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On farm testing of integrated nutrient management strategies in Eastern Uganda por Esilaba, Anthony O., Byalebeka, J.B., Delve, Robert J., Okalebo, JR, Ssenyange, D, Mbalule, M, Ssali, H.

“…This paper reports on a Participatory Learning and Action Research (PLAR) process that was initiated in three villages in eastern Uganda in September 1999 to enable small-scale farmers to reverse nutrient depletion of their soils profitably by increasing their capacity to develop, adapt and use integrated natural resource management strategies. …”
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Combining the goals of conservation, tourism and livelihoods in the management of protected areas por Ndayisaba, Jean De Dieu

“…The liberal conservation agenda promotes the incorporation of human needs into the management of Protected Areas (PAs). Across the globe, nature-based tourism has been among the suggested tools of promoting sustainable conservation together with development of the local communities living around the PAs. …”
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Degradation of water resources in rural Burkina Faso: drivers, local perceptions and solutions. por Balana, Bedru, Debevec, Liza, Somda-Kabore , Letisia Rolande

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Generating evidence on gender sensitive Climate-Smart Agriculture to inform policy in Central America: Final technical project report por Bonilla Findji, Osana, Martínez Barón, Deissy, Martínez, Jesús David, Castellanos, Andrea, Eitzinger, Anton, Andrieu, Nadine, Le Coq, Jean-François, Howland, Fanny C., Muriel, Juliana, Acosta, Mariola

“…This initiative was widely promoted through the regional network of CAC and COMMCA and contributed to increase the dialogue between those two bodies highlighting the importance of mainstreaming a gender sensitive component in the agenda of CAC’s Climate change and Integral Risk Management Technical Group. The project fueled also two important outputs a series on capacity building Webinars on Gender and CSA and the development of a roadmap to implement the strategic “gender line”3 of regional CSA Strategy. …”
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Policies for improved land management in Uganda: Second National Workshop por Nkonya, Ephraim M., Sserunkuuma, Dick, Pender, John L.

“…Contents: Welcome And Introduction; Opening of the Workshop; Policies for Improved Land Management in Uganda: Project Objectives, Activities, and Opportunities; Summary of Main Themes and Key Findings; Development Pathways and Land Management in Uganda: Causes and Implications; A Spatially Based Strategic Planning Framework for Sustainable Land Use in Uganda; Alternative Growth Scenarios for Ugandan Coffee to 2020; Potentials And Constraints to Coffee Development: Aiding the Coffee Replanting Program; The Relationship Between Socio-Economic Characterisitics of Maize Farmers and Household Food Security in Eastern Uganda; Land Management Problems and Potentials in the Lakeshore Intensive Banana-Coffee Farming System; A Review of Land Use Change and Soil Degradation in the Southwestern Highlands of Uganda; Ugandan Crop Market Development: Characteristics, Constraints and Opportunities; Dynamics of Maize Market Integration in Post-Liberalized Uganda; Information Asymmetry Among Output Traders, Processors and Farmers in Uganda; Determinants and Implications of Development Pathways and Land Management in Uganda; Soil Conservation Practices and Non-Agricultural Activites in the Southwestern Highlands of Uganda; Common Property and Collective Action in Natural Resource Management: The Case of Doho Rice Scheme in Tororo District, Eastern Uganda; Motivating Smallholder Investments in Sustainable Land Management: Emerging Roles For NGOs and CBOs in Uganda; Soil Organic Matter and Its Relationship to Soil Fertility Changes in Uganda; Determinants of Nutrient Balances In Maize Plots In Eastern Uganda; The Potential Benefit of Velvet Bean (Mucuna Pruriens) And N Fertilisers in Maize Production on Contrasting Soils in Uganda; Modelling Approach to Identify Sustainable Land Management Techniques on Erosion-Affected Slopes; Technologies for Improved Livelihood in Southwestern Uganda; Land Management and Technology Adoption in Uganda: An Integrated Bio-Economic Modeling Approach; Modeling Policy Impacts Using an Agriculture-Focused Cge Model; Appendix A: Workshop Agenda; Appendix B: List of Participants…”
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Policies for sustainable land management in the highlands of Tigray, northern Ethiopia por Gebremedhin, Berhanu, Pender, J.L., Ehui, Simeon K., Haile, M.

