Over the last few years research funding has increasingly moved in favour of large, multipartner, interdisciplinary and multi-site research projects. This article explores the benefits and challenges of employing a full-time research fellow to work across multiple field sites, with all the local ...
Sugden, Fraser
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Punch, S.
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[The challenges and benefits of employing a mobile research fellow to facilitate team work on a large, interdisciplinary, multi-sited project]
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The challenges and benefits of employing a mobile research fellow to facilitate team work on a large, interdisciplinary, multi-sited project
Pham Ngoc Diep
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Cadilhon, Joseph J.
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Maass, Brigitte L.
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[Field testing a conceptual framework for innovation platform impact assessment: The case of MilkIT dairy platforms in Tanga region, Tanzania]
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Field testing a conceptual framework for innovation platform impact assessment: The case of MilkIT dairy platforms in Tanga region, Tanzania
There has been strong research interest in designing and testing learning approaches for enhancing and sustaining the capacity of communities to manage collective action problems. Broadening the perspective from well-known social learning approaches in natural resource management, this study expl...
Damtew, Elias
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Mierlo, B. van
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Lie, R.
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Struik, P.
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Leeuwis, C.
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Lemaga, B.
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Smart, C.D.
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[Governing a collective bad: Social learning in the management of crop diseases.]
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Governing a collective bad: Social learning in the management of crop diseases.
Canal siltation is a pervasive problem in coastal Bangladesh causing water-logging and losses in crop yield. Although timely maintenance of canals through regular contributions from the community can solve this problem; it often breaks down because of the free riding issue, a common feature in th...
Mitra, A.
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Buisson, Marie-Charlotte
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Bastakoti, Ram C.
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[Enhancing coordination in water management through communication tools: results from experimental games in Coastal Bangladesh]
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Enhancing coordination in water management through communication tools: results from experimental games in Coastal Bangladesh
Salmon, Gareth R.
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Macleod, M.
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Claxton, J.R.
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Pica-Ciamarra, U.
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Robinson, Timothy P.
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Duncan, Alan J.
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Peters, A.R.
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[Exploring the landscape of livestock ‘facts’]
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Exploring the landscape of livestock ‘facts’
Managing complex landscape mosaics in areas dominated by poverty often requires addressing conflicting objectives and managing trade-offs, such as that between maintaining/enhancing ecological functions and improving livelihoods. Laos, like many other developing countries dependent on agriculture...
Bourgoin, J.
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Castella, J.C.
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Pullar, D.
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Lestrelin, Guillaume
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Bouahom, B.
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[Toward a land zoning negotiation support platform: “Tips and tricks” for participatory land use planning in Laos]
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Toward a land zoning negotiation support platform: “Tips and tricks” for participatory land use planning in Laos
Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Sheil, Douglas
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[The possibility of common ground: a reply to Mavhunga and Robinson]
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The possibility of common ground: a reply to Mavhunga and Robinson
Despite good intentions to get a solid grasp of various technical issues and put in place policy instruments related to the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol, Indonesia’s government still faces tremendous challenges in terms of disseminating information on the progress of climate treaty negoti...
In the lower Tocantins region of Brazil, one Amazonian woman questioned why scientists publish principally for elite audiences. Her experience suggests that the impact may be enhanced by also sharing data with people who depend upon forest goods. Having defended her family homestead near the city...
Shanley, P.
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[Science for the poor: how one woman challenged researchers, ranchers, and loggers in Amazonia]
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Science for the poor: how one woman challenged researchers, ranchers, and loggers in Amazonia