Search Results - Economic development projects

Criteres et indicateurs de durabilite dans les paysages forestiers geres par les communautes: guide introductif by Ritchie, B., McDougall, C., Haggith, M., Burford de Oliveira, N.

“…The approach is targeted to communities and their partners in forest management, such as NGOs, government, or development projects, who are seeking strategies to improve local well-being and forest sustainability through more effective learning, collaboration, and decision-making in local forest management.…”
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Exploring the agroforestry adoption gap: financial and socioeconomics of litchi-based agroforestry by smallholders in Rajshahi (Bangladesh) by Rahman, S.A., Groot, W.T. de, Snelder, D.J.

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Programmes of the International Livestock Research Institute and their impact on human health by Smalley, M.E.

“…The successful implementation of the Institute's programme will improve the welfare of rural and urban communities in developing countries. However, there are projects within the ILRI research programme that have an immediate impact on human health. …”
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Producing more rice with less water from irrigated systems by Guerra, L.C., Bhuiyan, S.I., To Phuc Tuong, Barker, Randolph

“…But the potentials for new water resource development projects and expanding irrigated area are limited. …”
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Uncovering the hidden harvest: valuation methods for woodland and forest resources by Campbell, Bruce M., Luckert, M.K.

“…This book is directed to non-economists working in the context of developing countries. The purpose is to provide an overview of methods that may be used to assess the economic importance of forests to household livelihoods. …”
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International waters: Identifying basins at risk by Wolf, Aaron T., Yoffe, Shira B., Giordano, Mark

“…It turns out then that very rapid changes, either on the institutional side or in the physical system, which outpace the institutional capacity to absorb that change, are at the root of most water conflict, as reflected in two sets of indicators: 1) “internationalized” basins, i.e. basins which include the management structures of newly independent states, and 2) basins which include unilateral development projects and the absence of cooperative regimes. …”
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Global Geo-informatics Options by Context (GeOC) Tool for Supporting Better Targeting and Scaling-out of Sustainable Land Management: Designing the System and Use Cases. by Le, Quang Bao, Thomas, Richard, Bonaiuti, Enrico

“…The GeOC tool is designed to provide land users, projects/programmes and policy decision-makers with plausible, robust extrapolation domains for guiding decisions on the selection and use of SLM options, and an open platform for docking different disciplinary projects into integrative/holistic and converging actions for promoting SLM at scale. …”
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Building transformative change in Africa’s smallholder food systems: Contributions from climate-smart agriculture and agroecology by Shilomboleni, Helena, Radeny, Maren A.O., Demissie, Teferi Dejene, Osumba, Joab J.L., Recha, John W.M., Solomon, Dawit

“…Taking to scale this critical work will require significant support: donors and policy makers can help by diversifying their investments to create a balance between projects focused on technological solutions and those implementing more agroecological components. …”
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Return on investment of the international potato center-led seed system interventions in Malawi by Feukeng, F.T., Otieno, D.J., Rajendran, S., Demo, P., Parker, M.

“…With declining funding in agricultural research and development coupled with tremendous pressure from different stakeholders, it is now essential for research institutes to demonstrate the return on investments in projects they implement. …”
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Bundling socio-technical innovations to strengthen climate resilience of women farmers: Insights from India by Gartaula, Hom N., Mukhopadhy, Prama, Chadha, Deepali, Banerjee, Monika, Goel, Kritika, Puskur, Ranjitha

“…Drawing from different regions and livelihood systems of India, this paper synthesizes four case studies where the projects and programs have bundled social, technical, and technological innovations as intervention packages. …”
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Planning and managing a multi-component, multi-category international biosphere reserve: the case of the La Amistad/Talamanca range/Bocas de Toro wildlands complex of Costa Rica an... by Morales, R., Barborak, J.R., MacFarland, C.

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Safe Food, Fair Food: Trichinella-specific antibodies in domestic pigs in Central and Eastern Uganda by Roesel, Kristina, Dione, Michel, Grace, Delia, Akol, Joyce, Erume, Joseph, Musewa, Angella, Kungu, Joseph

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Sustainable intensification of agriculture with sustainable irrigated agroecosystem services by Makin, Ian W., Manthrithilake, Herath

“…Future population growth and economic development means that the increasing demand for food must be expected to continue, and it is projected that intensified irrigated agriculture will have to provide about 60% of the extra food needed (World Bank, 2007). …”
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Diagnostic study of the maize-based farming system in South and East Africa: pathways to sustainable intensification and diversification - a case study of Makonde, Masvingo and Mur... by Mugiyo, H.

“…An ideal smallholder farmer development policy should consider small-scale farming's socio-economic conditions and focus on efficiency, productivity, and transformation. …”
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Evaluating policy-relevant research: lessons from a series of theory-based outcomes assessments by Belcher, B., Suryadarma, D., Halimanjaya, A.

“…This is especially true in a research-for-development context where research competes with other worthy alternatives for overseas development assistance funding and where highly complex social, economic and ecological environments add to evaluation challenges. …”
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A typology of climate-conflicts in the Amazon: A scoping review of the unintended socio-political consequences of climate action and inaction by Medina, Leonardo, Higuera Florez, Julian, Penel, Charlotte, Carneiro, Bia, Tucci, Giulia, Madurga Lopez, Ignacio, Navarrete Frías, Carolina, Bonatti, Michelle, Pacillo, Grazia

“…The Amazon biome faces mounting pressures from climate change, land-use transformation, and entrenched socio-political inequalities, creating complex risks for ecosystems, livelihoods, and governance. Projections suggest widespread forest dieback, intensified droughts, and extreme rainfall, with consequences that extend beyond ecological and economic damage to strain institutions and heighten resource competition. …”
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Expanding our conceptual and methodological understanding of the role of trees and forests in rural livelihoods by Luckert, M.K., Campbell, Bruce M.

“…Nonetheless, the examples presented in this book show that great strides have been made, largely through benefits of inter-disciplinary work. Economics experts, specialising in valuation methods and property rights, have been working with sociologists, anthropologists and ecologists to attempt to address the complexities inherent in introducing human dimensions into research to inform development projects and policies.…”
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Experience capitalization of Gudoberet- and Hosanna-Jawe landscape restoration process in Ethiopia by Admassu, Zenebe, Tamene, Lulseged D.

“…It is clear that the country has invested heavily in landscape restoration activities through various projects such as SLMP, MERET and PSNP. However, the outcomes in terms of EC are yet to be fully understood under these projects. …”
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Género en la Amazonía potencial de los sistemas geoespaciales para enfrentar las inequidades de género: Un estudio en el marco del Programa SERVIR-Amazonia by Twyman, Jennifer, Acosta, Mariola, Irigoyen, Marina

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Gender profile of climate-smart agriculture in Ghana by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…In most developing countries, agriculture plays a crucial role in livelihoods and economic development. …”
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