Soaring prices of fossil fuels, geo-political issues and environmental pollution associated with fossil fuel use has led to worldwide interest in the production and use of bio-fuels. Both the developed and developing countries have developed a range of policies to encourage production of combusti...
Reddy, B.V.S.
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Ramesh, S
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Kumar, A.
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Wani, S.P.
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Ortiz, R.
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Sreedevi, TK
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[Bio-fuel crops research for energy security and rural development in developing countries]
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Bio-fuel crops research for energy security and rural development in developing countries
This paper investigates how climate change can affect agricultural production and proposes some adaptation measures that could be undertaken to mitigate the negative effects of climate change while enhancing the positive ones. The paper stresses the importance of planned adaptation measures and h...
Water, energy and labour scarcity, increasing cost of production, diminishing farm profits and uncertain weather events are major challenges faced by the farmers under intensive tillage based conventional rice–wheat (RW) production system of Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) in South Asia. To address th...
Jat, Kumar Raj
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Sapkota, Tek Bahadur
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Singh RG
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Jat, Mangi Lal
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Kumar, M.
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Gupta RK
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[Seven years of conservation agriculture in a rice–wheat rotation of Eastern Gangetic Plains of South Asia: Yield trends and economic profitability]
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Seven years of conservation agriculture in a rice–wheat rotation of Eastern Gangetic Plains of South Asia: Yield trends and economic profitability
Since the early 1990s, a Land Use Planning and Land Allocation (LUP/LA) Programme has been implemented throughout Laos in order to increase land tenure security, to stabilize shifting cultivation, increase forest cover and to avoid the negative impacts of deforestation as to protect the environme...
Bouahom, B.
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Bourgoin, J.
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Lestrelin, Guillaume
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Castella, J.C.
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[Monitoring participatory land use planning for better impact on landscapes and livelihoods: case studies in Nambor, Sobchia and Pakhok villages, Phonxay district, Luang Prabang province]
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Monitoring participatory land use planning for better impact on landscapes and livelihoods: case studies in Nambor, Sobchia and Pakhok villages, Phonxay district, Luang Prabang province
In a time of transition from subsistence to commercial agriculture, small farming households need to be better organized in order to match the market demand in terms of product volume and quality. However, spontaneous initiatives are often discouraged by the lack of proper support in terms of cre...
Castella, J.C.
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Bouahom, B.
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Keophoxay, Anousith
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Douangsavanh, L.
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[Managing the transition from farmers’ groups to agricultural cooperatives in Lao PDR]
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Managing the transition from farmers’ groups to agricultural cooperatives in Lao PDR
Conservation agriculture is a new technique in Northern Lao PDR. This study on the patterns of diffusion and adoption of Conservation Agriculture was conducted in twenty villages of three districts in Xieng khouang province, covering four agro-ecological zones: Pek, northern Kham, Kham basin and ...
Nanthavong, K.
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Keophoxay, Anousith
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Khambanseuang, C.
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Jobard, E.
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Lestrelin, Guillaume
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Castella, J.C.
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[Patterns of diffusion and adoption of Conservation Agriculture: Case studies in Pek, Kham and Nonghet district, Xieng Khouang province, Lao PDR]
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Patterns of diffusion and adoption of Conservation Agriculture: Case studies in Pek, Kham and Nonghet district, Xieng Khouang province, Lao PDR
Swidden agriculture is often deemed responsible for deforestation and forest degradation in tropical regions, yet swidden landscapes are commonly not visible on land cover/use maps, making it difficult to prove this assertion. For a future REDD+ scheme, the correct identification of deforestation...
Hett, C.
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Castella, J.C.
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Heinimann, A.
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Messerli, P.
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Pfund, J.L.
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[A landscape mosaics approach for characterizing swidden systems from a REDD+ perspective]
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A landscape mosaics approach for characterizing swidden systems from a REDD+ perspective
The aim of this study was to explore the interactions that exist among agricultural stakeholders in the southwestern highlands of Uganda as a way of identifying opportunities and gaps for operation of Innovation Platforms (IPs) under the proof of concept of Integrated Agricultural Research for De...
Fungo, B.
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Clark, L.
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Tenywa, M.M.
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Tukahirwa, J.M.B.
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Kamugisha, R.
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Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
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Wanjiku, C.
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Bizoza, A.R.
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Wimba, Benjamin M.M.
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Pali, Pamela N.
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Adewale, A.
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Olowole, F.
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[Networks among agricultural stakeholders in the southwestern highlands of Uganda]
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Networks among agricultural stakeholders in the southwestern highlands of Uganda
The rate of forest cover loss in the humid tropics of Cameroon is one of the highest in Central Africa. The aim of the large-scale, two-year research project described here was to understand the effect of the country's economic crisis and policy change on small-scale agricultural systems and land...
Sunderlin, William D.
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Ndoye, O.
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Bikie, H.
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Laporte, N.
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Mertens, B.
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Pokam, J.
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[Economic crisis, small-scale agriculture, and forest cover change in Southern Cameroon]
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Economic crisis, small-scale agriculture, and forest cover change in Southern Cameroon
Researchers have long argued that improved livestock technologies and intensification will reduce the pressure on Latin America's forests. This article combines economic theory with insights from seven case studies to examine under what conditions technological change will reduce (or increase) fo...
Kaimowitz, D.
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Angelsen, A.
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[Will livestock intensification help save Latin America's tropical forest?]
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Will livestock intensification help save Latin America's tropical forest?