This article discusses major issues that confront attempts to introduce participatory methodologies into livestock production research, based on experiences during two projects in East Africa, and interviews with researchers and others in the region.
The extent to which research can be participat...
Morton, J.
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Adolph, Barbara
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Ashley, S.
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Romney, D.L.
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[Conceptual, methodological and institutional issues in participatory livestock production research]
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Conceptual, methodological and institutional issues in participatory livestock production research
The process by which CIFOR became the 16th and newest research centre of the Consultative Group on Agricultural Research (CGIAR) in 1993 is described. CIFOR is located at Bogor in Indonesia and employs about 40 internationally recruited scientists including foresters, social scientists and econom...
This synthesis paper was prepared based on key findings and issues of two separate papers and the highlighted issues included are:(1) Should the international community proceed with the Investment Promotion Entity (IPE) idea, and if so, what steps are needed to promote partnerships and other form...
Chipeta, M.E.
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Joshi, M.
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[Feasibility and operationalisation of an investment promotion entity (IPE) for sustainable forest management-highlights from the main papers]
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Feasibility and operationalisation of an investment promotion entity (IPE) for sustainable forest management-highlights from the main papers
This paper looks at the experience of designing and implementing policy reforms in the Bolivian forestry sector. It does not attemp to evaluate the process of reform itself but rather to examine the main obstacles faced in its planning and implementation and how the lessons of the Bolivian experi...
Contreras-Hermosilla, A.
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Vargas Rios, M.T.
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[Social, environmental and economic dimensions of forest policy reforms in Bolivia]
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Social, environmental and economic dimensions of forest policy reforms in Bolivia
Secretariats are an increasingly common feature in Africa’s transboundary river basin organizations (RBOs). Non-secretariat-based forms of transboundary RBOs nonetheless also exist, and such forms of cooperation have often functioned effectively. These realities drive questions about the rational...
Saruchera, Davison
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Lautze, Jonathan
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[Transboundary river basin organizations in Africa: assessing the secretariat]
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Transboundary river basin organizations in Africa: assessing the secretariat
Hydropower development in the Lower Mekong Basin is occurring at a rapid pace. With partial funding from international financial institutions has come pressure on the riparian governments to ensure that the potential environmental and social impacts of hydropower projects are properly considered....
Campbell, Lauren
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Suhardiman, Diana
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Giordano, Mark
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McCornick, Peter G.
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[Environmental impact assessment: theory, practice and implications for Mekong hydropower debate]
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Environmental impact assessment: theory, practice and implications for Mekong hydropower debate