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Northern Bihar is one of the major flood prone region in India affecting thousands of human lives and livelihoods during the recurrent floods occurring due to the monsoonal rains. While it is impossible to prevent the occurrence of extreme flood events, disaster planning can help in mitigating it...


Amarnath, GirirajMatheswaran, KarthikeyanPandey, PoojaAlahacoon, NirangaYoshimoto, Shuhei[Flood mapping tools for disaster preparedness and emergency response using satellite data and hydrodynamic models: a case study of Bagmathi Basin, India]Flood mapping tools for disaster preparedness and emergency response using satellite data and hydrodynamic models: a case study of Bagmathi Basin, India
Mateo-Sagasta, Javier[Reutilizacion de aguas para agricultura en America Latina y el Caribe: estado, principios y necesidades. In Spanish]Reutilizacion de aguas para agricultura en America Latina y el Caribe: estado, principios y necesidades. In Spanish

With current rates of land degradation reaching ten to twelve million ha per year, there is an urgent need to scale up and out successful, profitable and resource-efficient sustainable land management practices to maintain the health and resilience of the land that humans depend on. As much as 50...


Thomas, Richard J.Reed, M.Clifton, K.Appadurai, Arivudai NambiMills, A. J.Zucca, ClaudioKodsi, E.Sircely, Jason A.Haddad, F.Hagen, C. vonMapedza, EveristoWolderegay, K.Shalander, K.Bellon, M.Le, Q. B.Mabikke, SamuelAlexander, S.Leu, S.Schlingloff, S.Lala-Pritchard, T.Mares, V.Quiróz, R.[Scaling up sustainable land management and restoration of degraded land]Scaling up sustainable land management and restoration of degraded land

Scenarios have become a key tool for supporting sustainability research on regional and global change. In this study we evaluate four regional scenario assessments: first, to explore a number of research challenges related to sustainability science and, second, to contribute to sustainability res...


Reinhardt, J.Liersch, S.Abdeladhim, M.A.Diallo, M.Dickens, ChrisFournet, S.Hattermann, F.F.Kabaseke, C.Muhumuza, M.Mul, Marloes L.Pilz, T.Otto, I.M.Walz, A.[Systematic evaluation of scenario assessments supporting sustainable integrated natural resources management: evidence from four case studies in Africa]Systematic evaluation of scenario assessments supporting sustainable integrated natural resources management: evidence from four case studies in Africa
Gebrezgabher, Solomie A.[Adoption and economic impact of briquettes as cooking fuel: the case of women fish smokers in Ghana]Adoption and economic impact of briquettes as cooking fuel: the case of women fish smokers in Ghana

What are key characteristics of rural innovators? How are their experiences similar for women and men, and how are they different? To examine these questions, we draw on individual interviews with 336 rural women and men known in their communities for trying out new things in agriculture. The dat...


Badstue, Lone B.López, Diana E.Umantseva, AnjaWilliams, GeorgeElias, MarlèneFarnworth, Cathy R.Rietveld, Anne M.Njuguna-Mungai, EstherLuis, Joyce S.Najjar, DinaKandiwa, Vongai[What drives capacity to innovate? Insights from women and men small-scale farmers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America]What drives capacity to innovate? Insights from women and men small-scale farmers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
Bruyne, C. deLautze, JonathanKazbekov, Jusipbek S.[The potential for subbasin cooperation in the Shire: a case for bottom-up institutional development?]The potential for subbasin cooperation in the Shire: a case for bottom-up institutional development?
Denby, K.Movik, S.Mehta, L.[The "trickle down" of integrated water resources management: a case study of local-level realities in the Inkomati Water Management Area, South Africa]The "trickle down" of integrated water resources management: a case study of local-level realities in the Inkomati Water Management Area, South Africa

This paper outlines the methodology for mainstreaming biodiversity developed by the Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition Project (BFN), a multi-country initiative led by Brazil, Kenya, Sri Lanka and Turkey. BFN explored the nutritional properties of traditional and/or neglected native edible speci...


Beltrame, D.Gee, E.Guner, B.Lauridsen, N.Samarasinghe, W.L.G.Wasike, V.Hunter, D.Borelli, Teresa[Mainstreaming biodiversity for food and nutrition into policies and practice: methodologies and lessons learned from four countries]Mainstreaming biodiversity for food and nutrition into policies and practice: methodologies and lessons learned from four countries
Autor: Ghale, Yamuna

This paper deals with advocacy for effective participatory crop improvement and plant genetic resource enhancement. First, the need for advocacy is highlighted; second, cases on the community-managed process of managing plant genetic resources is discussed. Advocacy is public action directed towa...


Ghale, Yamuna[Need for advocacy for effective participatory crop improvement and plant genetic resource enhancement: Case studies on rice-breeding processes from Khotang and JaJarkot Districts, Nepal]Need for advocacy for effective participatory crop improvement and plant genetic resource enhancement: Case studies on rice-breeding processes from Khotang and JaJarkot Districts, Nepal

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