We estimated household income diversification in settlement types of the poorest provinces in South Africa – the Eastern Cape, Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal. We obtained data from the 2010/2011 Income and Expenditure Survey from Statistics South Africa and Wave 3 data from the National Income Dynamic...
Mathebula, J.
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Jonas, S.
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Nhemachena, Charles
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[Estimation of household income diversification in South Africa: a case study of three provinces]
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Estimation of household income diversification in South Africa: a case study of three provinces
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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[Estudio de base sobre la microcuenca del râio Cabuyal, en norte del departamento del Cauca. Septiembre de 1993]
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Estudio de base sobre la microcuenca del râio Cabuyal, en norte del departamento del Cauca. Septiembre de 1993
de Silva, Sanjiv
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Schmitter, Petra
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Thiha, N.
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Suhardiman, Diana
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[A handbook for establishing water user associations in pump-based irrigation schemes in Myanmar]
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A handbook for establishing water user associations in pump-based irrigation schemes in Myanmar
Hydropower development with concomitant changes in water and land regimes often results in livelihood transformation of affected people, entailing changes in intra-household decision-making upon which livelihood strategies are based. Economic factors underlying gender dimensions of household deci...
Weeratunge, N.
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Joffre, Olivier M.
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Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali
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Bouahom, B.
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Keophoxay, Anousith
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[Gender and household decision-making in a Lao village: implications for livelihoods in hydropower development]
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Gender and household decision-making in a Lao village: implications for livelihoods in hydropower development
The ‘WISE-UP to climate’ project aims to demonstrate the value of natural infrastructure as a ‘nature-based solution’ for climate change adaptation and sustainable development. Within the Tana River Basin, both natural and built infrastructure provide livelihood benefits for people. Understanding...
Baker, Tracy
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Kiptala, J.
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Olaka, L.
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Oates, N.
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Hussain, Asghar
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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[Baseline review and ecosystem services assessment of the Tana River Basin, Kenya]
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Baseline review and ecosystem services assessment of the Tana River Basin, Kenya
Irrigated agriculture is undeniably a significant modification to natural ecosystems, and one which has not been without significant adverse impacts on the ecology and hydrology of the landscapes and river basins in which irrigation systems are located. A lack of consideration for broader ecosyst...
Makin, Ian W.
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Manthrithilake, Herath
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[Sustainable intensification of agriculture with sustainable irrigated agroecosystem services]
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Sustainable intensification of agriculture with sustainable irrigated agroecosystem services
The Eastern Gangetic Plains of South Asia represents a peripheral region far from the centers of global capitalist production, and this is all the more apparent in Mithilanchal, a cultural domain spanning the Nepal/Bihar border. The agrarian structure can be considered ‘semi-feudal’ in character,...
Sugden, Fraser
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[A mode of production flux: the transformation and reproduction of rural class relations in lowland Nepal and North Bihar]
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A mode of production flux: the transformation and reproduction of rural class relations in lowland Nepal and North Bihar
The Barotse Floodplain, a designated Ramsar site, is home to thousands of indigenous people along with an extensive wetland ecosystem and food production system. Increasingly it is also a popular tourist destination with its annual Kuomboka festival which celebrates the relocation of the king and...
Xueliang Cai
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Haile, Alemseged Tamiru
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Magidi, J.
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Mapedza, Everisto
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Nhamo, Luxon
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[Living with floods – household perception and satellite observations in the Barotse floodplain, Zambia]
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Living with floods – household perception and satellite observations in the Barotse floodplain, Zambia
Groundwater use for agriculture has the potential to improve rural households’ income and reduce poverty, but the linkages are not always straightforward. Taking Laos as a case study, this article illustrates how differential access to water, land, and capital shape farmers’ livelihood strategies...
Suhardiman, Diana
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Pavelic, Paul
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Keovilignavong, Oulavanh
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Giordano, Mark
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[Putting farmers’ strategies in the center of agricultural groundwater use in the Vientiane Plain, Laos]
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Putting farmers’ strategies in the center of agricultural groundwater use in the Vientiane Plain, Laos
Agriculture is the mainstay of Ethiopia’s economy, contributing more than 40% to GDP and providing a livelihood to about 80% of the population. Agriculture is dominated by smallholders growing predominantly rainfed cereals, making economic performance dependent on rainfall availability. This stud...
Makombe, Godswill
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Namara, Regassa E.
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Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele
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Hagos, Fitsum
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Kanjere, M.
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[An analysis of the productivity and technical efficiency of smallholder irrigation in Ethiopia]
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An analysis of the productivity and technical efficiency of smallholder irrigation in Ethiopia