This paper focuses on analysing gender issues in livestock and root crop production. Qualitative data for the study was collected through gender disaggregated group discussions (GDs) in two districts, Mvomero and Kongwa in Tanzania. Data were collected from 4 communities representing the four vil...
Saghir, P.
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Njuki, Jemimah
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Waithanji, Elizabeth M.
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Kariuki, Juliet B.
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Sikira, A.
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[Integrating improved goat breeds with new varieties of sweet potatoes and cassava in the agro-pastoral systems of Tanzania: A gendered analysis]
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Integrating improved goat breeds with new varieties of sweet potatoes and cassava in the agro-pastoral systems of Tanzania: A gendered analysis
While this study was originally conducted to gather baseline data on the general activities, issues, and concerns of women in the Upper East Region in northern Ghana, the initial data collection led to the discovery that women in the Upper East Region are organized, either by their own accord or ...
Lasiter, Kalie
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Stawicki, Stephanie
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[Linking Knowledge: A Qualitative Analysis of Gender and IWRM-related Policies in the Upper East Region of Ghana]
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Linking Knowledge: A Qualitative Analysis of Gender and IWRM-related Policies in the Upper East Region of Ghana
Mwongera, Caroline
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Mutua, John
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Koech, Nicholas
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Osiemo, Jamleck
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Kinyua, Ivy
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Nguru, Wilson
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[Climate risk assessment for selected value chain commodities in Rwanda]
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Climate risk assessment for selected value chain commodities in Rwanda
The second meeting of the ECPGR Umbellifer Crops Working Group (WG) was held 26-28 June 2013 at St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. The meeting, organized in collaboration with the N.I. Vavilov Research Institute of Plant Industry, brought together 15 participants from 11 countries. Reports were ...
Maggioni, L.
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Geoffriau, E.
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Allender, C.
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Lipman, E.
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Bioversity International
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[Report of a Working Group on Umbellifer crops: Second Meeting, 26–28 June 2013, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation]
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Report of a Working Group on Umbellifer crops: Second Meeting, 26–28 June 2013, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
How can existing genebanks in Europe operate more rationally if the available financial and human resources remain at their current capacity? One of the ways to improve efficiency and effectiveness and to ensure rational ex situ conservation and use of plant genetic resources in Europe is through...
European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources
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[A strategic framework for the implementation of a European Genebank Integrated System (AEGIS): Discussion paper]
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A strategic framework for the implementation of a European Genebank Integrated System (AEGIS): Discussion paper
List of Briefs: 7. Introduction: A Taxonomy of Genebank Value / Melinda Smale and Bonwoo Koo; 8. Search Strategies and the Value of a Large Collection / Douglas Gollin, Melinda Smale, and Bent Skovmand; 9.The Marginal Value of an Accession / by Armineh Zohrabian, Greg Traxler, Steve Caudill, and ...
Smale, M.
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Koo, B.
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[Biotechnology and genetic resource policies: What is a genebank worth?: December 2003, Briefs 7]
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Biotechnology and genetic resource policies: What is a genebank worth?: December 2003, Briefs 7
This study was conducted in July 1994 in Bukeeka-village, a bimodal highland banana producing area of Luwero District, Central Uganda. Its principal objective was to review continuity and change in agricultural production at farmer level. An inventory of names of crop-plants and of socio-economic...
Davies, G.
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International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
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[Bananas persisting: Food and fibre crops in an Ugandan village in 1937 and 1994]
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Bananas persisting: Food and fibre crops in an Ugandan village in 1937 and 1994
This brochure contains a summary of IPGRI's strategy for 1999-2004 ”Diversity for Development”. It outlines IPGRI's tasks, mission, objectives and strategic choices.
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
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[Diversity for development: highlights of IPGRI's strategy]
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Diversity for development: highlights of IPGRI's strategy
This report on forage genetic resources work in Europe begins with a review of current activities, including the core collection of Lolium, and an outline of recent international developments in issues related to plant genetic resources. Presented papers are then arranged under the following head...
Maggioni, L.
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Marum, P.
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Sackville Hamilton, N.R.
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Thomas, I.
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Gass, T.
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Lipman, E.
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European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources
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[Report of a Working Group on Forages: Sixth meeting, 6-8 March 1997, Beitostølen, Norway]
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Report of a Working Group on Forages: Sixth meeting, 6-8 March 1997, Beitostølen, Norway
Biological diversity encompasses all the variation in living things on Earth. Part is used by people to meet their needs for food, shelter, medicines, building materials and so on. That portion is usually referred to as agricultural biodiversity. Bioversity International exists to conduct researc...