Public extension services play a key role in the implementation of strategies for rural development based on the sustainable management of natural resources. However, the sector suffers from restricted financial and human resources. Using experiences from participatory action research, a strategy...
Pokorny, B.
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Cayres, G.
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Nunes, W.
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[Participatory extension as basis for the work of rural extension services in the Amazon]
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Participatory extension as basis for the work of rural extension services in the Amazon
Assembe-Mvondo, S.
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[Forestry income management and poverty reduction: empirical findings from Kongo, Cameroon]
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Forestry income management and poverty reduction: empirical findings from Kongo, Cameroon
Okonya, J.
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Kroschel, J.
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[Gender differences in access and use of selected productive resources among sweet potato farmers in Uganda.]
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Gender differences in access and use of selected productive resources among sweet potato farmers in Uganda.
Livestock diversity provides genetic alternatives that facilitate sustainable agricultural development. Despite this, animal genetic resources (AnGR) are being depleted at alarming rates. Subsidises available to production systems based on imported breeds are of several orders of magnitude greate...
Drucker, A.G.
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Anderson, S.
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[Economic analysis of animal genetic resources and the use of rural appraisal methods: lessons from Southeast Mexico]
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Economic analysis of animal genetic resources and the use of rural appraisal methods: lessons from Southeast Mexico
Achten, W.M.J.
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Maes, W.H.
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Aerts, R.
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Verchot, Louis V.
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Trabucco, Antonio
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Mathijs, E.
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Singh, V.P.
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Muys, B.
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[Jatropha: from global hype to local opportunity]
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Jatropha: from global hype to local opportunity
The contributions that non-timber forest products (NTFPs) can make to rural livelihoods, and the fact that their use is less ecologically destructive than timber harvesting, have encouraged the belief that more intensive management of forests for such products could contribute to both development...
Arnold, J.E.M.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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[Can non-timber forest products match tropical forest conservation and development objectives?]
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Can non-timber forest products match tropical forest conservation and development objectives?
Bamboo, with a long tradition in China, is one of the emerging sectors in the Chinese economy. It is making an increasingly large contribution to farmers' income and playing an important role in rural industrial development. Bamboo products are also being substituted for wood products, a process ...
Ruiz Perez, M.
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Fu Maoyi
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Yang Xiaosheng
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Belcher, B.
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[Bamboo forestry in China: toward environmentally friendly expansion]
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Bamboo forestry in China: toward environmentally friendly expansion
This study aims to provide fundamental information for introducing activity-oriented tourism to the Mountain Village Development Project through survey on visitors to mountain villages, and to compare with the characteristics of visitors among three different types of villages such as “Mountain E...
Kim, Jong-Ho
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Jeon, Jun-Heon
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Lee, Dukjae
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Kim, Seong-Il
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Kim, Tong-Il
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[Analysis on visitor behaviour and satisfaction about green tourism in rural and mountain villages [Korean]]
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Analysis on visitor behaviour and satisfaction about green tourism in rural and mountain villages [Korean]
Accommodating multiple interests involves integrating across-highly stratified societies. Integral local development is a means of integrating across these interests through locally accountable representative authorities entrusted with public powers. It is integral to the local community because ...
Ribot, J.C.
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[Integral local development: 'accommodating multiple interests' through entrustment and accountable representation]
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Integral local development: 'accommodating multiple interests' through entrustment and accountable representation
The rural reform that has been taking place in Cameroon since 1992 has introduced new operating methods in community agricultural infrastructure and local forest management. There has been a proliferation of rural organizations, grouped under the “groupes d’initiative commune” (GICs), new coopera...
Oyono, P.R.
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Temple, L.
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[Metamorphose des organisations rurales au Cameroun: implications pour la recherche-developpement et la gestion des ressources naturelles]
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Metamorphose des organisations rurales au Cameroun: implications pour la recherche-developpement et la gestion des ressources naturelles