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Bigler, ChristineAmacker, MichèleIngabire, ChantalBirachi, Eliud Abucheli[A view of the transformation of Rwanda's highland through the lens of gender: A mixed-method study about unequal dependents on a mountain system and their well-being]A view of the transformation of Rwanda's highland through the lens of gender: A mixed-method study about unequal dependents on a mountain system and their well-being
International Water Management Institute[Watershed moments: a photographic anthology celebrating 30 years of research for a water-secure world (1985–2015 and beyond)]Watershed moments: a photographic anthology celebrating 30 years of research for a water-secure world (1985–2015 and beyond)

This initiative was aimed at demonstrating that the public‐private partnerships in the bean seed value chain can make a difference to avail bean seed of improved varieties to farmers. The common beans is an import food crop covering an estimated area of 260,000 ha in Malawi in 2010. However the r...


Rubyogo, Jean-ClaudeMagreta, R.Chirwa, RowlandMazuma, E.Andrews, M.[Private‐Public Partnership: improved bean seed access in Malawi]Private‐Public Partnership: improved bean seed access in Malawi

International Non-Governmental Organizations have popularized payment for ecosystem services (PES) because of their potential to simultaneously achieve rural development and ecological conservation goals (GEF Secretariat 2014). Despite their rapid diffusion, there is insufficient assessment of t...


Wangui, Elizabeth EdnaNijbroek, Ravic P.[Barriers to Participating in a Payment for Ecosystem Services Project in Githambara Micro Catchment, Upper-Tana, Kenya]Barriers to Participating in a Payment for Ecosystem Services Project in Githambara Micro Catchment, Upper-Tana, Kenya

Examines the role and importance of the livestock subsector of Africas' agricultural sector, its performance over the last two decades, the constraints which limit its development and the progress being made in solving theese constraints.


Anteneh, A.Anteneh, B.[Policy, finance and technology in livestock development in sub-Saharan Africa: Some critical issues]Policy, finance and technology in livestock development in sub-Saharan Africa: Some critical issues

Despite its vital role in supporting crop production, a key question that has often been posed is whether sufficient amounts of manure are available to permit adequate food production and improvement of soil quality on a long-term basis. While this question can be addressed at a regional, nationa...


Williams, Timothy O.Powell, J.M.Fernández Rivera, S.[Manure availability in relation to sustainable food crop production in semi-arid West Africa: Evidence from Niger]Manure availability in relation to sustainable food crop production in semi-arid West Africa: Evidence from Niger

Opuntia scrublands are important ecological-economic systems in the Andean area. They perform a major role protecting slopes against erosion, improving the soil properties and providing a variety of products employed in the human diet, and in animal feeding, as well as cochineal insects, a highly...


Rodríguez, L.C.Pascual, U.Niemeyer, H.M.[Local identification and valuation of ecosystem goods and services from opuntia scrublands of Ayacucho, Peru]Local identification and valuation of ecosystem goods and services from opuntia scrublands of Ayacucho, Peru

Poverty is a rural dilemma and continues to be a persistent multidimensional problem. It is associated with poor farmers, small farm systems, the landless, resource endowments, the socioeconomic environment and externalities. Over 75% of the poor live and work in rural areas, trapped in a poverty...


Devendra, C.Chantalakhana, C.[Animals, poor people and food insecurity: Opportunities for improved livelihoods through efficient natural resource management]Animals, poor people and food insecurity: Opportunities for improved livelihoods through efficient natural resource management

A study was conducted in two woredas, Addis Alem and Wolmera, to investigate (1) the level of farmers' awareness and adoption of recommended and demonstrated technologies; (2) the extent and intensity to which farmers have adopted these technologies; and (3) the objective and subjective factors a...


Yirga, C.Shapiro, Barry I.Demeke, M.[Factors influencing adoption of new wheat techniques in Wolmera and Addis Alem areas of Ethiopia]Factors influencing adoption of new wheat techniques in Wolmera and Addis Alem areas of Ethiopia
Ekuttan, C.E.Kang'ethe, Erastus K.Kimani, V.N.Randolph, Thomas F.[Investigation on the prevalence of antimicrobial residues in milk obtained from urban smallholder dairy and non-dairy farming households in Dagoretti Division, Nairobi, Kenya]Investigation on the prevalence of antimicrobial residues in milk obtained from urban smallholder dairy and non-dairy farming households in Dagoretti Division, Nairobi, Kenya

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