Agricultural productivity and farm household welfare in areas of severe land degradation can be improved through ecosystem-based interventions. Decisions on the possible types of practices and investments can be informed using evidence of potential benefits. Using farm household data together wit...
Getnet, Kindie
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Mekuria, Wolde M.
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Langan, Simon J.
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Rivington, M.
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Novo, P.
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Black, H.
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[Ecosystem-based interventions and farm household welfare in degraded areas: comparative evidence from Ethiopia]
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Ecosystem-based interventions and farm household welfare in degraded areas: comparative evidence from Ethiopia
This paper assessed water management by households from three ethnic groups in two contrasting ecological settings (upland and lowland) in the Upper Ping River Basin in Northern Thailand. Important gender differences in the use and management of water were identified. Women are major users of wat...
Lebel, L.
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Lebel, P.
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Sriyasak, P.
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Ratanawilailak, S.
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Bastakoti, Ram C.
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Bastakoti, G.B.
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[Gender relations and water management in different eco-cultural contexts in northern Thailand]
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Gender relations and water management in different eco-cultural contexts in northern Thailand
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L) is a major staple food in Burundi; thus increasing its production and marketing has the potential for raising incomes of the farming households. In the country, bean outputs have been declining for decades, yet demand for the crop in East Africa has surged consi...
Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
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Ochieng, J.
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Wozemba, D.
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Ruraduma, C.
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Niyuhire, M.C.
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Ochieng, D.
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[Factors influencing smallholder farmers’ bean production and supply to market in Burundi]
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Factors influencing smallholder farmers’ bean production and supply to market in Burundi
The need for additional information on household demand for meat and fish in Cameroon is addressed. Probit analysis involving the Heckman selectivity correction procedure is used to estimate the effects of individual and household characteristics on demand for beef, chicken, pork and fish. Result...
Tambi, N.E.
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[Analysis of household attitudes toward the purchase of livestock products and fish in Cameroon]
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Analysis of household attitudes toward the purchase of livestock products and fish in Cameroon
East African pastoral adaptation and vulnerability to climate variability and climate change is assessed, using data from decision making processes and ecological data of the Maasai of Ngorongoro Conservation Area as an example. The paper uses integrated modeling, linking PHEWS, a household mode...
Galvin, K.A.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Boone, Randall B.
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Sunderland, J.
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[Climate variability and impacts on East African livestock herders: The Maasai of Ngorongoro conservation area, Tanzania]
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Climate variability and impacts on East African livestock herders: The Maasai of Ngorongoro conservation area, Tanzania
Globally, many populations face structural and environmental barriers to access safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services. Among these populations are many of the 200 million pastoralists whose livelihood patterns and extreme environmental settings challenge conventional WASH programming...
Whitley, L.
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Hutchings, P.
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Cooper, S.
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Parker, A.
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Kebede, A.
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Joseph, S.
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Butterworth, J.
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van Koppen, Barbara
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Mulejaa, A.
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[A framework for targeting water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in pastoralist populations in the Afar Region of Ethiopia]
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A framework for targeting water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in pastoralist populations in the Afar Region of Ethiopia
Motivation: Proper management of fecal sludge has significant positive health and environmental externalities. Most research on managing onsite sanitation so far either simulates the costs of, or the welfare effects from, managing sludge in situ in pit latrines. Thus, designing management strateg...
Balasubramanya, Soumya
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Evans, B.
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Hardy, R.
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Ahmed, R.
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Habib, A.
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Asad, N.S.M.
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Rahman, M.
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Hasan, H.
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Dey, D.
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Fletcher, J.
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Camargo-Valero, M.A.
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[Towards sustainable sanitation management: Establishing the costs and willingness to pay for emptying and transporting sludge in rural districts with high rates of access to latrines]
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Towards sustainable sanitation management: Establishing the costs and willingness to pay for emptying and transporting sludge in rural districts with high rates of access to latrines
In Africa, there have been successes in cassava research in terms of the development of production technologies, particularly
improved varieties with high yield potential. The study addresses the question of whether and to what extent adoption of
improved cassava varieties has led to rural povert...
Feleke, S.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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Alene, A.
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[Assessing the impacts of cassava technology on poverty reduction in Africa]
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Assessing the impacts of cassava technology on poverty reduction in Africa
The rapidly growing population in Uzbekistan has put massive pressure on limited water resources, resulting in frequent water shortages. Irrigation is by far the major water use. Improving irrigation water use through the institutional change of establishing water consumer associations (WCAs) has...
Djumaboev, Kakhramon
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Hamidov, A.
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Anarbekov, Oyture
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Gafurov, Zafar
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Tussupova, K.
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[Impact of institutional change on irrigation management: a case study from southern Uzbekistan]
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Impact of institutional change on irrigation management: a case study from southern Uzbekistan
Based on the premise that smallholders often get excludedas markets become more commercial, this paper draws lessons from the Cassava: Adding Value for Africa (C:AVA) Project by exploring the main issues and challenges facing extension service partners in five African cou...
Adebayo, K.
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Abayomi, L.
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Abass, A.
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Dziedzoave, N.T.
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Forsythe, L.
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Hillocks, R.J.
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Gensi, R.
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Gibson, R.
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Graffham, A.J.
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Ilona, P.
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Kleih, U.K.
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Lamboll, R.I.
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Mahende, G.
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Martin, A.M.
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Onumah, G.E.
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Orr, A.W.
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Posthumus, H.
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Sanni, L.O.
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Sandifolo, V.
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Westby, Andrew
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[Sustainable inclusion of smallholders in the emerging high quality cassava flour value chains in Africa: challenges for agricultural extension services]
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Sustainable inclusion of smallholders in the emerging high quality cassava flour value chains in Africa: challenges for agricultural extension services