Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) has an immediate potential for use in food and feed industry in East and Central Africa (ECA). However, its industrial utilization in the region remains low, partly due to lack of improved processing technologies, lack of awareness of the alternative uses of cas...
Okidi, J.
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Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas
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Mukama, E.
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Mutyaba, C.
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Agona, A.
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Oliveira, F.
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Wanda, K.
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[Out scaling of improved cassava processing technology - Uganda lessons]
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Out scaling of improved cassava processing technology - Uganda lessons
State devolution has combined with social movement pressures to give communities increasing access and rights to southern forests, making development of effective local participation in sustainable resource management crucial. This paper discusses an experience of participatory research in Centra...
Taylor, P.L.
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Cronkleton, P.
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Barry, D.M.
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[Learning in the field: using community self studies to strengthen forest-based social movements]
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Learning in the field: using community self studies to strengthen forest-based social movements
This report identifies which resources and landscapes are important to the Batak people. It also documents their perceptions and priorities regarding forest management. By playing close attention to the Bataks’ perspectives, the “Levelling the Playing Field” project (LPF) is able to better unders...
Boissiere, M.
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Liswanti, N.
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[Biodiversity in a Batak village of Palawan (Philippines): a multidisciplinary assessment of local perceptions and priorities]
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Biodiversity in a Batak village of Palawan (Philippines): a multidisciplinary assessment of local perceptions and priorities
Murniati
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Padmanaba, M.
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Basuki, I.
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Ploeg, J. van der
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[Gunung Lumut biodiversity assessment socio-economic study: how important forest and landscape resource for community living in and around Gunung Lumut protection forest? Final report to TROPENBOS]
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Gunung Lumut biodiversity assessment socio-economic study: how important forest and landscape resource for community living in and around Gunung Lumut protection forest? Final report to TROPENBOS
Since the early 1990s, a Land Use Planning and Land Allocation (LUP/LA) Programme has been implemented throughout Laos in order to increase land tenure security, to stabilize shifting cultivation, increase forest cover and to avoid the negative impacts of deforestation as to protect the environme...
Bouahom, B.
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Bourgoin, J.
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Lestrelin, Guillaume
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Castella, J.C.
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[Monitoring participatory land use planning for better impact on landscapes and livelihoods: case studies in Nambor, Sobchia and Pakhok villages, Phonxay district, Luang Prabang province]
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Monitoring participatory land use planning for better impact on landscapes and livelihoods: case studies in Nambor, Sobchia and Pakhok villages, Phonxay district, Luang Prabang province
In the two decades since the 1992 Rio Conference, land-use planning (LUP) has become recognized as a key instrument in putting discourses on sustainable development into practice. In Lao PDR, despite the implementation problems, it is still seen as a lever for securing land tenure, rationalizing ...
Bourgoin, J.
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[Sharpening the understanding of socio-ecological landscapes in participatory land-use planning: a case study in Lao PDR]
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Sharpening the understanding of socio-ecological landscapes in participatory land-use planning: a case study in Lao PDR
As part of its Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM) Programme, the local government of Sumbawa District in West Nusa Tenggara Province of Eastern Indonesia initiated a partnership programme between the Forestry District Agency and tree grower cooperatives in 2002. The partnership scheme aims ...
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
This report refers to the follow-up activities in Mamberamo developed by CIFOR and CI in 2006. The new activities included additional socio-economic surveys in three villages. The accuracy of the participatory maps of the natural resources and important landscape features were improved using GPS ...
Boissiere, M.
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Liswanti, N.
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Padmanaba, M.
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Sheil, Douglas
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[People priorities and perceptions: towards conservation partnership in Mamberamo]
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People priorities and perceptions: towards conservation partnership in Mamberamo
Strategies for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) could become an important part of a new agreement for climate change mitigation under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. We constructed a system dynamics model for a cocoa agroforest landsca...
Sandker, M.
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Nyame, S. K.
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Forster, J.
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Collier, N.
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Shepherd, G.
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Yeboah, D.
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Ezzine-de-Blas, D.
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Machwitz, M.
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Vaatainen, S.
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Garedew, E.
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Etoga, G.
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Ehringhaus, C.
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Anati, J.
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Quarm, O.D.K.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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[REDD payments as incentive for reducing forest loss]
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REDD payments as incentive for reducing forest loss