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Journal Article 2012

Autor: Drucker, A.G.

The majority of the planet's food comes from a very small number of crops: only around 30 account for more than 85 per cent of global crop production. Of the about 350,000 plant species known to exist, fewer than 20 per cent are eaten and only some 150 have been domesticated for farming. Furtherm...

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Drucker, A.G. ,  [Making a PAC: payments for agrobiodiversity conservation services] ,  Making a PAC: payments for agrobiodiversity conservation services
Journal Article 2018-11-22

Autor: Wambua, Scolastica Birachi, Eliud Abucheli Gichangi, Ann Kavoi, Justus Njuki, Jemimah Mutua, Mercy Ugen, Michael Adrogu Karanja, David

Background Gender-related constraints reflect gender inequalities in access to resources and development opportunities. Access to productive assets is a major issue in the gender empowerment discourse. Despite the significant roles women play in agriculture and food security in many developing c...

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Wambua, Scolastica ,  Birachi, Eliud Abucheli ,  Gichangi, Ann ,  Kavoi, Justus ,  Njuki, Jemimah ,  Mutua, Mercy ,  Ugen, Michael Adrogu ,  Karanja, David ,  [Influence of productive resources on bean production in male‑ and female‑headed households in selected bean corridors of Kenya] ,  Influence of productive resources on bean production in male‑ and female‑headed households in selected bean corridors of Kenya
Journal Article 2001

Autor: Leneman, J.M. Reid, Robin S.

This paper focuses on the changes affecting the world's pastoral systems in the context of globalization, and considers whether pastoralism will survive modern times. Opportunities for pastoral livelihood improvement are explored.

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/28442

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Leneman, J.M. ,  Reid, Robin S. ,  [Pastoralism beyond the past] ,  Pastoralism beyond the past
Journal Article 1992

Autor: Mbogoh, S.G.

The major concern of this study was to assess the relative efficiency of alternative marketing systems for dairy products. A number of partial efficiency criteria were developed. These partial efficiency criteria formed the basis from which the merit and demerits of the alternative marketing syst...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/28445

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Mbogoh, S.G. ,  [The concept of marketing efficiency, applications and policy implications: A case of dairy marketing in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia] ,  The concept of marketing efficiency, applications and policy implications: A case of dairy marketing in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Journal Article 2006

Autor: Rodríguez, L.C. Pascual, U. Niemeyer, H.M.

Opuntia scrublands are important ecological-economic systems in the Andean area. They perform a major role protecting slopes against erosion, improving the soil properties and providing a variety of products employed in the human diet, and in animal feeding, as well as cochineal insects, a highly...

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Rodríguez, L.C. ,  Pascual, U. ,  Niemeyer, H.M. ,  [Local identification and valuation of ecosystem goods and services from opuntia scrublands of Ayacucho, Peru] ,  Local identification and valuation of ecosystem goods and services from opuntia scrublands of Ayacucho, Peru
Journal Article 2002

Autor: Devendra, C. Chantalakhana, C.

Poverty is a rural dilemma and continues to be a persistent multidimensional problem. It is associated with poor farmers, small farm systems, the landless, resource endowments, the socioeconomic environment and externalities. Over 75% of the poor live and work in rural areas, trapped in a poverty...

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Devendra, C. ,  Chantalakhana, C. ,  [Animals, poor people and food insecurity: Opportunities for improved livelihoods through efficient natural resource management] ,  Animals, poor people and food insecurity: Opportunities for improved livelihoods through efficient natural resource management
Journal Article 1996

Autor: Freeman, H.A. Jabbar, M.A. Ehui, Simeon K. Gebreselassie, N.

In Ethiopia smallholder livestock producers have adopted components of improved dairy technologies but the intensity of adoption remains low. It is hypothesized that credit-related constraints limit the ability of many smallholder farmers to make investments in crossbred cows and/or to purchase c...

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Freeman, H.A. ,  Jabbar, M.A. ,  Ehui, Simeon K. ,  Gebreselassie, N. ,  [The role of credit in the uptake of improved dairy technologies in Ethiopia] ,  The role of credit in the uptake of improved dairy technologies in Ethiopia
Journal Article 2016

Autor: Varua, M.E. Ward, J. Maheshwari, B. Ozac, S. Purohit, R. Hakimuddin Chinnasamy, Pennan

The absence of either state regulations or markets to coordinate the operation of individual wells has focussed attention on community level institutions as the primary loci for sustainable groundwater management in Rajasthan and Gujarat, India. The reported research relied on theoretical proposi...

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Varua, M.E. ,  Ward, J. ,  Maheshwari, B. ,  Ozac, S. ,  Purohit, R. ,  Hakimuddin ,  Chinnasamy, Pennan ,  [Assisting community management of groundwater: irrigator attitudes in two watersheds in Rajasthan and Gujarat, India] ,  Assisting community management of groundwater: irrigator attitudes in two watersheds in Rajasthan and Gujarat, India
Journal Article 1999

Autor: Ruiz Perez, M. Zhong, M. Belcher, B. Xie, C. Fu Maoyi Xie, J.

Bamboos have often been viewed as inferior products, labeled as the "poor man's timber". Development groups have proposed bamboo production as an opportunity for increasing the wealth of the low-income groups. This paper is a study of the household economy of 200 bamboo farmers in eight township ...

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Ruiz Perez, M. ,  Zhong, M. ,  Belcher, B. ,  Xie, C. ,  Fu Maoyi ,  Xie, J. ,  [The role of bamboo plantations in rural development: the case of Anji County, Zhejiang, China] ,  The role of bamboo plantations in rural development: the case of Anji County, Zhejiang, China
Journal Article 2007

Autor: Jumbe, C.B.L. Angelsen, A.

The authors develop an endogenous sample selection model to investigate how forest dependence influences a household's decision to participate in forest co-management program. Using data from Chimaliro and Liwonde forest reserves in Malawi, The authors find that where forests primarily have a gap...

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Jumbe, C.B.L. ,  Angelsen, A. ,  [Forest dependence and participation in CPR management: empirical evidence from forest co-management in Malawi] ,  Forest dependence and participation in CPR management: empirical evidence from forest co-management in Malawi

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