The production of maize is constrained by parasitic weeds, particularly Striga. A study was carried out to document farmers’ knowledge, attitude and practices on Striga control among smallholder farmers across three districts: Kisumu West, Busia and Teso South of Western Kenya. A multistage sampl...
Nambafu, G.N.
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Onwonga, R.N.
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Karuku, G.N.
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Ariga, E.S.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Roing de Nowina, K.
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[Knowledge, attitude and practices used in the control of Striga in maize by smallholder farmers of western Kenya]
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Knowledge, attitude and practices used in the control of Striga in maize by smallholder farmers of western Kenya
United Nations Environment Programme
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[Future Data and Knowledge Needs - Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy People Chapter 25]
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Future Data and Knowledge Needs - Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy People Chapter 25
Between March 1997 and February 1998 three tests of Criteria and Indicators (C&I) for assessing the sustainability of community-managed forests were conducted by the Center for International Forestry Research. The tests, each lasting approximately one month, were sited in humid forest in Central ...
Burford de Oliveira, N.
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[Community participation in developing and applying criteria and indicators of sustainable and equitable forest management]
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Community participation in developing and applying criteria and indicators of sustainable and equitable forest management
As forest scientists widen their field of view and look at problems in a across-sectoral way, and with a sense of history, they start to ask, and aswer, more of the pressing questions. If they adopt an analytical, rather than a descriptive approach, they will make many new discoveries. The new po...
The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) has carried out research to develop Criteria and Indicators for sustainable forest management (C&I) in eight countries since 1994. In the CIFOR framework C&I are organised hierarchically as principles, criteria, indicators, and verifiers. Bas...
Haggith, M.
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Prabhu, R.
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Purnomo, H.
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Rizal, A.
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Taylor, J.
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Yasmi, Y.
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Sukadri, D.
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[CIMAT: a knowledge-based system for developing criteria & indicators for sustainable forest management]
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CIMAT: a knowledge-based system for developing criteria & indicators for sustainable forest management
The use of synthetic pesticides among vegetable producers in urban and peri-urban Cotonou, Benin, has been increasing to the extent that certain insect pests have developed resistance to the pesticides. This paper assesses the impact of the farmer field school approach in an integrated pest manag...
Lund, T.
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Sæthre, M.G.
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Nyborg, I.
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Coulibaly, O.
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Rahman, M.H.
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[Farmer field school-IPM impacts on urban and peri-urban vegetable producers in Cotonou, Benin]
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Farmer field school-IPM impacts on urban and peri-urban vegetable producers in Cotonou, Benin
International nature conservation programs were originally driven by field biologists. As environment has assumed increasing prominence on the international political agenda, the role of biologists has been marginalised. International programs now have ambitious targets set by politicians and asp...
Adekunle, A.
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Fatunbi, A.O.
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Chovwen, A.
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[Growing watermelon commercially in Nigeria: a training manual]
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Growing watermelon commercially in Nigeria: a training manual
Researchers now use ICTs to gather information more effectively from the field. ICTs also give them the possibility to help share knowledge in local communities.