Brachiaria species occupy about 300,000 hectares in Asia, the South Pacific, and Australia. In Asia and the South Pacific, they are the most widely grown pasture grasses in the humid and subhumid tropics; in Australia, the area to which they are adapted is relatively small, but within it, Brachia...
Stür, Werner W.
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Hopkinson, J.M.
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Chen, C.P.
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[Regional experience with Brachiaria: Asia, the South Pacific, and Australia]
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Regional experience with Brachiaria: Asia, the South Pacific, and Australia
Boddey, Robert M.
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Thomas, Richard J.
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[Nutrient cycling and environmental impact of Brachiaria pastures]
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Nutrient cycling and environmental impact of Brachiaria pastures
Fliert, E. van de
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Braun, Ann R.
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[Conceptualizing integrative, farmer participatory research for sustainable agriculture: from opportunities to impact: forthcoming in agriculture and human values]
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Conceptualizing integrative, farmer participatory research for sustainable agriculture: from opportunities to impact: forthcoming in agriculture and human values
In the last two decades resilience has emerged as a promising concept that can help societies and more generally social‐ecological systems become less vulnerable to shocks and stressors. As such it has been adopted by a large number of disciplines—from psychology, physics, and ecology to disaster...
Béné, Christophe
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Doyen, Luc
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[From Resistance to Transformation: A Generic Metric of Resilience Through Viability]
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From Resistance to Transformation: A Generic Metric of Resilience Through Viability
Emerton, L.
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[Bringing the economics of land degradation back to the farm level: a conceptual framework for addressing the costs and benefits of sustainable land management]
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Bringing the economics of land degradation back to the farm level: a conceptual framework for addressing the costs and benefits of sustainable land management
This paper describes a study on the sustainability of Community-based Animal Health Worker (CAHW) services in Mwingi District, Kenya. These services began in 1992 and were supported by the District Veterinary Authority (DVA) with assistance from the Integrated Food Security Programme Eastern (I...
Rubyogo, Jean-Claude
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Murithii, PM
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Agumbah, G.J.O.
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Obhai, G
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[Sustainability of a privatized community-based animal health worker system in Mwingi district, Kenya]
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Sustainability of a privatized community-based animal health worker system in Mwingi district, Kenya
Baudron, Frédéric
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Corbeels, Marc
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Monicat, F.
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Giller, Ken E.
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[Cotton expansion and biodiversity loss in African savannahs, opportunities and challenges for conservation agriculture : A review paper based on two case studies]
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Cotton expansion and biodiversity loss in African savannahs, opportunities and challenges for conservation agriculture : A review paper based on two case studies
The thesis of this paper is that the "rational fool" syndrome can be applied to mainstream public sector agricultural research that is conducted in a way that is rational in the short term, but acts against its own long-term viability. Historically, a main concern of such research has been to max...
Ashby, J.A.
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[Integrating research on food and the environment: An exit strategy from the rational fool syndrome in agricultural science]
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Integrating research on food and the environment: An exit strategy from the rational fool syndrome in agricultural science
Castro, Aracely
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Rivera, Mariela
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Ferreira, Oscar
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Amézquita Collazos, Edgar
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Wélchez-Alvarez, Luis
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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[Agroforestry generates multiple ecosystem services on hillsides of Central America]
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Agroforestry generates multiple ecosystem services on hillsides of Central America
Se evaluaron el uso de recursos y la sostenibilidad de tres sistemas agroforestales (bosque secundario-
BS, tala y quema-TQ y sistema conservacionista Quesungual-SAQ). Se utilizaron datos de 15 parcelas
de 200 m² ubicadas entre 14º 05 N y 88º 30 W y transformicidades reportadas en otros estud...
Ferreira Catrileo, OI
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Hurtado, MP
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García, E.
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Bonilla Correa, C.R.
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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[Emergía de tres sistemas agroforestales en el sur del municipio de Lempira, Honduras = Emergy of tree agroforestry system in southern Lempira, Honduras]
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Emergía de tres sistemas agroforestales en el sur del municipio de Lempira, Honduras = Emergy of tree agroforestry system in southern Lempira, Honduras