Agricultural practices are changing at an unprecedented rate in small pockets of the dry zone of Sri Lanka. Commercial vegetable production is flourishing underwritten by groundwater accessed via agro-wells, increased market access and new business opportunities. Since the early 1990s, small-hold...
Silva, Sanjiv de
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Curnow, J.
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Ariyaratne, Badugodahewa Ranjith
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[Resilience and prosperity through agro-well driven cultivation in the north central province, Sri Lanka: a case study on its evolution, structure and impacts]
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Resilience and prosperity through agro-well driven cultivation in the north central province, Sri Lanka: a case study on its evolution, structure and impacts
A large number of small- to medium-sized community ponds exist in most parts of the Terai region in Nepal. Such ponds could be a viable alternative for other forms of surface irrigation. But, with the lack of efficient management, many of these ponds remain underutilized. An effort was made to fa...
Bastakoti, Ram C.
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Prathapar, Sanmugam A.
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Okwany, Romulus O.
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[Community pond rehabilitation to deal with climate variability: a case study in Nepal Terai]
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Community pond rehabilitation to deal with climate variability: a case study in Nepal Terai
Langan, Simon J.
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Kebede, H.
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Tadesse, Desalegne
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Terefe, B.
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[Proceedings of the Launching Workshop of the Agricultural Water Management Platform, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15-16 January 2015]
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Proceedings of the Launching Workshop of the Agricultural Water Management Platform, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15-16 January 2015
We demonstrate that social capital is associated with positive food security outcomes, using survey data from 378 households in rural Uganda. We measured food security with the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale. For social capital, we measured cognitive and structural indicators, with princi...
Sseguya, H.
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Mazur, R.E.
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Flora, C.B.
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[Social capital dimensions in household food security interventions: implications for rural Uganda]
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Social capital dimensions in household food security interventions: implications for rural Uganda
Presents the results of a survey of small ruminant owners in four southeastern states of Nigeria, viz, Bendel, Anambra, Imo and Cross River. Relates livestock management systems to their socioeconomic and ecological environment and inturn to management practices and to characteristic problems an...
Globally, 38% of the land area is agricultural land, of which 45% are located on drylands, mainly in Africa and Asia, constituting the basis for about 60% of the world’s food production. Of all farms worldwide, 83% are smallholder farm systems, whose livelihoods depend on effective land managemen...
Michalscheck, Mirja
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Groot, Jeroen C.J.
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Fischer, Gundula
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Tittonell, Pablo A.
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[Land use decisions: By whom and to whose benefit? A serious game to uncover dynamics in farm land allocation at household level in northern Ghana]
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Land use decisions: By whom and to whose benefit? A serious game to uncover dynamics in farm land allocation at household level in northern Ghana
The first part of the paper describes the predominant livestock production systems in sub-Saharan Africa. The second part discusses free resources available to the smallholders, feed resources available to the estate/large scale farmers, production levels of crop residues and agro-industrial by-p...
Sibanda, S.
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Said, A.N.
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[The role of crop residues and agro-industrial by-products as animal feed resources in sub-Saharan Africa]
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The role of crop residues and agro-industrial by-products as animal feed resources in sub-Saharan Africa
Kleinwechter, U.
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Grethe, H.
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[Trade policy impacts under alternative land market regimes in rural China.]
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Trade policy impacts under alternative land market regimes in rural China.