What gets measured gets done! This saying implies that without quantifying what needs to be done, doing it may not be possible. This term is relevant to how African countries will implement the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, particularly in tracking progress on ...
Nhamo, G.
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Nhamo, S.
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Nhemachena, Charles
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[What gets measured gets done!: towards an afro-barometer for tracking progress in achieving sustainable development goal 5]
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What gets measured gets done!: towards an afro-barometer for tracking progress in achieving sustainable development goal 5
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.
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Clement, Floriane
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[Power as agency: a critical reflection on the measurement of women’s empowerment in the development sector]
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Power as agency: a critical reflection on the measurement of women’s empowerment in the development sector
In this paper, the authors assess the extent to which the inclusion of learning cycles in community development projects can contribute to local people’s increased capacity to initiate action. A case study approach was used to test the hypothesis that: Participatory environment and development pr...
Hiyama, C.
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Keen, M.
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[Analysis of learning cycles in participatory environment and development projects: lessons from Nepal]
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Analysis of learning cycles in participatory environment and development projects: lessons from Nepal
The livelihoods of mountain farmers are often constrained by poor access to markets and limited entrepreneurial skills for adding value to produce. Research and development organizations have now recognized that improving market access and enhancing the ability of resource-poor mountain farmers t...
Sanginga, Pascal C.
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Best, R.
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Chitsike, C.
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Delve, Robert J.
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Kaaria, Susan K.
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Kirkby, Roger A.
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[Linking smallholder farmers to markets in East Africa : Empowering mountain communities to identify market opportunities and develop rural agroenterprises]
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Linking smallholder farmers to markets in East Africa : Empowering mountain communities to identify market opportunities and develop rural agroenterprises
Sustainable development of pastoral and agro-pastoral systems, dominated by collective and/or tribal ownership of rangelands, is a key issue for the West Asia and North Africa region. These two systems are located in arid and semi-arid areas and are increasingly threatened by desertification proc...
Nefzaoui A
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Elmourid M
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Louhaichi, Mounir
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[The Tribe - Platform of participatory local development and management of communal rangeland resources]
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The Tribe - Platform of participatory local development and management of communal rangeland resources
There are many reasons behind the worsening groundwater situation that have led to a scarcity of quality water supply for sustaining lives and livelihoods in India, as well as in other parts of the world. The lack of a proper scientific understanding of this situation by the various stakeholders ...
Jadeja, Y.
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Maheshwari, B.
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Packham, R.
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Hakimuddin
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Purohit, R.
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Thaker, B.
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Goradiya, V.
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Oza, S.
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Dave, S.
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Soni, P.
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Dashora, Y.
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Dashora, R.
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Shah, Tushaar
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Gorsiya, J.
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Katara, P.
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Ward, J.
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Kookana, R.
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Dillon, P.J.
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Prathapar, Sanmugam A.
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Chinnasamy, Pennan
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Varua, M.
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[Participatory groundwater management at village level in India – empowering communities with science for effective decision making]
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Participatory groundwater management at village level in India – empowering communities with science for effective decision making
Understand how dietary diversity is impacted by intra-household decision making processes related to income, nutrition information and time allocation (with primary focus on principle men and women in the household). In particular, we will examine how nutrition information, income, and time alloc...
Twyman, Jennifer
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Useche, Pilar
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González, Carolina
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Talsma, Elise F.
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Lopera, Diana Carolina
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[His and Hers, time and income: How intra-household dynamics impact nutrition in agricultural households]
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His and Hers, time and income: How intra-household dynamics impact nutrition in agricultural households
United Nations Environment Programme
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UN Women
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United Nations Development Programme
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[Promoting Gender-responsive Approaches to Natural Resource Management for Peace - Joint project in North Kordofan, Sudan: Interim Progress Report at October 2017]
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Promoting Gender-responsive Approaches to Natural Resource Management for Peace - Joint project in North Kordofan, Sudan: Interim Progress Report at October 2017
Galiè, Alessandra
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Heckert, J.
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Myers, E.C.
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Njiru, N.
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Kakota, T.
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Alonso, Silvia
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[Understanding empowerment among retailers in the informal milk sector in peri-urban Nairobi: Informing an adaptation of the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index]
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Understanding empowerment among retailers in the informal milk sector in peri-urban Nairobi: Informing an adaptation of the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index
Global Water Partnership
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International Land Coalition
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International Water Management Institute
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[Proceedings of the Joint GWP-ILC-IWMI Workshop on Responding to the Global Food Security Challenge Through Coordinated Land and Water Governance, Pretoria, South Africa, 15-16 June 2015]
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Proceedings of the Joint GWP-ILC-IWMI Workshop on Responding to the Global Food Security Challenge Through Coordinated Land and Water Governance, Pretoria, South Africa, 15-16 June 2015