The var. of Colocasia esculenta var. antiquorum, taro, cocoyam, sweet potato, and yam cultivated in St. Vincent are described in detail, and the availability of land and potential expansion, farm characteristics, cropping systems, internal and external demand, and market systems are indicated. A ...
Se describen en detalle las var. de Colocasia esculenta var. antiquorum, malangay, name, ocumo y batata que se cultivan en San Vicente, y se indican la disponibilidad de tierras y el potencial de expansion, las caracteristicas de las fincas productoras, los sistemas de cultivo, la demanda interna...
The supply and demand of root and tuber crops and their products in Trinidad and Tobago are analyzed; in this country, cassava and Colocasia esculenta var. esculenta are the main root crops grown. Aspects covered are characteristics of cultivated land, cropping systems, yields, socioeconomic prof...
Se analizan la oferta y demanda de cultivos de raices y tuberculos y sus productos en Trinidad y Tobago, donde la yuca y Colocasia esculenta var. esculenta son los principales. Se tratan aspectos sobre caracteristicas de la tierra sembrada, sistemas de cultivo, rendimientos, perfil socioeconomico...
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa covering about 274,000 square kilometers. It is bordered by the Republic of Mali on the north and west; by Cote d’Ivoire on the Southwest; by Ghana, Togo, and Benin on the South; and by Niger on the east. The country has a dry tropi¬cal climate ...
Mbala, S.M.
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Karsenty, A.
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[Forest revenue decentralization and profits redistribution in the Democratic Republic of Congo]
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Forest revenue decentralization and profits redistribution in the Democratic Republic of Congo
To understand the role of forest products in households people need to understand the nature of rural livelihoods and the characteristics of forest products. Rural households typically have a wide livelihood portfolio, encompassing a range of activities. They also generally face low availability ...
Campbell, Bruce M.
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Luckert, M.K.
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[Towards understanding the role of forests in rural livelihoods]
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Towards understanding the role of forests in rural livelihoods
Cuatomary tenure, mingled with state law and occasional private titling, continue predominantly to govern African rural and forest lands. This is in spite of evolutionist theories that predicted its demise and colonial and post-colonial policies that tried actively to accelerate it. The chapter d...
Diaw, C.
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[Modern economic theory and the challenge of embedded tenure institutions: African attempts to reform local forest policies]
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Modern economic theory and the challenge of embedded tenure institutions: African attempts to reform local forest policies
The briefing paper creates an awareness platform focusing on Kenya's rangelands that are undergoing a fundamental transformation in land use from nomadic, transhumant pastoralism to a more sedentary agro-pastoralism. Current conservation policy in Kenya, as evidenced by the new Wildlife Act
(2007...
Norton-Griffiths, M.
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Said, Mohammed Yahya
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[The future for wildlife on Kenya’s rangelands: an economic perspective]
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The future for wildlife on Kenya’s rangelands: an economic perspective
This book is about the impacts of China's reforms on the forestry sector of its economy. This chapter introduces the objective of this book which is to examine the experience of China's forestry sector with respect to the full set of forest and nonforest policy reforms introduced since 1978 and f...
Holmann, Federico J.
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[Evaluación económica de sistemas de producción de leche en el trópico]
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Evaluación económica de sistemas de producción de leche en el trópico
Enters, T.
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[The economics of land degradation and resource conservation in Northern Thailand: challenging the assumptions]
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The economics of land degradation and resource conservation in Northern Thailand: challenging the assumptions