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Opuntia scrublands are important ecological-economic systems in the Andean area. They perform a major role protecting slopes against erosion, improving the soil properties and providing a variety of products employed in the human diet, and in animal feeding, as well as cochineal insects, a highly...


Rodríguez, L.C.Pascual, U.Niemeyer, H.M.[Local identification and valuation of ecosystem goods and services from opuntia scrublands of Ayacucho, Peru]Local identification and valuation of ecosystem goods and services from opuntia scrublands of Ayacucho, Peru

Poverty is a rural dilemma and continues to be a persistent multidimensional problem. It is associated with poor farmers, small farm systems, the landless, resource endowments, the socioeconomic environment and externalities. Over 75% of the poor live and work in rural areas, trapped in a poverty...


Devendra, C.Chantalakhana, C.[Animals, poor people and food insecurity: Opportunities for improved livelihoods through efficient natural resource management]Animals, poor people and food insecurity: Opportunities for improved livelihoods through efficient natural resource management

In Ethiopia smallholder livestock producers have adopted components of improved dairy technologies but the intensity of adoption remains low. It is hypothesized that credit-related constraints limit the ability of many smallholder farmers to make investments in crossbred cows and/or to purchase c...


Freeman, H.A.Jabbar, M.A.Ehui, Simeon K.Gebreselassie, N.[The role of credit in the uptake of improved dairy technologies in Ethiopia]The role of credit in the uptake of improved dairy technologies in Ethiopia
Autor: Arntzen, J.W.

Assesses the effect (balance or imbalance) of the present relationships between the natural resource base and human activities; examines the role of some potentially destabilising forces, i.e, international markets, government programmes and socio-economic stratification; and reviews government's...


Arntzen, J.W.[Natural resources and rural agriculture: In balance or imbalance? The example of Botswana's rangelands]Natural resources and rural agriculture: In balance or imbalance? The example of Botswana's rangelands

The absence of either state regulations or markets to coordinate the operation of individual wells has focussed attention on community level institutions as the primary loci for sustainable groundwater management in Rajasthan and Gujarat, India. The reported research relied on theoretical proposi...


Varua, M.E.Ward, J.Maheshwari, B.Ozac, S.Purohit, R.HakimuddinChinnasamy, Pennan[Assisting community management of groundwater: irrigator attitudes in two watersheds in Rajasthan and Gujarat, India]Assisting community management of groundwater: irrigator attitudes in two watersheds in Rajasthan and Gujarat, India

Bamboos have often been viewed as inferior products, labeled as the "poor man's timber". Development groups have proposed bamboo production as an opportunity for increasing the wealth of the low-income groups. This paper is a study of the household economy of 200 bamboo farmers in eight township ...


Ruiz Perez, M.Zhong, M.Belcher, B.Xie, C.Fu MaoyiXie, J.[The role of bamboo plantations in rural development: the case of Anji County, Zhejiang, China]The role of bamboo plantations in rural development: the case of Anji County, Zhejiang, China

Estimating the incomes of people whose livelihoods depend on the forests is a key to understanding their well being and the use of the forest. Yet there has been little agreement about the methods to undertake such assessment. This paper reviews the strengths and weaknesses of the methods availab...


Wollenberg, Eva K.Nawir, A.A.[Estimating the incomes of people who depend on forests]Estimating the incomes of people who depend on forests

The authors develop an endogenous sample selection model to investigate how forest dependence influences a household's decision to participate in forest co-management program. Using data from Chimaliro and Liwonde forest reserves in Malawi, The authors find that where forests primarily have a gap...


Jumbe, C.B.L.Angelsen, A.[Forest dependence and participation in CPR management: empirical evidence from forest co-management in Malawi]Forest dependence and participation in CPR management: empirical evidence from forest co-management in Malawi
Roda, J.M.Cadene, P.Guizol, P.Santoso, L.Fauzan, A.U.[Atlas of wooden furniture industry in Jepara, Indonesia]Atlas of wooden furniture industry in Jepara, Indonesia

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