In the last two decades, there has been increasing interest in the potential of small-scale non-timber forest product collection and other low-impact uses of the forest for achieving forest conservation. Experience suggests however that such uses do not guarantee conservation and economic outcome...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Ingles, A.
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[Incomes from the forest: methods for the development and conservation of forest products for local communities]
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Incomes from the forest: methods for the development and conservation of forest products for local communities
Research review on sheep and goat production in the humid zone of West Africa, w. respect to animal population, production parameters, reproduction, forage production, supplementary feeding based on agro - industrial byproducts, disease incidence, particularly peste petits ruminants & helminthias...
Worldwide, agriculture both contributes to and is threatened by climate change. This corporate report focuses on the millions of people in developing countries for whom climate change represents a direct threat to their food security and livestock-based livelihoods.
International Livestock Research Institute
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[ILRI Corporate Report 2008-9. Climate, livestock and poverty: Challenges at the interface]
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ILRI Corporate Report 2008-9. Climate, livestock and poverty: Challenges at the interface
Discusses six alternative methods for estimating livestock populations based on aerial surveys, mentioning two main factors which affect the resulting population estimates, particularly sampling fraction and the degree of aggregation or clumping of the population being sampled.
Grimsdell, J.J.R.
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Bille, Jean-Claude
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Milligan, K.
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[Alternative methods of aerial livestock census]
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Alternative methods of aerial livestock census
This is a report of a collaborative research project, 'Improving smallholder farming systems in Imperata areas of Southeast Asia: a bioeconomic modelling approach' sponsored by the Center for international Forestry Research and the Australian Centre for International Research. The nature of the I...
Menz, K.
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Magcale-Macandog, D.
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Rusastra, I.W.
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[Improving smallholder farming systems in Imperata areas of Southeast Asia: alternatives to shifting cultivation]
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Improving smallholder farming systems in Imperata areas of Southeast Asia: alternatives to shifting cultivation
This book contains 20 case studies that explain how a selection of forest resources featuring forest plans, animals and fungi are harvested, processed and traded. The botanical cases are presented according to the main part of the plant being used - the fruit, bark or resin. Sometimes the plants ...
López, C.
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Shanley, P.
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[Kekayaan hutan Asia: makanan, rempah-rempah, kerajinan tangan, dan resin]
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Kekayaan hutan Asia: makanan, rempah-rempah, kerajinan tangan, dan resin
Socioeconomic characterization provides information for setting research priorities, extrapolating research results, and targeting existing technologies to appropriate areas. Farmers adopt technologies which economize scarce, and hence, expensive resources, and make use of abundant, cheap resourc...
The African rice gall midge (ARGM) is an insect pest of rice in Africa which has recently attained outbreak levels in many African countries. Infestation can result in total crop failure. The use of insecticides to control the pest has several disadvantages. Cultivation of resistant varieties is ...
Okocha, P.
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Ukwungwu, M.N.
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Joshi, R.
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[Field varietal screening against African rice gall midge: IITA research guide, No. 34]
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Field varietal screening against African rice gall midge: IITA research guide, No. 34
Cassava has a low multiplication ratio compared with other crops, especially seed-propagated crops. Rapid multiplication techniques are available to increase the multiplication ratio. Three types of ministem cuttings can be produced from a cassava stem. After sprouting in nursery beds, or polythe...