Agriculture is an essential sector of Uzbekistan’s economy, with 17.6% of GDP in 2016 and engaging about 26% of the labor force. Having dry climatic conditions, with annual rainfall of 100–300 mm, agriculture is an abundant consumer of the country’s natural resources. More precisely, the agricult...
Anarbekov, Oyture
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Solieva, G. N. U.
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[Financial/economic incentives to support water savings and water productivity improvements in Uzbekistan [Abstract only]]
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Financial/economic incentives to support water savings and water productivity improvements in Uzbekistan [Abstract only]
This BR brief shows that Lesotho was not on track to meet the Malabo Declaration targets for 2025. Three commitments were on track: recommitment to CAADP, boosting intra-Africa trade in agriculture, and mutual accountability for action and results, while the others were not on track. Lesotho was ...
Khesa, M.
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Nhemachena, Charles
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Matchaya, Greenwell
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Nhlengethwa, Sibusiso
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[Africa agriculture transformation scorecard performance and lessons for Lesotho]
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Africa agriculture transformation scorecard performance and lessons for Lesotho
During the last 25 years, cassava research in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has been the responsibility of the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) in collaboration with national programs, and has been financed mainly with public-sector funds. At the end of the 1980s, this ...
Ospina Patiño, Bernardo
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[CLAYUCA: Latin American and Caribbean consortium to support cassava research and development]
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CLAYUCA: Latin American and Caribbean consortium to support cassava research and development
Water cooperation has received prominent focus in the post-2015 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While proposals for measuring water cooperation appear to be converging toward a small set of indicators, the degree to which these proposed indicators draw on past work is unclear...
Saruchera, D.
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Lautze, Jonathan
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[Measuring transboundary water cooperation: learning from the past to inform the sustainable development goals]
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Measuring transboundary water cooperation: learning from the past to inform the sustainable development goals
We estimated household income diversification in settlement types of the poorest provinces in South Africa – the Eastern Cape, Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal. We obtained data from the 2010/2011 Income and Expenditure Survey from Statistics South Africa and Wave 3 data from the National Income Dynamic...
Mathebula, J.
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Jonas, S.
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Nhemachena, Charles
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[Estimation of household income diversification in South Africa: a case study of three provinces]
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Estimation of household income diversification in South Africa: a case study of three provinces
Niwagaba, C. B.
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Otoo, Miriam
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Hope, L.
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[Municipal solid waste composting for cost recovery (Mbale Compost Plant, Uganda) - Case Study]
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Municipal solid waste composting for cost recovery (Mbale Compost Plant, Uganda) - Case Study
Watson, P.
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Rao, Krishna C.
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Doshi, K.
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[Organic binder from alcohol production (Eco Biosis S.A., Veracruz, Mexico) - Case Study]
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Organic binder from alcohol production (Eco Biosis S.A., Veracruz, Mexico) - Case Study
Rao, Krishna C.
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Parthan, B.
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Doshi, K.
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[Power from agro-waste for the grid (Greenko, Koppal, India) - Case Study]
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Power from agro-waste for the grid (Greenko, Koppal, India) - Case Study
Watson, P.
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Rao, Krishna C.
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[Power from manure and agro-waste for rural electrification (Santa Rosillo, Peru) - Case Study]
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Power from manure and agro-waste for rural electrification (Santa Rosillo, Peru) - Case Study