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Ajeigbe, Hakeem A.Abdoulaye, TahirouChikoye, D.[Improved crop-livestock system for enhanced food security and income generation in West Africa]Improved crop-livestock system for enhanced food security and income generation in West Africa

The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is a pivotal piece of recent legislation, providing a route map for the use of such resources for sustainable agriculture and food security. This book explains clearly the different interests and views at stake between a...


Frison, C.López, F.Esquinas-Alcazar, J.T.[Plant genetic resources and food security: Stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture]Plant genetic resources and food security: Stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture

The purpose of this book is to assess a variety of economic issues as they relate to agro-biodiversity and show how addressing these issues can assist in agro-biodiversity policy-making. This is illustrated using empirical data from some of the countries (Ethiopia, Nepal and Zambia) which are par...


Wale, E.Drucker, A.G.Zander, K.K.[The economics of managing crop diversity on-farm: Case studies from the genetic resources policy initiative]The economics of managing crop diversity on-farm: Case studies from the genetic resources policy initiative

Degraded lands—lands that have lost some degree of their natural productivity through human activity—account for over 20 percent of forest and agricultural lands in Latin America and the Caribbean. Some 300 million hectares of the region’s forests are considered degraded, and about 350 million he...


Vergara, WalterGallardo Lomeli, LucianaRios, Ana R.Isbell, PaulPrager, Steven D.Camino, Ronnie de[The Economic Case for Landscape Restoration in Latin America]The Economic Case for Landscape Restoration in Latin America

This volume presents major results obtained since the publication of volume 1 and 2 and updates national data on trypanotolerant cattle. The first part analyses populations and their trends between the two surveys and reviews research activities and development activities. It also gives recent in...


Hoste, Christian H.Chalon, E.D'Ieteren, G.D.M.Trail, J.C.M.[Trypanotolerant livestock in West and Central Africa. Volume 3. A decade's results]Trypanotolerant livestock in West and Central Africa. Volume 3. A decade's results

Review of the classification, geographic distribution, animal performance and productivity of trypanotolerant cattle, sheep and goats in 18 countries of west & central Africa, particularly N'dama cattle, West African Dwarf Shorthorn, and Zebu x N'Dama crossbreeds. Discussion on potential utilizat...


Trail, J.C.M.Hoste, Christian H.Wissocq, Y.J.Lhoste, Ph.Mason, I.L.[Trypanotolerant livestock in West and Central Africa. Volume 1. General study]Trypanotolerant livestock in West and Central Africa. Volume 1. General study

FARM-Africa[Goat types of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Physical description and management systems]Goat types of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Physical description and management systems

Food safety hazards are increasingly being recognized as a major public health problem worldwide, yet among developing countries, there is limited understanding of the wider-ranging socio-economic costs of unsafe food and the benefits of remedial or preventative measures. This limited evidence ...


Jaffee, StevenHenson, SpencerUnnevehr, Laurian J.Grace, DeliaCassou, Emilie[The safe food imperative: Accelerating progress in low- and middle-income countries]The safe food imperative: Accelerating progress in low- and middle-income countries

This book is the first to set out a clear overview of CBM as a methodology for meeting socio-environmental changes. CBM is shown to be a key strategy that promotes community resilience, and contributes to the conservation of plant genetic resources. The authors present the underlying concepts and...


Simon de Boef, W.Subedi, A.Peroni, N.Thijssen, M.O'Keeffe, E.[Community Biodiversity Management: Promoting resilience and the conservation of plant genetic resources]Community Biodiversity Management: Promoting resilience and the conservation of plant genetic resources

For a long time, farmers in Nyanza and Western provinces in Kenya have had to deal with the Striga problem. To most of them Striga had become a way of life and they had given up hope. Striga affects their mainstay crops, which are maize, sorghum and mil- let. After an extensive search for...


Manyong, Victor M.Nindi, S.J.Alene, Arega D.Odhiambo, G.D.Omanya, G.Mignouna, H.D.Bokanga, M.[Farmer perceptions of Imazapyr Resistant (IR) maize on the control of Striga in Western Kenya]Farmer perceptions of Imazapyr Resistant (IR) maize on the control of Striga in Western Kenya

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