provitamin A carotenoids to human populations that are affected by vitamin A deficiency. …”
Get full text