Search Results - "Natural resource management"

Blending "hard" and "soft" science: The "follow-the-technology" approach to catalyzing and evaluating technology change by Douthwaite, Boru, Haan, Nicoline C. de, Manyong, Victor M., Keatinge, J.D.H.

“…Conceptual models for developing and delivering high-yielding varieties have proven inadequate for delivering natural resource management (NRM) technologies that are adopted in farmers' fields. …”
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Transhumant pastoralism, sustainable management of natural resources and endemic ruminant livestock in the sub-humid zone of West Africa by Ayantunde, Augustine A., Asse, Rainer, Said, Mohammed Yahya, Fall, Abdou

“…To identify potential areas of interventions for sustainable natural resource management to improve ERL productivity, a desk study that included spatial mapping was performed to review and document the existing knowledge on transhumance in West Africa. …”
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Effects of Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Early to Mid-Term Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes by Kwon, TaeOh, Shibata, Hideaki, Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian, Schmidt, Inger K., Larsen, Klaus S, Beier, Claus, Berg, Björn, Verheyen, Kris, Lamarque, Jean-Francois, Hagedorn, Frank, Eisenhauer, Nico, Djukic, Ika, Peri, Pablo Luis

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Organizing and Managing Ecoregional Programs: Analytical Description, Reviews, and Stakeholder Issues by Anandajayasekeram, A.

“…The programs focus on specific ecological and geopolitical regions and seek a balanced emphasis on production, natural resource management and social equity.…”
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Managing urban and agricultural water demands in Northern China: The case of Luancheng county, Hebei province by Msangi, Siwa

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Gender and Development Forum Website by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…This blog is a space to share news about new publications, research tools, learning resources, events, and job openings in the field of gender and development, including agriculture, food and nutrition security, natural resource management and governance, rural livelihoods, and women's empowerment.…”
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Impact on biodiversity by Falck-Zepeda, José B., Zambrano, Patricia, Smale, Melinda

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Agricultural science policy: changing global agendas by Alston, Julian M., Pardey, Philip G., Taylor, Michael J.

“…This report looks at issues raised by this changing environment for agricultural productivity, agricultural R&D, and natural resource management.…”
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Putting payments for environmental services in the context of economic development by Leslie Lipper, McCarthy, Nancy, Zilberman, David

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Modeling a biophysical environment to better understand the decision-making rules for water use in the rainfed lowland rice ecosystem by Lacombe, Guillaume, Naivinit, W.

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IWMI: Assessing the outcome of IWMI's research and interventions on irrigation management transfer by Giordano, Meredith A., Samad, Madar, Namara, Regassa E.

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Natural resources and rural agriculture: In balance or imbalance? The example of Botswana's rangelands by Arntzen, J.W.

“…Assesses the effect (balance or imbalance) of the present relationships between the natural resource base and human activities; examines the role of some potentially destabilising forces, i.e, international markets, government programmes and socio-economic stratification; and reviews government's role in terms of its contributions to prudent natural resource management and options for the promotion of sustainable rural development.…”
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Improved crop–livestock systems in West Africa: Making a difference. CGIAR Systemwide Livestock Programme, Project Brochure by International Livestock Research Institute

“…An integrated approach to improving crop–livestock systems in West Africa, combining research on livestock, crops and natural resource management and involving a diverse range of stakeholders, including farmers, has a potential to address emerging challenges in these dynamic systems.…”
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Present status of research and Development and institutional considerations for animal production system in the Asia-Pacific region by Devendra, C.

“…This paper addresses the present status of research and Development in animal production; challenges for research in animal production systems including integrated natural resource management and use and the Development of sustainable agriculture; and institutional limitations and capacity to meet the changing needs and the new challenges. …”
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Identifying and assessing market opportunities for small rural producers by Ostertag Gálvez, Carlos F.

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Participative mapping, analysis, and monitoring of natural resources in a watershed by Vernooy, Ronnie, Espinoza, N., Lamy, F

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Comparing and integrating farmers' and breeders' evaluations of maize varieties in East Africa by Groot, Hugo de, Siambi, M

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Report of the NGO Committee to the CGIAR Mid Term Meeting 2000 by CGIAR NGO Committee

“…These included a number of workshops on scaling up successful local agricultural initiatives, agroecological research targeted at smallholder agriculture in Brazil, three global natural resource management initiatives being proposed by GFAR, and the ecological impacts of transgenic crops. …”
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Comments of the Center Directors Committee on the CGIAR System Review Report by CGIAR Center Directors Committee

“…It endorses most of these, with the exception of the suggested new networks on natural resource management and on empowerment of women in agriculture, and creation of a new entity to deal with information,. …”
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A CGIAR Response to UNCED Agenda 21 Recommendations by CGIAR Secretariat

“…The paper reviews the growing place of sustainability and natural resource management in the research of the CGIAR centers, and its relationship to Agenda 21. …”
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