The livelihoods of mountain farmers are often constrained by poor access to markets and limited entrepreneurial skills for adding value to produce. Research and development organizations have now recognized that improving market access and enhancing the ability of resource-poor mountain farmers t...
Sanginga, Pascal C.
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Best, R.
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Chitsike, C.
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Delve, Robert J.
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Kaaria, Susan K.
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Kirkby, Roger A.
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[Linking smallholder farmers to markets in East Africa : Empowering mountain communities to identify market opportunities and develop rural agroenterprises]
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Linking smallholder farmers to markets in East Africa : Empowering mountain communities to identify market opportunities and develop rural agroenterprises
Sustainable development of pastoral and agro-pastoral systems, dominated by collective and/or tribal ownership of rangelands, is a key issue for the West Asia and North Africa region. These two systems are located in arid and semi-arid areas and are increasingly threatened by desertification proc...
Nefzaoui A
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Elmourid M
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Louhaichi, Mounir
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[The Tribe - Platform of participatory local development and management of communal rangeland resources]
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The Tribe - Platform of participatory local development and management of communal rangeland resources
There are many reasons behind the worsening groundwater situation that have led to a scarcity of quality water supply for sustaining lives and livelihoods in India, as well as in other parts of the world. The lack of a proper scientific understanding of this situation by the various stakeholders ...
Jadeja, Y.
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Maheshwari, B.
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Packham, R.
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Hakimuddin
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Purohit, R.
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Thaker, B.
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Goradiya, V.
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Oza, S.
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Dave, S.
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Soni, P.
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Dashora, Y.
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Dashora, R.
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Shah, Tushaar
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Gorsiya, J.
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Katara, P.
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Ward, J.
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Kookana, R.
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Dillon, P.J.
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Prathapar, Sanmugam A.
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Chinnasamy, Pennan
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Varua, M.
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[Participatory groundwater management at village level in India – empowering communities with science for effective decision making]
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Participatory groundwater management at village level in India – empowering communities with science for effective decision making
Understand how dietary diversity is impacted by intra-household decision making processes related to income, nutrition information and time allocation (with primary focus on principle men and women in the household). In particular, we will examine how nutrition information, income, and time alloc...
Twyman, Jennifer
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Useche, Pilar
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González, Carolina
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Talsma, Elise F.
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Lopera, Diana Carolina
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[His and Hers, time and income: How intra-household dynamics impact nutrition in agricultural households]
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His and Hers, time and income: How intra-household dynamics impact nutrition in agricultural households
Galiè, Alessandra
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Heckert, J.
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Myers, E.C.
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Njiru, N.
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Kakota, T.
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Alonso, Silvia
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[Understanding empowerment among retailers in the informal milk sector in peri-urban Nairobi: Informing an adaptation of the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index]
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Understanding empowerment among retailers in the informal milk sector in peri-urban Nairobi: Informing an adaptation of the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index
Global Water Partnership
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International Land Coalition
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International Water Management Institute
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[Proceedings of the Joint GWP-ILC-IWMI Workshop on Responding to the Global Food Security Challenge Through Coordinated Land and Water Governance, Pretoria, South Africa, 15-16 June 2015]
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Proceedings of the Joint GWP-ILC-IWMI Workshop on Responding to the Global Food Security Challenge Through Coordinated Land and Water Governance, Pretoria, South Africa, 15-16 June 2015
International Water Management Institute
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[IWMI Strategy 2019-2023: innovative water solutions for sustainable development]
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IWMI Strategy 2019-2023: innovative water solutions for sustainable development
Lundy, Mark
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Gottret, María Verónica
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Best, R.
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Ferris, S.
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[A participatory guide to developing partnerships, area resource assessment and planning together]
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A participatory guide to developing partnerships, area resource assessment and planning together
Women’s empowerment has been a key tenet of international water security programmes. Discourses on water envision that enhanced access to water resources can transform disempowered women into successful rural entrepreneurs. However, because such programmes often rely on simplistic representations...
Clement, Floriane
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Karki, Emma
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[When water security programmes seek to empower women-a case study from western Nepal]
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When water security programmes seek to empower women-a case study from western Nepal
The Plant Protection Department has responded to these developments by
organising workshops for Farmer Trainers. This has led to further initiatives by
IPM farmers. Mr Neupane and Mrs Bimauli are now members of the Jhapa
IPM Association, an organisation that is run by farmers and which is linking...
Bartlett, Andrew
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[No more adoption rates! Looking for empowerment in agricultural development programmes]
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No more adoption rates! Looking for empowerment in agricultural development programmes