Search Results - "reformism"

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

“…A regional transition from customary to formal property rights resulting from sweeping 1996 land tenure reforms has led to confusion and conflicts over resource rights, a problem compounded by recent high market prices for Brazil nuts. …”
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Out of water: from abundance to scarcity and how to solve the world's water problems by Chartres, Colin J., Varma, Samyuktha

“…This book will help raise the level of debate about water to the highest levels of government, and identify workable reforms and incentives to help water users utilize this crucial resource far more efficiently.…”
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Assessing irrigation performance from the farmer's perspective: a qualitative study by Yakubov, Murat

“…This is even more apparent given the widespread context of irrigation management transfer reforms throughout the world aiming at effective user empowerment through farmer-owned and driven water users associations. …”
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Economic implications of agricultural water use in eastern India by Xenarios, Stefanos, Amarasinghe, Upali A., Sharma, Bharat R.

“…However, acute policy reforms could drastically decrease water costs and improve agricultural productivity.…”
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Water pricing experiences in India: emerging issues by Kuppannan, Palanisami, Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy, Malik, Ravinder Paul Singh

“…Efforts to increase revenue collection through institutional reforms motivated mostly by international lending agencies have yielded mixed results. …”
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Farm power policies and groundwater markets contrasting Gujarat with West Bengal (1990–2015) by Shah, Tushaar, Chowdhury, S.D.

“…Gujarat has successfully reduced subsidies by rationing farm power supply, and West Bengal has done so by charging farmers commercial power tariff on metered consumption. Subsidy reforms have hit poor farmers and tenants hard in both the states. …”
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Tenure and Forest Income: Observations from a Global Study on Forests and Poverty by Jagger, P., Luckert, M.K., Duchelle, Amy E., Lund, J.F., Sunderlin, William D.

“…Our findings suggest that policy reforms emphasizing enforcement and reducing overlapping claims to forest resources should consider possible negative implications for smallholder forest income.…”
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Assessment of the effectiveness, efficiency and equity of benefit-sharing schemes under large-scale agriculture: lessons from land fees in Cameroon by Assembe-Mvondo, Samuel, Brockhaus, Maria, Lescuyer, G.

“…It shows that actual land benefit sharing does not fulfil the requirements for efficiency, effectiveness and equity and suggests some reforms.…”
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Alternative futures for Borneo show the value of integrating economic and conservation targets across borders by Runting, R.K., Meijaard, E., Abram, N.K., Wells, J.A., Gaveau, D.L.A., Ancrenaz, M., Possingham, H.P., Wich, S.A., Ardiansyah, F., Gumal, M.T., Ambu, L.N., Wilson, K.A.

“…Such coordination would depend on enhanced information sharing and reforms to land-use planning, which could be supported by the increasingly international nature of economies and conservation efforts.…”
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Harmonizing and reducing trade distorting domestic support: An analysis of the impacts of new domestic support disciplines at the WTO by Glauber, Joseph W., Laborde Debucquet, David, Piñeiro, Valeria

“…The upcoming WTO Ministerial in November 2021 will once again provide WTO Members with an opportunity to address and reform agricultural domestic support. As pointed out in the Draft Chair Text on Agriculture of 29 July 2021, the Domestic Support pillar has been at the heart of the agricultural negotiations since their commencement in 2000, and, to date, has proven to be a challenging area to achieve consensus on how best to further reforms in that area. …”
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Workshop on applied policy research for scaling innovations in Uzbekistan’s agri-food sector by Akramov, Kamiljon T., Akhramkhanov, Akmal, Gafurov, Zafar, Egamberdieva, Dilfuza, Rajiv, Sharanya, Dosov, Botir

“…Uzbekistan’s agri-food sector is undergoing rapid transformation driven by structural reforms, growing water scarcity, and the need to build climate resilience across farms of all sizes. …”
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Women’s access to and control over land in the current land administration system in two rural kebeles in Ada’a Woreda of Oromia Region by Woldetensaye, A.

“…Land remained under men’s control throughout history and men’s control over land was strengthened by the rural land reform carried out by the Derg. This tenure reform applied rural land distribution using households as unit for rural land allocation and women were disadvantaged as most rural households were headed by men. …”
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Installation des jeunes agriculteurs et pluriactivité au Costa Rica by Parquet, Mathilde, Le Coq, Jean-François

“…This paper studies the settling process of young farmers in two communities in Costa Rica resulting from land reforms. We show an important social change with the development of part-time farming activity. …”
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The weight-based tariff and recycling of cans and PET-bottles : a study of behavioral spillovers in the context of waste sorting and recycling by Skogström, Linda

Bioversity International’s 10-year strategy 2014-2024 by Bioversity International

“…In addition, Bioversity International is a member of the CGIAR Consortium – a global research partnership for a food secure future; – which has also undergone reform. In 2014, we revised our organizational strategy to respond to these new trends and developments. …”
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Revival of agricultural cooperatives in Uganda by Kwapong, Nana Afranaa, Korugyendo, Patrick Lubega

“…This policy note is based on a case study of the recent revival and reform of the agricultural cooperative sector in Uganda.…”
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Stakeholder workshop on advancing veterinary medicines governance in Kenya by Moodley, Arshnee, Muloi, Dishon M.

“…The workshop concluded with a collective call to action: to embed antimicrobial stewardship within Kenya’s veterinary governance systems through coordinated national-county collaboration, private-sector accountability, and evidence-based policy reform.…”
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Deforestation, livelihoods, and the preconditions for sustainable management in Olancho, Honduras by Sunderlin, William D.

“…Inappropriate deforestation can be lessened through policy reforms that would enable smallhorders to conserve and manage their resource their resources over the long-term.…”
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What lies behind decentralisation?: forest, powers and actors in lowland Bolivia by Pacheco, P.

“…Bolivia has undertaken important policy reforms since the mid-1990s aimed at institutionalizing popular participation and promoting democratic decentralization. …”
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Closer to people and trees: will decentralisation work for the people and the forests of Indonesia? by Resosudarmo, I.A.P.

“…Driven by serious political, administrative, and economic demands for reforms, the central government has begun to decentralize, transferring new powers to the district and municipal levels. …”
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