Ecoregional research has the potential to help address some of the huge challenges facing agriculture in developing countries by developing technologies that work under different agro-ecological conditions, and the processes by which these technologies can be adapted to work in other areas with s...
Douthwaite, Boru
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Baker, Derek
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Weise, S.F.
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Gockowski, J.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Keatinge, J.D.H.
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[Ecoregional research in Africa : Learning lessons from IITA´s benchmark area approach]
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Ecoregional research in Africa : Learning lessons from IITA´s benchmark area approach
The Community Based Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (CB-PME) tool empowers poor local farming communities to improve their livelihoods. While this process is people centred, it draws on local people’s capacities, while giving the end users of a technology a voice. The experience of the Ka...
Pali, Pamela N.
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Nalukwago, G
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Kaaria, Susan K.
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Sanginga, Pascal C.
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Kankwatsa, P
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[Empowering communities through participatory monitoring and evaluation in Tororo district]
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Empowering communities through participatory monitoring and evaluation in Tororo district
Although there has been increasing interest in trying to link the livelihoods of people living near natural resources, there has been little attempt to systematically assess or measure this linkage. A conceptual framework for defining the linkage between livelihood activities and conservation is ...
Salafsky, N.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[Linking livelihoods and conservation: a conceptual framework and scale for assessing the integration of human needs and biodiversity]
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Linking livelihoods and conservation: a conceptual framework and scale for assessing the integration of human needs and biodiversity
A qualitative evaluation of a ‘sangre de grado’ tree population along the Aguaytia watershed determined its abundance and latex production potential. Also, the flora species composition of the 9 year-old secondary forests was outlined. By collecting botanic samples, the species Croton draconoides...
Atanacio Venturo, N.
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Domínguez Torrejon, G.
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[Evaluacion preliminar de la produccion de latex de Croton draconoides M. Arg. en bosques secundarios de la provincia de Padre Abad-Ucayali]
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Evaluacion preliminar de la produccion de latex de Croton draconoides M. Arg. en bosques secundarios de la provincia de Padre Abad-Ucayali
The ‘Bali Road Map’ of UNFCCC COP-13 calls for sharing lessons learned from demonstration activities that aim to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation and enhance forest carbon stocks (now known as ‘REDD+’). To develop a feasible yet rigorous strategy for learning from these REDD+ p...
Caplow, S.
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Jagger, P.
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Lawlor, K.
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Sills, E.
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[Evaluating land use and livelihood impacts of early forest carbon projects: lessons for learning about REDD+]
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Evaluating land use and livelihood impacts of early forest carbon projects: lessons for learning about REDD+
The 2013 Lancet Maternal and Child Nutrition series identified evaluations of nutrition-sensitive agricultural interventions as a research priority. The Mama SASHA study in Western Kenya links delivery of vitamin A (VA) rich orange-flesh sweet potato (OFSP) to antenatal care to improve VA and nut...
Girard, Amy W.
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Grant, F.
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Okuku, H.S.
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Akelo, V.
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Wanjala, R.
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Levin, C.
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Cole, D.
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Low, J.W.
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[Evaluating the effectiveness of a nutrition-sensitive agriculture intervention in Western Kenya: design of the Mama SASHA cohort study of vitamin A.]
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Evaluating the effectiveness of a nutrition-sensitive agriculture intervention in Western Kenya: design of the Mama SASHA cohort study of vitamin A.
Tropical forest people often suffer from the same processes that threaten biodiversity. An improved knowledge of what is important to local people could improve decision making. This article examines the usefulness of explicitly asking what is important to local people. Our examples draw on biodi...
Sheil, Douglas
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Puri, R.K.
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Wan, M.
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Basuki, I.
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Heist, M. van
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Liswanti, N.
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Rukmiyati
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Rachmatika, I.
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Samsoedin, I.
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[Recognizing local people’s priorities for tropical forest biodiversity]
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Recognizing local people’s priorities for tropical forest biodiversity
In sub-Saharan Africa, more than 40% of children under five years of age suffer from vitamin A deficiency. Among several interventions in place to address vitamin A deficiency is biofortification, breeding vitamin A into key staple crops. Staple crops biofortified with beta-carotene, the precurso...
Low, J.W.
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Ball, A.
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Magezi, S.
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Njoku, J.
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Tomlins, Keith I.
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Dove, R.
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Mourik, T. V.
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Andrade, M.I.
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Mwanga, R.O.M.
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[Sweet potato development and delivery in sub-saharan Africa]
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Sweet potato development and delivery in sub-saharan Africa
Niringiye, C.S.
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Ssemakula, G.N.
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Namakula, J.
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Kigozi, C.B.
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Alajo, A.
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Mpembe, I.
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Mwanga, R.O.M.
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[Evaluation of promising sweet potato clones in selected agro ecological zones of Uganda.]
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Evaluation of promising sweet potato clones in selected agro ecological zones of Uganda.
Outlines a re-evaluation and a re-calculation of recently published hypothesis concerning the potential impact of alley farming on maize yields. Gives modifications and analysis based on the alley farming research of the International Livestock Center for Africa's (ILCA) Humid Zone Programme in N...
Sumberg, J.E.
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Atta-Krah, A.N.
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[The potential of alley farming in humid West Africa - a re-evaluation]
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The potential of alley farming in humid West Africa - a re-evaluation