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Bourgeois, R.Sette, Cristina[The state of foresight in food and agriculture: challenges for impact and participation]The state of foresight in food and agriculture: challenges for impact and participation

Cameroon is committed to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation plus conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of carbon stocks (REDD+). To achieve this goal, the government has introduced a series of policy reforms and formulated a number of key strate...


Kehbila, A.G.Alemagi, D.Minang, Peter A.[Comparative multicriteria assessment of climate policies and sustainable development strategies in Cameroon: towards a GIS decisionsupport tool for the design of an optimal REDD+ strategy]Comparative multicriteria assessment of climate policies and sustainable development strategies in Cameroon: towards a GIS decisionsupport tool for the design of an optimal REDD+ strategy

OBJECTIVES: To collate and synthesize current knowledge of components of urban agriculture (UA) with a thematic emphasis on human health impact and a geographic emphasis on East Africa. DATA SOURCES: Data management followed a structured approach in which key issues were first identified and then...


Kang'ethe, Erastus K.Grace, DeliaRandolph, Thomas F.[Overview on urban and peri-urban agriculture: Definition, impacts on human health, constraints and policy issues]Overview on urban and peri-urban agriculture: Definition, impacts on human health, constraints and policy issues
Xiaoyong Zhang[Access to plant genetics resources for food and agriculture and benefit sharing in China: legal framework, current practices and future developments]Access to plant genetics resources for food and agriculture and benefit sharing in China: legal framework, current practices and future developments

The dynamics of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) transmission vary widely between livestock production systems. This paper describes the development of a homogeneous, stochastic, compartmental model for CBPP transmission in pastoral herds of East Africa. The model was built using paramete...


Mariner, Jeffrey C.McDermott, John J.Heesterbeek, J.A.P.Thomson, G.Martin, S.W.[A model of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia transmission dynamics in East Africa]A model of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia transmission dynamics in East Africa
Pacheco, P.[Agricultural expansion and deforestation in lowland Bolivia: the import substitution versus the structural adjustment model]Agricultural expansion and deforestation in lowland Bolivia: the import substitution versus the structural adjustment model
Ndambi, O.A.Pelster, David E.Owino, JosephBuisonjé, F. deVellinga, T.[Manure management practices and policies in sub-Saharan Africa: Implications on manure quality as a fertilizer]Manure management practices and policies in sub-Saharan Africa: Implications on manure quality as a fertilizer

Previous analysis of transboundary water governance has been focused primarily on state-centred approaches. The articles in this special section move us forward from this focus in three ways. First, they highlight the crucial role played by non-state actors in shaping water governance outcomes. S...


Suhardiman, DianaGiordano, Mark[Process-focused analysis in transboundary water governance research.]Process-focused analysis in transboundary water governance research.

While many goverment policies stimulating deforestation have been reserved, private sector lobbies for uncontrolled logging and soybean export corridors threaten the Amazon. Under a favorable scenario (macroeconomic stabilization, controlled logging and road building, sustainable technologies, gl...


Smith, J.Winograd, ManuelGallopin, G.Pachico, Douglas H.[Dynamics of the agricultural frontier in the Amazon and savannas of Brazil: analyzing the impact of policy and technology]Dynamics of the agricultural frontier in the Amazon and savannas of Brazil: analyzing the impact of policy and technology

While best practice in water management typically calls for the use of a basin-level approach, specific guidance in the absence of basin-level management is fairly scant. This paper reviews the experience of the Syr Darya basin to identify insights related to second best practices for water manag...


Wegerich, KaiKazbekov, Jusipbek S.Lautze, JonathanPlatonov, AlexanderYakubov, Murat[From monocentric ideal to polycentric pragmatism in the Syr Darya: searching for second best approaches.]From monocentric ideal to polycentric pragmatism in the Syr Darya: searching for second best approaches.

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