Search Results - "Natural resource management"

Using multi-agent systems in a companion modelling approach for agroecosystem management in South-East Asia by Bousquet, Francois, Castella, J.C., Trébuil, Guy, Barnaud, C., Boissau, S., Kam, Suan Pheng

“…The research process then evolved towards the use of such models in participatory approaches for community-based natural resource management. Regular interactions between researchers and local stakeholders mediated by the companion modelling tools were helpful in progressing local development.…”
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Characterizing the biophysical conditions for improved planning and designing of locally-led sustainable land management practices: the case in Halaba, Ethiopia by Girma, R., Mekuria, Wolde, Moges, A., Smith, J., Hallett, P.

“…This document is intended for agricultural and natural resource management professionals involved in the design, planning, implementation, and monitoring of SLM practices.…”
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Decentralization viewed from inside: the implementation of community forests in East Cameroon by Etoungou, P.

“…Cameroon's 1994 Forestry law launched a new approach to natural resource management. The 1996 Constitution introduced decentralized authorities, whose role is to enable the economic, social and cultural development of its peoples. …”
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Nature, wealth, and power: emerging best practice for revitalizing rural Africa by United States Agency for International Development

“…Twenty years ago, natural resource management programs took a predominantly technical approach and followed by economic approach to getting rural development moving and responding to perceived environmental crises. …”
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Modeling multi-stakeholder forest management: the case of forest plantations in Sabah by Guizol, P., Purnomo, H.

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Goats: Challenges for increased productivity and improved livelihoods by Devendra, C.

“…In the case of goats, their role and potential contribution to increased productivity are impeded by controversy about their destructive habits, poor understanding of their attributes, functional values, and links to the poverty focus, which together have not helped their contribution to improving natural resource management. Research and development efforts that can significantly improve productivity from goats can simultaneously enhance the livelihoods of the poor. …”
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Inclusive research for agriculture development: farmers participation and innovation by Kumar, Arvind, Gupta RK, Jat, Mangi Lal, Malik, R.K., Sidhu HS, Gopal R

“…Agricultural extension must be seen as a wider concept, including agricultural and marketing skills, organizing farmers and other stakeholders, developing social capital, sustainable natural resource management and food and livelihood security (Swanson, 2008).…”
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Sustainable intensification of crop-livestock system through manure management in eastern and western Africa: lessons learned and emerging research approaches by Bationo, B. André, Nandwa, SM, Kimetu, J.M., Kinyangi, James, Bado, BV, Lompo, F., Kimani, S.K., Kihanda, FM, Koala, Saidou

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Annual report 2017: CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems by CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems

“…In response to these ‘intractable challenges', WLE works to identify more sustainable and equitable agricultural and natural resource management solutions. This is an ambitious and wide-ranging agenda, but a vital one: scarcity and degradation undermine agricultural productivity as well as resilience, with the most negative impacts on the poorest and most vulnerable smallholder farmers, who are often women. …”
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Progres et perspectives du Centre dInformation et dEchanges sur les Plantes de Couverture en Afrique (CIEPCA) by Eteka, A., Carsky, R.J., Ahouanton, K.

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Opportunities for increased conflict management by Norrman, Linda

“…Managing conflicts within natural resource management is important for sustainable development, and one of the issues within this research area concerns key relationships between agential and structural factors, desk officer’s space of action, and competence. …”
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Report of the Center Directors Committee to CGIAR International Centers Week 2000 by CGIAR Center Directors Committee

“…It urged generalized use of the Future Harvest brand name.Updates were presented on the planned establishment of endowment fund for genebank maintenance, on the Gender and Diversity Program, and on the September meeting on Integrated Natural Resource Management (INRM) of six directors general and center INRM staff in Penang, Malaysia by the CDC Task Force. …”
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Wildlife management on communal land in Namibia by Forslund, Johanna

“…In this paper the anti-poaching effects achieved under the actual implementation of the economically-based system for management and utilization of wildlife (Community Based Natural Resource Management, CBNRM) initiated in Namibia in 1995, is theoretically contrasted to the intended policy design. …”
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Participatory forest management in conflict situations by Siebrand, Sander

“…During the last decades natural resource management in general and forest management in particular have changed. …”
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New challenge confronting social scientists in IARCs with ecoregional mandates by Smith, J.

“…The meeting was prompted by changes taking place within the CGIAR system towards increased investment in natural resource management research and emerging needs for closer collaboration among the IARCs. …”
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Irrigation and Water Management Research in CGIAR: What Do We Know of the Impacts? by CGIAR Standing Panel on Impact Assessment

“…A significant proportion of CGIAR research investment has been spent on policy and natural resource management (NRM). However, compared with other areas of research e.g., crop germplasm improvement (CGI), there appear to be relatively few impact assessments (IAs) in this domain. …”
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An Evaluation of CGIAR Centers' Impact Assessment Work on Irrigation and Water Management Research by Merrey, Douglas J.

“…A significant proportion of CGIAR research investment has been spent on policy and natural resource management (NRM). However, compared to other areas of research e.g., crop germplasm improvement (CGI), there appears to be relatively few impact assessments (IAs) in this domain. …”
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Fragmentation in semi-arid and arid landscapes: consequences for human and natural systems by Galvin, K.A., Reid, Robin S., Behnke, R.H., Hobbs, N.T.

“…The book will provide a valuable reference for students and researchers in rangeland ecology, park and natural resource management, environmental and ecological anthropology, economics and agriculture.…”
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What are people eating in Rajshahi, Bangladesh? Food consumption, food security, food sources, and food perceptions by Scott, Samuel P., Patwardhan, Sharvari, Chakrabarti, Suman, Chauhan, Alka, Banerjee, Archis, Neupane, Sumanta, Parvin, Aklima, Rasheed, Sabrina, Afsana, Kaosar, Shaheen, Nazma, Blake, Christine, Menon, Purnima, Kishore, Avinash

“…The Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia (TAFSSA) district agrifood systems assessment aims to provide a reliable, accessible, and integrated evidence base that links farm production, market access, dietary patterns, climate risk responses, and natural resource management with gender as a cross-cutting issue in rural areas of Bangladesh, India, and Nepal. …”
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Climate adaptation in Nalanda, India Climate shocks, impacts, responses, and adaptive capacity of local food systems by Chakraborty, Shreya, Banerjee, Anurag, Karki, Saral, Kishore, Avinash, Scott, Samuel P., Kumar, Neha, Sapkota, Tek, Krupnik, Timothy J., Menon, Purnima

“…The Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia (TAFSSA) district agrifood systems assessments aim to provide a reliable, accessible, and integrated evidence base that links farm production, market access, dietary patterns, climate risk responses, and natural resource management with gender as a cross-cutting issue in rural areas of Bangladesh, India, and Nepal. …”
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