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This book chapter is focused on the role of markets (especially those of agricultural products) as a form of agrobiodiversity governance. The expansion of these global agricultural product markets during the past two decades has generally furthered the simplification of agricultural and food syst...


Jager, MatthiasLoosen, Irene vanGiuliani, Alessandra[How Have Markets Affected the Governance of Agrobiodiversity?]How Have Markets Affected the Governance of Agrobiodiversity?

The absence of either state regulations or markets to coordinate the operation of individual wells has focussed attention on community level institutions as the primary loci for sustainable groundwater management in Rajasthan and Gujarat, India. The reported research relied on theoretical proposi...


Varua, M.E.Ward, J.Maheshwari, B.Ozac, S.Purohit, R.HakimuddinChinnasamy, Pennan[Assisting community management of groundwater: irrigator attitudes in two watersheds in Rajasthan and Gujarat, India]Assisting community management of groundwater: irrigator attitudes in two watersheds in Rajasthan and Gujarat, India

The framework for analyzing sustainability of social-ecological systems (SES) framework of Elinor Ostrom is a multitier collection of concepts and variables that have proven to be relevant for understanding outcomes in diverse SES. The first tier of this framework includes the concepts resource s...


Hinkel, J.Cox, M.E.Schl?ter, M.Binder, Claudia R.Falk, T.[A diagnostic procedure for applying the social-ecological systems framework in diverse cases]A diagnostic procedure for applying the social-ecological systems framework in diverse cases

In 1975, the International Board for Plant Genetic Resources created the first internationally linked system of genebanks, known as the Registry of Base Collections (RBC), to conserve plant germplasm and make it available globally for agricultural research and development. Over time, internationa...


Thormann, I.Engels, I.Halewood, Michael[Are the old International Board for Plant Genetic Resources (IBPGR) base collections available through the Plant Treaty’s multilateral system of access and benefit sharing? A review]Are the old International Board for Plant Genetic Resources (IBPGR) base collections available through the Plant Treaty’s multilateral system of access and benefit sharing? A review

The motivation of this report was to highlight the economic rationale to invest in climate change adaptation. To this end the report describes an assessment of the potential cost of climate change impacts on cocoa production in West Africa. There is a hope that by providing a benchmark for the co...


Schreyer, FelixBunn, ChristianCastro-Llanos, Fabio[The economic case for climate action in West-African cocoa production]The economic case for climate action in West-African cocoa production

Assessing the impact of integrated natural resource management (INRM) research poses a challenge to scientists. The complexity of INRM interventions requires a more holistic approach to impact assessment, beyond the plot and farm levels and beyond traditional analysis of economic returns. Impact ...


Gottret, María VerónicaWhite, D.[Assessing the impact of integrated natural resource management: Challenges and experiences]Assessing the impact of integrated natural resource management: Challenges and experiences

Four contrasting varieties of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) were grown for ten months over two consecutive seasons in hillside Colombia with or without nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilization. Sequential harvests were every two months. The two varieties well adapted to acid soils (C...


Pellet, DEl-Sharkawy, Mabrouk A.[Cassava varietal response to fertilization: Growth dynamics and implications for cropping sustainability]Cassava varietal response to fertilization: Growth dynamics and implications for cropping sustainability

Ecoregional research has the potential to help address some of the huge challenges facing agriculture in developing countries by developing technologies that work under different agro-ecological conditions, and the processes by which these technologies can be adapted to work in other areas with s...


Douthwaite, BoruBaker, DerekWeise, S.F.Gockowski, J.Manyong, Victor M.Keatinge, J.D.H.[Ecoregional research in Africa : Learning lessons from IITA´s benchmark area approach]Ecoregional research in Africa : Learning lessons from IITA´s benchmark area approach
Lescuyer, G.Karsenty, A.Eba'a Atyi, R.[Un nouvel outil de gestion durable des forêts d’Afrique centrale: les paiements pour services environnementaux]Un nouvel outil de gestion durable des forêts d’Afrique centrale: les paiements pour services environnementaux

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