“…The papers presented at this workshop dealt with a wide array of topics related to land management in the highlands of Tigray. The papers reported results on the causes and implications of agricultural change and land management; the status and determinants of soil fertility; land use; land transactions and impact of tenure security on land investment; policies and institutions for livestock development and sustainable land use; community woodlot and grazing land management; comparative analysis of community and private tree plantations; the economic return to and impacts of policies affecting land management; and the role of extension in sustainable land management in the region. …”
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Small-scale farms in the western Brazilian Amazon: can they benefit from carbon trade? por Carpentier, Chantal Line, Vosti, Stephen A., Witcover, Julie

“…The half million small-scale farmers inhabiting the Amazon frontier sequester large stocks of carbon in their forests and other land uses that they might be persuaded to maintain or even increase through the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol. On average, small-scale farmers in the Pedro Peixoto settlement project of Acre (Western Brazilian Amazon), had a stock of 10,067 tons of above- and below-ground carbon on their farms in 1994, 88 percent of which was stored in their forest reserves. …”
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Characterization of dairy farming, feed types and management practices in Rwanda por Sibiko, Kenneth W., Munyentwari, Joseph Mbuta, Nyawira, Sylvia

“…This research study is part of the LSIL-Rwanda project titled "Developing Climate-Smart Management Strategies to Improve the Sustainability of Smallholder Dairy Cattle Production Systems in Rwanda." …”
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V3: Integrated Management of Small Reservoirs for Multiple Uses por Jamin, Jean-Yves, Cecchi, P., Poussin, Jean-Christophe, Fusillier, J.L.

“…V3 project focuses on integrated management options at local scale for small reservoirs (SR), in a multiple use context. …”
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Measuring sustainable forest management in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina por Carabelli, Esteban, Bigsby, Hugh, Cullen, Ross, Peri, Pablo Luis

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Transfers, information and management advice: Direct effects and complementarities in Malawi por Ambler, Kate, de Brauw, Alan, Godlonton, Susan

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International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade (IMPACT): Model description por Rosegrant, Mark W., Batka, Miroslav, Bhandary, Prapti, Bryan, Elizabeth, Cenacchi, Nicola, De Pinto, Alessandro, Enahoro, Dolapo, Leroy, Laetitia, Li, Man, Magnan, Nicholas, Mason-D’Croz, Daniel, Msangi, Siwa, Nelson, Gerald C., Ringler, Claudia, Robertson, Richard D., Sulser, Timothy B., Thomas, Timothy S., Tokgoz, Simla, Valmonte-Santos, Rowena, You, Liangzhi, Zhang, Wei, Zhu, Tingju, Kleinwechter, Ulrich

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International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade (IMPACT) Model por Batka, Miroslav, Bhandary, Prapti, Bryan, Elizabeth, Cenacchi, Nicola, De Pinto, Alessandro, Enahoro, Dolapo, Leroy, Laetitia, Li, Man, Magnan, Nicholas, Mason-D’Croz, Daniel, Msangi, Siwa, Nelson, Gerald C., Ringler, Claudia, Robertson, Richard D., Rosegrant, Mark W., Sulser, Timothy B., Thomas, Timothy S., Tokgoz, Simla, Valmonte-Santos, Rowena, You, Liangzhi, Zhang, Wei, Zhu, Tingju, Kleinwechter, Ulrich

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Linking ecosystem services provisioning with demand for animal-sourced food: an integrated modeling study for Tanzania por Enahoro, Dolapo K., Kozicka, Marta, Pfeifer, Catherine, Jones, Sarah K., Nhuong Tran, Chin Yee Chan, Susler, Timothy B., Gotor, Elisabetta, Rich, Karl M.

“…For Tanzania, this integrated assessment showed that a projected increase in the demand and production of foods of livestock origin with optimistic economic growth between 2010 and 2030 leads to an improvement in food security. …”
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Mixed crop livestock systems in the developing world: present and future por Herrero, Mario, Thornton, Philip K.

“…A key research area is the development and implementation of comprehensive frameworks that can be used for impact assessment and trade-off analyses, in identifying and targeting production, adaptation and mitigation options in the mixed systems that are appropriate for specific contexts, and that can contribute to environmental sustainability as well as to poverty alleviation and economic development. …”
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Irrigation and agricultural transformation in Ethiopia por Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework, Abate, Gashaw T., Yimam, Seid

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Stability-and-peace accelerator: concept note por Dahl, Hauke, Jacobs-Mata, Inga, Hulbert, S., Shehata, J.

“…For over three decades, our research results have led to changes in water management that have contributed to social and economic development. …”
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The importance of Ethiopian soils in irrigation and overall watershed management [Abstract only] por Schmitter, Petra S., Haileslassie, Amare, Nakawuka, Prossie, Gebregziabher, Gebrehaweria, Tesema, M., Tegegne, D., Abdela, M., Yilak, Debebe L., Tilahun, S., Ayana, M., Langan, Simon J.

“…The International Water Management Institute focusses through various research for development projects on improving irrigation water management, increasing groundwater recharge and assessing the environmental impact of irrigation for various soils throughout the Amhara, Oromia and SNNPR region. …”
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Food security in a world of natural resource scarcity: The role of agricultural technologies por Rosegrant, Mark W., Koo, Jawoo, Cenacchi, Nicola, Ringler, Claudia, Robertson, Richard D., Fisher, Myles, Cox, Cindy M., Garrett, Karen, Perez, Nicostrato D., Sabbagh, Pascale

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Financial governance and Indonesia’s Reforestation Fund during the Soeharto and post-Soeharto periods, 1989–2009: a political economic analysis of lessons for REDD+ por Barr, C., Dermawan, A., Purnomo, H., Komarudin, Heru

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