Three case studies show that natural resource management (NRM) research aimed at sustainably improving the well-being of African small-holder farmers is complex, and that monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is an essential tool in coping with this complexity, supported by an ‘innovation systems’ view...
Douthwaite, Boru
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Delve, Robert J.
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Ekboir, Javier M.
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Twomlow, Stephen
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[Contending with complexity: The role of evaluation in implementing sustainable natural resource management]
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Contending with complexity: The role of evaluation in implementing sustainable natural resource management
Agricultural research and development organizations are increasingly under pressure to shift from enhancing productivity of food crops to improving profitability and competitiveness of small-scale farming, and linking smallholder farmers to more profitable markets. What is not obvious however, is...
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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[Enabling rural innovation in Africa : An approach for integrating farmer participatory research and market orientation for building the assets of rural poor]
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Enabling rural innovation in Africa : An approach for integrating farmer participatory research and market orientation for building the assets of rural poor
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
Ribot, J.C.
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Agrawal, A.
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Larson, A.M.
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[Recentralizing while decentralizing: How national governments reappropriate forest resources]
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Recentralizing while decentralizing: How national governments reappropriate forest resources
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
Danau Sentarum was declared a conservation area by the government in 1981, was established as a Ramsar wetland conservation area in 1984 and became a 132,000 ha national park with a 65,000 ha buffer zone in 1999. But being named a wetland of international importance and having national park statu...
Heri, V.
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Yuliani, L.
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Indriatmoko, Y.
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[Interacting threats and challenges in protecting danau sentarum]
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Interacting threats and challenges in protecting danau sentarum
This special section of Volume 41 of the Borneo Research Bulletin has been compiled in honor of Dr. Reed Lee Wadley, an anthropologist who conducted research for two decades in the Danau Sentarum area before dying prematurely in June 2008. We have assembled more recent research in the area, at th...
In the past decade, Indonesia's protected areas have been threatened not only by illegal logging and mining, poaching, and other illegal activities, but also by the increasing population of the local communities. Many of these local communities depend on the natural resources of the protected are...
Yuliani, L.
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Indriatmoko, Y.
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Salim, A.
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Farid, I.Z.
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Muhajir, M.
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Prasetyo, L.B.
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Heri, V.
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[Biofuel policies and their impact on local people and biodiversity: a case study from Danau Sentarum]
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Biofuel policies and their impact on local people and biodiversity: a case study from Danau Sentarum
Wadley, R.L.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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Dennis, R.A.
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Aglionby, J.
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[Paper parks and the social life of conservation: lessons from Danau Sentarum]
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Paper parks and the social life of conservation: lessons from Danau Sentarum