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CGIAR annual report covering the year 2001, incorporating the Group's financial report and a CD-ROM with the complete financial data. The annual report includes special messages from the CGIAR Chairman Ian Johnson and the CGIAR Director, Francisco Reifschneider. Also included are messages by Robe...


CGIAR Secretariat[2001 CGIAR Annual Report : Global Knowledge for Local Impact. Agricultural Science and Technology in Sustainable Development]2001 CGIAR Annual Report : Global Knowledge for Local Impact. Agricultural Science and Technology in Sustainable Development

The ‘sustainable intensification’ (SI) approach and ‘climate-smart agriculture’ (CSA) are highly complementary. SI is an essential means of adapting to climate change, also resulting in lower emissions per unit of output. With its emphasis on improving risk management, information flows and local...


Campbell, Bruce M.Thornton, Philip K.Zougmoré, Robert B.Asten, Piet J.A. vanLipper, Leslie[Sustainable intensification: What is its role in climate smart agriculture?]Sustainable intensification: What is its role in climate smart agriculture?

Corner-Dolloff, CaitlinMoll-Rocek, J[Getting to the source: understanding community involvement in adaptation planning and costing]Getting to the source: understanding community involvement in adaptation planning and costing
Velivelli, S.L.S.Vos, P. deKromann, P.Declerck, S.Prestwich, B.D.[Biological control agents: from field to market, problems, and challenges.]Biological control agents: from field to market, problems, and challenges.

Irrigated agriculture is undeniably a significant modification to natural ecosystems, and one which has not been without significant adverse impacts on the ecology and hydrology of the landscapes and river basins in which irrigation systems are located. A lack of consideration for broader ecosyst...


Makin, Ian W.Manthrithilake, Herath[Sustainable intensification of agriculture with sustainable irrigated agroecosystem services]Sustainable intensification of agriculture with sustainable irrigated agroecosystem services

This chapter explores the interrelationships between economic change and environmental issues, by showing how aspiration, education, and migration are variously connected to a loss of agroecological knowledges for rural young people. It reviews a series of case studies from Vietnam, India, and Ch...


Sugden, FraserPunch, S.[Changing aspirations, education, and migration: young people’s declining agroecological knowledge in rural Asia]Changing aspirations, education, and migration: young people’s declining agroecological knowledge in rural Asia

Agricultural landscapes must provide food, fiber and energy to a growing population in a changing climate, while potentially serving as instruments for climate change mitigation. Agriculture is the backbone of the Kenyan economy, contributing approximately 25% of the GDP annually and employing mo...


Shames, SethHeiner, KristaKapukha, MarthaWekesa, AmosRecha, John W.M.[Scaling up Sustainable Agriculture Land Management in Bungoma County, Kenya]Scaling up Sustainable Agriculture Land Management in Bungoma County, Kenya
Gockowski, J.[Sustainable intensification of agriculture is an alternative to deforestation]Sustainable intensification of agriculture is an alternative to deforestation
Lemaga, B.Borus, D.Kakuhenzire, R.Woldegiorgis, G.Tibanyendera, D.Nshimiyimana, J.C.Schulte-Geldermann, ElmarBarker, Ian[Capacity Building: A basis for technology adoption and sustainable potato production in Eastern Africa.]Capacity Building: A basis for technology adoption and sustainable potato production in Eastern Africa.

Unlike Southeast Asia and the Amazon regions, where large-scale agricultural operations play an important role, most of the deforestation in the Congo basin is attributed to smallholder agriculturalists using extensive slash-and-burn techniques. Improved rural livelihoods are the key to poverty r...


Ngobo, M.Weise, S.F.Peters, M.[Integrating Research Results into Decision Making about Natural Resource Management at the Forestagriculture Interface: a Case Study in the Congo Basin]Integrating Research Results into Decision Making about Natural Resource Management at the Forestagriculture Interface: a Case Study in the Congo Basin

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