This paper examines the conditions and factors that create opportunities for women to engage in market-oriented crop production. It uses as a case study of Nasarawa and Kwara states in northern Nigeria, where women have started to cultivate sweetpotato, a crop traditionally grown by men. Men’s re...
David, S.
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[Getting a piece of the pie: An analysis of factors influencing women's production of sweetpotato in Northern Nigeria.]
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Getting a piece of the pie: An analysis of factors influencing women's production of sweetpotato in Northern Nigeria.
Studies were conducted to train farmers in Ghana in increasing cocoa production and improve safety and labour efficiency by showing new techniques and practices using participatory video. The videos focused on cultural methods to control black pod disease, chemical control of mirids and black pod...
A major reason for the low adoption of modern varieties of seed among small-scale farmers in developing countries is the inability of formal, centralized seed production systems to meet their complex and diverse seed requirements. Drawing on experiences in Uganda with the common bean, the paper p...
This article summarizes the results of water productivity assessment in 10 river basins across Asia, Africa and South America, representing a range of agro-climatic and socio-economic conditions. Intensive farming in the Asian basins gives much greater agricultural outputs and higher water produc...
Xueliang Cai
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David, S.
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Mainuddin, M.
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Sharma, Bharat R.
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Ahmad, Mobin-ud-Din
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Karimi, Poolad
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[Producing more food with less water in a changing world: assessment of water productivity in 10 major river basins]
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Producing more food with less water in a changing world: assessment of water productivity in 10 major river basins
Kendy, E.
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Wang, S.
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David, S.
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Zheng, C.
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Liu, C.
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Steenhuis, Tammo S.
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[Can urbanization solve inter-sector water conflicts?: Insight from a case study in Hebei Province, North China Plain]
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Can urbanization solve inter-sector water conflicts?: Insight from a case study in Hebei Province, North China Plain
Bhattarai, Madhusudan
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Pant, Dhruba
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David, S.
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[Socio-economics and hydrological impacts of Melamchi Intersectoral and Interbasin Water Transfer Project, Nepal]
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Socio-economics and hydrological impacts of Melamchi Intersectoral and Interbasin Water Transfer Project, Nepal
As societies develop, river basin water resources are increasingly controlled, diverted and consumed for agricultural, domestic and industrial purposes, hence reducing the ability to meet the growing demands from various sectors and interests. Basins are closed when additional water commitments f...
This paper investigates the impacts of farm ponds in a context of declining supplies in a major canal command within the Zhanghe Irrigation System (ZIS), in Central China. As dam supplies have been diverted to higher-valued uses (hydropower, cities and industry), farmers have responded by constru...
Roost Nicolas
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Xueliang Cai
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Turral, Hugh
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David, S.
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Yuanlai Cui
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[Adapting to intersectoral transfers in the Zhanghe Irrigation System, China: Part II - Impacts of in-system storage on water balance and productivity]
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Adapting to intersectoral transfers in the Zhanghe Irrigation System, China: Part II - Impacts of in-system storage on water balance and productivity
Abdullaev, Iskandar
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Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
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David, S.
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[Water conservation practices in the Syr Darya Basin of Central Asia: water productivity impacts and alternatives]
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Water conservation practices in the Syr Darya Basin of Central Asia: water productivity impacts and alternatives
David, S.
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Bin, D.
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Loeve, R.
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Barker, Randolph
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Tuong, T.P.
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[Agricultural water productivity and savings: Policy lessons from two diverse sites in China]
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Agricultural water productivity and savings: Policy lessons from two diverse sites in China