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Posada Torres, Rafael[Utilización de variedades mejoradas de arroz por el pequeño agricultor: factores que afectan la toma de decisiones]Utilización de variedades mejoradas de arroz por el pequeño agricultor: factores que afectan la toma de decisiones

Hydropower development in the Lower Mekong Basin is occurring at a rapid pace. With partial funding from international financial institutions has come pressure on the riparian governments to ensure that the potential environmental and social impacts of hydropower projects are properly considered....


Campbell, LaurenSuhardiman, DianaGiordano, MarkMcCornick, Peter G.[Environmental impact assessment: theory, practice and implications for Mekong hydropower debate]Environmental impact assessment: theory, practice and implications for Mekong hydropower debate
Autor: Ashby, J.A.

Although farmer participation is an important concept in farming systems programs, farmer participation is typically restricted to the management of on-farm trials and little information exists on alternative approaches. This paper evaluates three approaches to farmer participation differentiated...


Ashby, J.A.[Methodology for the participation of small farmers in the design of on-farm trials]Methodology for the participation of small farmers in the design of on-farm trials

Groundwater development across much of sub-Saharan Africa is constrained by a lack of knowledge on the suitability of aquifers for borehole construction. The main objective of this study was to map groundwater potential at the country-scale for Ghana to identify locations for developing new suppl...


Gumma, Murali K.Pavelic, Paul[Mapping of groundwater potential zones across Ghana using remote sensing, geographic information systems, and spatial modeling.]Mapping of groundwater potential zones across Ghana using remote sensing, geographic information systems, and spatial modeling.

Contemporary water management decisions use many sources and forms of data. The paper discusses the implementation results of data management activities in the water sector carried out in five countries of the Central Asia region. Geoinformation systems, remote sensing tools and databases have be...


Abdullaev, IskandarRakhmatullaev, S.Platonov, AlexanderSorokin, D.[Improving water governance in Central Asia through application of data management tools.]Improving water governance in Central Asia through application of data management tools.
Sempore, AWAndrieu, NadineNacro, HBSedogo, MPLe Gal, PY[Relevancy and role of whole-farm models in supporting smallholder farmers in planning their agricultural season]Relevancy and role of whole-farm models in supporting smallholder farmers in planning their agricultural season

Globally, 38% of the land area is agricultural land, of which 45% are located on drylands, mainly in Africa and Asia, constituting the basis for about 60% of the world’s food production. Of all farms worldwide, 83% are smallholder farm systems, whose livelihoods depend on effective land managemen...


Michalscheck, MirjaGroot, Jeroen C.J.Fischer, GundulaTittonell, Pablo A.[Land use decisions: By whom and to whose benefit? A serious game to uncover dynamics in farm land allocation at household level in northern Ghana]Land use decisions: By whom and to whose benefit? A serious game to uncover dynamics in farm land allocation at household level in northern Ghana

This paper investigates the spatial dimension of power relations and the shaping of local alliances through a hydropower development project in Nepal. It provides a grass-roots illustration on the role of space in shaping and reshaping power relations, and how it manifests in the formation of loc...


Suhardiman, DianaKarki, Emma[Spatial politics and local alliances shaping Nepal hydropower]Spatial politics and local alliances shaping Nepal hydropower

Animal disease outbreaks pose significant threats to livestock sectors throughout the world, both from the standpoint of the economic impacts of the disease itself and the measures taken to mitigate the risk of disease introduction. These impacts are multidimensional and not always well understoo...


Rich, Karl M.Perry, Brian D.[The economic and poverty impacts of animal diseases in developing countries: new roles, new demands for economics and epidemiology]The economic and poverty impacts of animal diseases in developing countries: new roles, new demands for economics and epidemiology

Despite extensive literature on the complex nature of empowerment, current efforts to measure women’s empowerment in the agricultural development sector are largely limited to assessing visible forms of agency. We take a critical look at current efforts to measure women’s empowerment at the indiv...


O'Hara, C.Clement, Floriane[Power as agency: a critical reflection on the measurement of women’s empowerment in the development sector]Power as agency: a critical reflection on the measurement of women’s empowerment in the development sector

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