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Gender and collective action: motivations, effectiveness and impact by Pandolfelli, Lauren, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Dohrn, Stephan

“…Gender is often a key determinant of people's abilities to participate in collective action, yet there has been relatively little research on the links between gender and collective action. This article, and the ones that follow in this special issue, explore the intersection of these two fields. …”
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Collective action in the management of canal irrigation systems: The Doho rice scheme in Uganda by Sserunkuuma, Dick, Ochom, Nicholas, Ainembabazi, John H.

“…Examples of successful collective action in various areas have also fuelled the drive to devolve NRM to local users (Meinzen-Dick, Raju, and Gulati 2000). It is on this basis that the government of Uganda decided to devolve management of the irrigation system at the Doho Rice Scheme (DRS) to the DRS Farmers’ Association. …”
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Special issue on Gender and collective action: Motivations, effectiveness and impact by Pandolfelli, Lauren, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Dohrn, Stephan

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Crop and rain water management strategies for increasing productivity of rainfed lowland rice systems by Saleh, A.F.M., Bhuiyan, S.I.

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Measuring women's collective agency: Pilot survey in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand by Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Seymour, Greg, Kundu, Tamali

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Gender, institutions and sustainability in the context of forest decentralisation reforms in Latin America and East Africa by Yan Sun, Mwangi, E., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…It explores the different effects on forest management by groups with different male–female composition (i.e. female-dominated, mixed-gender and male-dominated user groups). …”
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Genre, institutions et durabilité dans le contexte des réformes de la décentralisation forestière en Amérique latine et en Afrique de l’Est by Yan Sun, Mwangi, E., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

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Género, instituciones y sostenibilidad en el contexto de las reformas de descentralización forestal en América Latina y África Oriental by Yan Sun, Mwangi, E., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

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Gender and sustainable forest management in East Africa and Latin America by Mwangi, E., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Yan Sun

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Is gender an important factor influencing user groups’ property rights and forestry governance?: Empirical analysis from East Africa and Latin America by Sun, Y., Mwangi, E., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

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Collective action and property rights for poverty reduction: insights from Africa and Asia by Mwangi, Esther, Markelova, Helen, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…Essays in the volume identify opportunities and risks present in the institutions of collective action and property rights. …”
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Climate change and water supplies: options for sustaining tank irrigation potential in India by Kuppannan, Palanisami, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Giordano, Mark

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Multiple uses of water in irrigated areas by Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Hoek, Wim van der

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Elephant carcasses and skeletons as indicators of population trends by Douglas-Hamilton, I., Hillman, A.K.K.

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Collective action and property rights for poverty reduction: Insights from Africa and Asia by Mwangi, E, Markelova, H., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

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Timing and distribution of attack by the banana weevil (Coleoptera: curculionidae) in East African highland banana (Musa spp.) by Abera, A.M.K., Gold, Cliford S., Kyamanywa, S.

“…Timing and distribution of attack on East African highland banana (Musa AAA- EA) by the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar), (Coleoptera: Curculion- idae) was studied in a field trial at a farm 25 km NE of Kampala, Uganda. …”
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Consolidación de la oferta tecnológica disponible para el cultivo de aguacate Hass by Correa Moreno, Diana Lucía, Narvaez Toro, Elizabeth, Flórez Martínez, Diego Hernando, Garavito Morales, Lina Vanessa

Subjects: “…http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_f4ffc197…”
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Bias correction and spatial disaggregation of satellite-based data for the detection of rainfall seasonality indices by Atiah, W.A., Johnson, R., Muthoni, F.K., Mengistu, D.K., Amekudzi, L.K., Kwabena, O., Kizito, Fred

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Sensory characterization of the perceived quality of East African highland cooking bananas (matooke) by Khakasa, E., Muyanja, C., Mugabi, R., Bugaud, C., Forestier-Chiron, N., Uwimana, Brigitte, Arinaitwe, I.K., Nowakunda, K.

“…CONCLUSION The study showed attribute terms that could be used to describe matooke and also revealed that QDA may be used as a tool during the assessment and selection of new cooking banana hybrids to identify relevant sensory attributes because of its ability to discriminate among the banana hybrids.…”
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On-farm experimentation on conservation agriculture in maize-legume based cropping systems in Kenya: Water use efficiency and economic impacts by Micheni, Alfred N., Kanampiu, F.K., Kitonyo, O., Mburu, D.M., Mugai, E.N., Makumbi, Dan, Kassie, M.

“…Practicing CA will certainly increase crop yields, WUE, generate more revenue and diversify risks during poor seasons. However, these benefits may not necessarily be earned in the first season, but will accrue in subsequent seasons.…”
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