Despite the great social, economic and environmental diversity in countries of Africa South of Sahara (SSA), forestry research issues and advances are quite similar. This is partly influenced by historical facts relating to forest resource ownership and management. In most countries, governments ...
Temu, A.B.
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Kowero, G.S.
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[Forestry research in Sub-Sahara Africa: time for reflection]
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Forestry research in Sub-Sahara Africa: time for reflection
In 1997/98 a survey of nine forestry institutions in the West and Central Africa countries of Nigeria, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Gabon and Benin was conducted. The survey methodology utilises ten indicators of research capacity that facilitate comparisons across the survey sample. General t...
Spilsbury, M.J.
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Kowero, G.S.
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Tchala-Abina, F
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[Capacity for forestry research in selected countries of West and Central Africa]
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Capacity for forestry research in selected countries of West and Central Africa
In 1995 a survey of research capacity was conducted at institutions undertaking forestry-related research in the SADC countries. This document presents a review of the methods available for the assessment of research capacity and summarizes previous efforts to assess research capacity in the regi...
Kowero, G.S.
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Spilsbury, M.J.
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[Capacity for Forestry Research in the Southern African Development Community]
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Capacity for Forestry Research in the Southern African Development Community
Efficient applied research systems are those that achieve a good match between the priority research problems and the capacity required to solve them. Effective research systems make a difference to real life problems through the timely delivery of readily utilisable research-based solutions to u...
Spilsbury, M.J.
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Kowero, G.S.
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Mukolwe, M.O.
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Netzehti, A.
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Legesse, W.W.
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Nsengiyumva, O.
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Kiwuso, P.
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Sabas, E.
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[Forest-related research capacity in Eastern Africa: Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda]
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Forest-related research capacity in Eastern Africa: Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda