This articlepresents a number of policy recommendations to improve the sustainability of wildlife-based resources use in tropical forests, including by strengthening national ownership of this issue in a way that provides long-term local and national benefits. It also argues in favour of stronger...
Christophersen, T.
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Nasi, Robert
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[Conservation and sustainable use of wildlife -based resources through the framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD): The Bushmeat Crisis]
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Conservation and sustainable use of wildlife -based resources through the framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD): The Bushmeat Crisis
Mycotoxins are major food contaminants affecting global food security, especially in low and middle-income countries. The European Union (EU) funded project, MycoKey, focuses on “Integrated and innovative key actions for mycotoxin management in the food and feed chains” and the right to safe food...
Logrieco, A.F.
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Miller, J.D.
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Eskola, M.
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Krska, R.
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Ayalew, A.
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Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
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Battilani, P.
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Bhatnagar, D.
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Chulze, S.
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Saeger, S. de
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Li, P.
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Perrone, G.
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Poapolathep, A.
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Rahayu, E.S.
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Shephard, G.S.
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Stepman, F.
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Zhang, H.
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Leslie, John F.
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[The mycotox charter: increasing awareness of, and concerted action for, minimizing mycotoxin exposure worldwide]
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The mycotox charter: increasing awareness of, and concerted action for, minimizing mycotoxin exposure worldwide
Preservation of biodiversity and reduction of deforestation are considered as key elements when addressing an increased use of bioenergy in the future. This paper presents different combinations of scenarios for global feedstock supply for the production of bioenergy under specified social and en...
Kraxner, Florian
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Nordstrom, E.M.
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Havlík, Petr
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Gusti, M.
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Mosnier, Aline
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Frank, S.
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Valin, Hugo
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Fritz, Steffen
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Fuss, S.
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Kindermann, Georg
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McCallum, Ian
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Khabarov, N.
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Böttcher, Hannes
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See, Linda
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Aoki, K.
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Schmid, Erwin
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Mathe, L.
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Obersteiner, Michael
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[Global bioenergy scenarios - future forest development, land-use implications, and trade-offs]
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Global bioenergy scenarios - future forest development, land-use implications, and trade-offs
A historical review of bean imports in Colombia as of 1984 is presented as well as an analysis of the conditions that lead to their occurrence. The effect of foreign bean trade on national production, mainly carried out by small farmers, and on domestic prices is also analyzed, emphasizing price ...
Luna González, Carlos Adolfo
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Janssen, W.
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[El comercio internacional y la produccion de frijol en Colombia]
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El comercio internacional y la produccion de frijol en Colombia
In this paper, the hypothesis that performance of trading firms depends on their assets (physical, financial, human capital and social capital) and trading practices is tested with data from a sample of 131 live animal traders in 38 rural Ethiopian highland markets. Most traders used own capital ...
Jabbar, M.A.
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Benin, S.E.
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Gabre-Madhin, E.Z.
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Paulos, Z.
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[Market institutions and transaction costs influencing trader performance in live animal marketing in rural Ethiopian markets]
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Market institutions and transaction costs influencing trader performance in live animal marketing in rural Ethiopian markets
Describes the situation in sub-Saharan Africa's livestock industries over the last two decades, reviewing the most important trends in Africa's livestock industries, with particular reference to meat & milk output from ruminant livestock, & the external trade in these commodities; & considering t...
Describes the characteristics of dairy production and processing in South Darfur and provides an analysis of the way in which pastoral families vary their diets according to seasonal food shortages and shifting terms of trade between milk and food grains.
Describes the situation in sub-Saharan Africa's livestock industries over the last two decades, reviewing the most important trends in Africa's livestock industries, with particular reference to meat & milk output from ruminant livestock, & the external trade in these commodities; & considering t...
This article addresses the question, to what extent and under which conditions nontimber forest product (NTFP) trade leads to both livelihood improvement and forest conservation. We based the analysis on a standardized expert-judgment assessment of the livelihood and environmental outcomes of 55 ...
Kusters, K.
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Achdiawan, R.
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Belcher, B.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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[Balancing development and conservation?: an assessment of livelihood and environmental outcomes of nontimber forest product trade in Asia, Africa, and Latin America]
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Balancing development and conservation?: an assessment of livelihood and environmental outcomes of nontimber forest product trade in Asia, Africa, and Latin America
Shackleton, S.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Lotz-Sisitka, H.
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Shackleton, Charlie M.
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[Links between the local trade in natural products, livelihoods and poverty alleviation in a semi-arid region of South Africa]
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Links between the local trade in natural products, livelihoods and poverty alleviation in a semi-arid region of South Africa