This study in the wake of 1990s fire catastrophes identifies and analyzes underlying causes of vegetation fires in eight locations across Borneo and Sumatra. Multidisciplinary and multiscale analysis integrates geospatial technologies with varied social research approaches and participatory mappi...
Dennis, R.A.
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Mayer, J.
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Applegate, G.
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Chokkalingam, U.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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Kurniawan, I.
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Lachowski, H.
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Maus, P.
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Permana, R.P.
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Ruchiat, Y.
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Stolle, F.
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Suyanto
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Tomich, Thomas P.
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[Fire, people and pixels: linking social science and remote sensing to understand underlying causes and impacts of fires in Indonesia]
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Fire, people and pixels: linking social science and remote sensing to understand underlying causes and impacts of fires in Indonesia
Spatial patterns in socioeconomic data reveal issues and trends that would otherwise be missed by data aggregation to political or other units. Geographic Information System (GIS) tools provide display and analysis capabilities that are underutilized by many social scientists. The present article...
Participatory mapping and GIS are both necessary to model the interactions betwen humans and their environment. A case study from the forest margin in the Congo Basin demonstrates how data from participatory community mapping and other social science methods can be prepared for quantitative model...
Robligio, V.
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Mala, W.A.
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Diaw, C.
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[Mapping landscapes: integrating GIS and social science methods to model human-nature relationships in southern Cameroon]
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Mapping landscapes: integrating GIS and social science methods to model human-nature relationships in southern Cameroon
Irrigation for smallholder farming systems is an important approach for sustainable intensification and increased productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa, provided investments in irrigation are properly targeted and accompanied by complementary improvements. Many GIS-based tools have been developed to...
Katic, Pamela G.
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Morris, J.
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[Targeting investments in small-scale groundwater irrigation using Bayesian networks for a data-scarce river basin in Sub-Saharan Africa]
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Targeting investments in small-scale groundwater irrigation using Bayesian networks for a data-scarce river basin in Sub-Saharan Africa
The agricultural sector in Nigeria provides a socio-economic resource base for exiting pervasive poverty, and transforming the economy. However, with the challenges posed by climate change through variability in rainfall, the agricultural livelihoods and poverty status of the population could be ...
Olayide, O.E.
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Alabi, T.
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[Between rainfall and food poverty: assessing vulnerability to climate change in an agricultural economy]
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Between rainfall and food poverty: assessing vulnerability to climate change in an agricultural economy
GIS-derived measures of location and space have increasingly been used in models of land use and ecology. However, they have made few inroads into the literature on technology adoption in developing countries, which continues to rely mainly on survey-derived information. Location, with all its di...
Staal, Steven J.
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Baltenweck, Isabelle
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Waithaka, M.M.
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Wolff, T. de
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Njoroge, L.
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[Location and uptake: integrated household and GIS analysis of technology adoption and land use, with application to smallholder dairy farms in Kenya]
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Location and uptake: integrated household and GIS analysis of technology adoption and land use, with application to smallholder dairy farms in Kenya
We describe the development of an open-source mapping and query utility. The impetus for its development came originally from the need to be able to locate, spatially, target populations of resource-poor livestock keepers in the developing world, and to identify livestock management interventions...
Quirós, Carlos
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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González Estrada, E.
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[GOBLET: an open-source geographic overlaying database and query module for spatial targeting in agricultural systems]
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GOBLET: an open-source geographic overlaying database and query module for spatial targeting in agricultural systems
OBJETIVO: Identificar zonas geográficas de América Latina y el Caribe para la biofortificación de cultivos básicos como frijol, maíz, arroz, yuca y batata, contribuyendo así a reducir las deficiencias nutricionales en la Región.
MÉTODO: Se generó un sistema de información geográfica (SIG) que in...
Monserrate Rojas, FA
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Pachón, Helena
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Hyman, Glenn
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Vesga Varela, AL
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[Metodología para seleccionar zonas de intervención con cultivos biofortificados = Methodology for selecting areas for biofortified crop intervention]
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Metodología para seleccionar zonas de intervención con cultivos biofortificados = Methodology for selecting areas for biofortified crop intervention
Germplasm of the calabash tree (Crescentia cujete L.) was collected in five major regions of Colombia, i.e. the Andes, Caribbean, Amazon, Orinoco, and Pacific regions. Collecting this multipurpose tree was guided by the indigenous knowledge of farmers and artisans in each region. Large variation ...
Arango Ulloa, AJ
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Bohórquez Cháux, Adriana
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Duque E., Myriam Cristina
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Maass, Brigitte L.
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[Diversity of the calabash tree (Crescentia cujete L.) in Colombia]
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Diversity of the calabash tree (Crescentia cujete L.) in Colombia
The purpose of this paper is to describe how Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can be used to assist reviews to suggest complex information simply, via a spatial depiction. Fasciolosis risk maps are a convenient tool for developing targeted and cost-effective interventions with disease control...
Asrat, M.
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Peden, Donald G.
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Jobre, Y.
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Abebe, G.
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Gideyelew, T.
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[Evaluation of the spatial distribution of Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica using geographical information system (GIS) in the Nile River Basin, Ethiopia]
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Evaluation of the spatial distribution of Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica using geographical information system (GIS) in the Nile River Basin, Ethiopia