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This report consists of a series of individual country papers prepared for a study on devolution, community empowerment and power relations in community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) in the SADC region. Case studies were undertaken during 1999 in eight southeastern/eastern African cou...


Shackleton, S.Campbell, Bruce M.[Empowering communities to manage natural resources: case studies from Southern Africa]Empowering communities to manage natural resources: case studies from Southern Africa
Poulsen, J.G.Parsell, D.Stewart, G.[Genetic resource management in ecosystems: report of a workshop organized by CIFOR for the SGRP, CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia 27-29 June 2000]Genetic resource management in ecosystems: report of a workshop organized by CIFOR for the SGRP, CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia 27-29 June 2000
Autor: Gavian, S.

This research was undertaken as a Ph.D. dissertation (Stanford University) in conjunction with the ILCA programme in Niamey, Niger. The objective of the research was similar to that of the World Bank studies: to test how land tenure affects land-improving investment, agricultural productivity and...


Gavian, S.[Property rights and soil fertility management in Niger]Property rights and soil fertility management in Niger

Land degradation is a severe problem in the Ethiopian highlands. Factors that may be important in influencing land management and its impacts on resources and human welfare include low and uncertain rainfall in much of the highlands, limited market access and market development, land tenure insec...


Pender, J.L.Gebremedhin, BerhanuBenin, S.E.Ehui, Simeon K.[Strategies for sustainable agricultural development in the Ethiopian highlands]Strategies for sustainable agricultural development in the Ethiopian highlands

Co-learn is a computer software package that facilitates and enables users to navigate around a range of tools and processes. It is intended to be a meta-tool, implemented as a software interface and navigation aid for a suite of computer-based learning support tools. It seeks to support adaptive...


Center for International Forestry Research[Co-Learn: collaborative learning]Co-Learn: collaborative learning

This training resource is presented in five modules. 1) Global perspectives on animal genetic resources for sustainable agriculture and food production in the tropics. This module provides some insight into the need for better use of animal genetic resources (AnGR) in the context of projected dem...


International Livestock Research Institute[Animal genetics training resources: Capacity building for sustainable use of animal genetic resources in developing countries]Animal genetics training resources: Capacity building for sustainable use of animal genetic resources in developing countries

A project proposal whose aim is to promote more appropriate resource management on smallholder crop-livestock farms in East Africa is described. Prototypes of mixed farming systems will be developed to characterise farming systems according to their management objectives. These prototypes will th...


Booltink, H.W.G.Thornton, Philip K.[System prototyping and simulation modelling in mixed farming systems]System prototyping and simulation modelling in mixed farming systems

Making decisions in natural resource management involves an understanding of the risk and uncertainty of the outcomes, such as crop failure or cattle starvation, and of the normal spread of the expected production. Hedging against poor outcomes often means lack of investment and slow adoption of ...


Jones, Peter G.Thornton, Philip K.[Spatial modeling of risk in natural resource management]Spatial modeling of risk in natural resource management

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