Land provides a host of ecosystem services, of which the provisioning services are often considered paramount. As the demand for agricultural products multiplies, other ecosystem services are being degraded or lost entirely. Finding a sustainable trade-off between food production and one or more ...
Vlek, Paul L.G.
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Khamzina, A.
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Azadi, H.
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Bhaduri, Anik
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Bharati, Luna
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Braimoh, A.K.
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Martius, C.
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Sunderland, T.C.H.
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Taheri, F.
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[Trade-offs in multi-purpose land use under land degradation]
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Trade-offs in multi-purpose land use under land degradation
With current rates of land degradation reaching ten to twelve million ha per year, there is an urgent need to scale up and out successful, profitable and resource-efficient sustainable land management practices to maintain the health and resilience of the land that humans depend on. As much as 50...
Thomas, Richard J.
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Reed, M.
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Clifton, K.
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Appadurai, Arivudai Nambi
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Mills, A. J.
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Zucca, Claudio
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Kodsi, E.
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Sircely, Jason A.
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Haddad, F.
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Hagen, C. von
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Mapedza, Everisto
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Wolderegay, K.
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Shalander, K.
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Bellon, M.
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Le, Q. B.
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Mabikke, Samuel
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Alexander, S.
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Leu, S.
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Schlingloff, S.
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Lala-Pritchard, T.
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Mares, V.
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Quiróz, R.
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[Scaling up sustainable land management and restoration of degraded land]
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Scaling up sustainable land management and restoration of degraded land
Scenarios have become a key tool for supporting sustainability research on regional and global change. In this study we evaluate four regional scenario assessments: first, to explore a number of research challenges related to sustainability science and, second, to contribute to sustainability res...
Reinhardt, J.
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Liersch, S.
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Abdeladhim, M.A.
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Diallo, M.
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Dickens, Chris
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Fournet, S.
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Hattermann, F.F.
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Kabaseke, C.
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Muhumuza, M.
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Mul, Marloes L.
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Pilz, T.
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Otto, I.M.
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Walz, A.
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[Systematic evaluation of scenario assessments supporting sustainable integrated natural resources management: evidence from four case studies in Africa]
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Systematic evaluation of scenario assessments supporting sustainable integrated natural resources management: evidence from four case studies in Africa
The paper analyses innovation histories of two agro-mechanical and two seed-based technologies with high and low technological complexity, introduced into simple and complex farming systems in Asia. The main conclusion, which may be seen as a hypothesis for further testing, is that, as technology...
Douthwaite, Boru
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Keatinge, J.D.H.
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Park, J.R.
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[Why promising technologies fail: the neglected role of user innovation during adoption]
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Why promising technologies fail: the neglected role of user innovation during adoption
The strength of an innovation systems approach for Integrated Agriculture Research for Development (IAR4D) is based on a wide involvement of stakeholders, capacity building, planned progression of involvement of different actors, and the voluntary nature of participation. In this chapter, this co...
Ellis-Jones, J.
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Phiri, A.
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Chibwe, T.
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Gondwe, T.N.P.
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Nhamo, N.
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[Taking to scale adaptable climate smart technologies]
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Taking to scale adaptable climate smart technologies
Plantain and banana are among the most important staple food crops in humid forest zone of West and Central Africa. These has made the crop one of the key research mandates of International and national research institutes, both of which has developed many technologies aimed at improving the prod...
Faturoti, B.O.
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Madukwe, Michael C.
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Tenkouano, A.
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Agwu, A.E.
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[A review of policy acts and initiatives in plantain and banana innovation system in Nigeria]
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A review of policy acts and initiatives in plantain and banana innovation system in Nigeria
Groundwater resources are vital for the well-being and livelihoods of most of the ten million people living in the Dry Zone of central Myanmar. Despite this importance, there is remarkably little known or documented on the nature, extent and use of these resources. This contribution has attempted...
Pavelic, Paul
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Johnston, Robyn M.
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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Lacombe, Guillaume
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Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali
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[Groundwater resources in the dry zone of Myanmar: a review of current knowledge]
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Groundwater resources in the dry zone of Myanmar: a review of current knowledge
The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) through its theme on Decision Making has since 2010 been exploring what communication and learning approaches might be appropriate in this new and constantly changing context.
Jointly held workshops highlighted tha...
Bioversity International trabaja con una amplia gama de asociados internacionales y nacionales para aplicar el Tratado Internacional sobre los Recursos Fitogenéticos para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (TIRFAA) y el Protocolo de Nagoya del Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica de forma que se ...
Programa conjunto de creacion de capacidad
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[Aplicacion del Tratado Internacional sobre los Recursos Fitogeneticos y el Protocolo de Nagoya de forma que se respalden mutuamente: Casos practicos para su consideracion por parte de los coordinadores nacionales y otras partes interesadas.]
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Aplicacion del Tratado Internacional sobre los Recursos Fitogeneticos y el Protocolo de Nagoya de forma que se respalden mutuamente: Casos practicos para su consideracion por parte de los coordinadores nacionales y otras partes interesadas.