Groundwater provides nearly 100 % of the water supplies in some districts of Sri Lanka and is a major source of domestic water in all other districts. However, the resource remains largely neglected and invisible to society and policymakers. Groundwater offers the advantage of being a more reliab...
Aheeyar, Mohamed M.M.
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Manthrithilake, Herath
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Pathmarajah, S.
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Makin, Ian W.
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[Groundwater development through sprinkler irrigation: consequences of a lack of a governance structure in Kalpitiya, Sri Lanka]
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Groundwater development through sprinkler irrigation: consequences of a lack of a governance structure in Kalpitiya, Sri Lanka
Mude, Andrew G.
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[The role of mobile technologies in promoting sustainable delivery of livestock insurance in the East African Drylands: Toward sustainable Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) for pastoralists]
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The role of mobile technologies in promoting sustainable delivery of livestock insurance in the East African Drylands: Toward sustainable Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) for pastoralists
Describes the dif. phases in the ILCA research framework, w. regard to Livestock Systems Research (LSR), particularly the descriptive, diagnostic, design, testing & extension phases, using examples of field research on pastoral & agropastoral systems in the arid & semi arid zones of Mali, Ethiopi...
Leeuw, P.N. de
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Nyambaka, R.
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[The prediction of rangeland production from rainfall data in arid and semi-arid eastern Africa]
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The prediction of rangeland production from rainfall data in arid and semi-arid eastern Africa
Agriculture in the dry savannas is intensifying in response to increasing populations of humans and livestock. As a result, increased productivity demands are placed upon integrated crop-livestock systems and more emphasis is on the roles of legumes such as cowpea. Cowpea has the potential to fun...
Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Singh, B.B.
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Gupta, S.C.
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Tabo, Ramadjita
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Harris, F.
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Nokoe, S.
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Fernández Rivera, S.
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Bationo, B. André
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Makinde, K.
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Odion, E.C.
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[Cowpea as a key factor for a new approach to integrated crop-livestock systems research in the dry savannas of West Africa]
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Cowpea as a key factor for a new approach to integrated crop-livestock systems research in the dry savannas of West Africa
The potential impact and return to investment from introducing improved dualpurpose cowpea for food and fodder in northern Nigeria was investigated using a combination of farmers' workshops and village and household level surveys. Out of the 462 households surveyed, 41 % were adopters, 9% had bee...
Okike, I.
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Singh, B.B.
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Kruska, R.L.
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Mounyong, V.M.
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[Potential adoption and diffusion of improved dual-purpose cowpea in the dry savannas of Nigeria: an evaluation using a combination of participatory and structured approaches]
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Potential adoption and diffusion of improved dual-purpose cowpea in the dry savannas of Nigeria: an evaluation using a combination of participatory and structured approaches
Agricultural practices are changing at an unprecedented rate in small pockets of the dry zone of Sri Lanka. Commercial vegetable production is flourishing underwritten by groundwater accessed via agro-wells, increased market access and new business opportunities. Since the early 1990s, small-hold...
Silva, Sanjiv de
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Curnow, J.
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Ariyaratne, Badugodahewa Ranjith
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[Resilience and prosperity through agro-well driven cultivation in the north central province, Sri Lanka: a case study on its evolution, structure and impacts]
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Resilience and prosperity through agro-well driven cultivation in the north central province, Sri Lanka: a case study on its evolution, structure and impacts
Cuevas Pérez, Federico E.
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Guimaraes, Elcio Perpétuo
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Martínez Racines, César Pompilio
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[Status of rice improvement in Latin America and the Caribbean]
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Status of rice improvement in Latin America and the Caribbean
Looks into the nature of African rangelands, cattle & small stock production/productivity, nutrition limitations to production, improvement of rangeland and conservation of arid range land; presents data on estimated yield of cows in ILCA pastoral programmes, production characteristics of sheep a...
Butterworth, M.H.
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Lambourne, L.J.
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[Productivity improvement and resource conservation in the use of African rangelands]
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Productivity improvement and resource conservation in the use of African rangelands
In studies of 25 rangeland sites selected along the S.-N. bioclimatic gradient and on the main soil types in the Gourma (Sahel, Mali), herbage cover, standing mass and botanical composition were measured in relation to seasonality of grazing and grazing intensity. When different sites were compar...
Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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[Spatial heterogeneity in Sahelian rangelands and resilience to drought and grazing]
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Spatial heterogeneity in Sahelian rangelands and resilience to drought and grazing