Increasing organic matter/carbon contents of soils is one option proposed to offset climate change inducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, under the auspices of the UNFCC Paris Agreement. One of the complementary practices to sequester carbon in soils on decadal time scales is amending it with b...
Roobroeck, D.
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Hood‐Nowotny, R.
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Nakubulwa, D.
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Tumuhairwe, J.B.
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Mwanjalolo, M.J.G.
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Ndawula, I.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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[Biophysical potential of crop residues for biochar carbon sequestration, and co-benefits, in Uganda]
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Biophysical potential of crop residues for biochar carbon sequestration, and co-benefits, in Uganda
To meet rising demand for rice, it is estimated that the global rice production needs to increase by 116 million tons by 2035. Much of the increase has to come from smallholder rice farmers in developing countries. In this article, we review 25 evaluation studies on new rice technologies and prac...
Yamano, Takashi
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Arouna, Aminou
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Labarta, R.A.
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Huelgas, Zenaida M.
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Mohanty, Samarendu
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[Adoption and impacts of international rice research technologies]
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Adoption and impacts of international rice research technologies
Previous approaches to improve soil and water management in the Ethiopian highlands have achieved marginal success. An integrated approach to rainwater management (RWM) has been piloted to address interrelated problems of land degradation, livestock feed shortage, and soil erosion, in an effort t...
Mulema, Annet A.
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Lema, Zelalem
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Damtew, Elias
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Adie, Aberra
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Ogutu, Z.
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Duncan, Alan J.
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[Stakeholders’ perceptions of integrated rainwater management approaches in the Blue Nile Basin of the Ethiopian highlands]
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Stakeholders’ perceptions of integrated rainwater management approaches in the Blue Nile Basin of the Ethiopian highlands
Small-scale farmers face numerous challenges to invest in natural resource management practices. The problems are interlinked, with such perverse economic problems as high transaction costs and risk rooted in the lack of comprehensive institutional and organizational services to farmers for risk ...
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 types of technology change catalyzed by research interventions in integrated natural resource management (INRM) are likely to require much more social negotiation and adaptation than are changes related to plant breeding, the dominant discipline within the system of the Consultative Group on ...
Douthwaite, Boru
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Haan, N. de
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Keatinge, J.D.H.
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[Blending hard and soft science: the Follow the Technology approach to analyzing and evaluating technology change]
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Blending hard and soft science: the Follow the Technology approach to analyzing and evaluating technology change
Increasingly, social capital, defined as shared norms, trust, and the horizontal and vertical social networks that facilitate coordination and cooperation for mutually beneficial collective action, is seen as an important asset upon which people rely to manage natural resources and resolve confli...
Sanginga, Pascal C.
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Kamugisha, RN
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Martin, AM
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[The dynamics of social capital and conflict management in multiple resource regimes : A case of the Southwestern highlands of Uganda]
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The dynamics of social capital and conflict management in multiple resource regimes : A case of the Southwestern highlands of Uganda
The first model for co-management between local communities and government towards the sustainable utilization of forested regions in Republic of Guinea was established in the Nialama Classified Forest in 1999. Technical and financial support was provided by USAID to develop local natural resourc...
Sunderland-Groves, J.
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Slayback, D.
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Balinga, M.
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Sunderland, T.C.H.
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[Impacts of co-management on western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) habitat and conservation in Nialama Classified Forest, Republic of Guinea: A satellite perspective]
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Impacts of co-management on western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) habitat and conservation in Nialama Classified Forest, Republic of Guinea: A satellite perspective
Biodiversity is integral to almost all ecosystem processes, with some species playing key functional roles that are essential for maintaining the value of ecosystems to humans. However, many ecosystem services remain nonvalued, and decisionmakers rarely consider biodiversity in policy development...
Thompson, I.D.
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Okabe, K.
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Tylianakis, Jason M.
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Kumar, P.
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Brockerhoff, E.G.
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Schellhorn, N.A.
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Parrotta, J.A.
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Nasi, Robert
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[Forest biodiversity and the delivery of ecosystem goods and services: translating science into policy]
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Forest biodiversity and the delivery of ecosystem goods and services: translating science into policy