Non-adoption of soil conservation practices by farmers in low-income countries is a major obstacle to reversing soil degradation. Farmer participation in designing these practices is required to improve adoption. This study tested participatory methods which dramatically increased adoption among ...
Ashby, J.A.
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Beltrán Giraldo, Jorge Alonso
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Guerrero, MP
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Ramos P, HF
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[Improving the acceptability to farmers of soil conservation practices]
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Improving the acceptability to farmers of soil conservation practices
The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), in collaboration with our national research partners, has been working in Africa for the last 30 years. Our cutting-edge science helps policy makers, private sector, scientists, civil society, and farmers respond to the most pressing chall...
Eastern and Central Africa Bean Research Network
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[ISFWM-ECABREN SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT April 2011- February 2012(I)]
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ISFWM-ECABREN SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT April 2011- February 2012(I)
The Tropical Legumes II (TL II) project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, aims to improve the lives and livelihoods of smallholder farmers in the drought-prone areas of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and South Asia (SA) through improved productivity and production of six major tropical le...
Abate, Tsedeke
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[Four Seasons of Learning and Engaging Smallholder Farmers: Progress of Phase 1.]
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Four Seasons of Learning and Engaging Smallholder Farmers: Progress of Phase 1.
The karst dolomite aquifers of the North West Province in South Africa are among the most important in the nation. They serve as key water sources for municipal water supply and irrigation, and are also ecologically important in supplying springs that feed important rivers. Over-abstraction and c...
Cobbing, J.
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[The North West dolomite aquifers, South Africa: a stalled opportunity for water security and development]
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The North West dolomite aquifers, South Africa: a stalled opportunity for water security and development
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
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[Answers to questions most frequently asked about IITA]
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Answers to questions most frequently asked about IITA
En el marco de un proyecto denominado “Planes de Inversión en Agricultura Sostenible Adaptada al Clima” implementado por CEDECO, HIVOS, Bioversity Internacional, el Centro Mundial de Agroforestería (ICRAF) y la Universidad de Vermont, Bioversity International llevó a cabo un estudio sobre el marc...
Bedmar Villanueva, A.
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López Noriega, I.
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Bucardo, E.
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Zonneveld, M. van
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[Caficultura y cambio climático en Nicaragua: Refexiones sobre el papel de las políticas públicas y las cooperativas]
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Caficultura y cambio climático en Nicaragua: Refexiones sobre el papel de las políticas públicas y las cooperativas
As farming in Ethiopia is heavily dependent on animal traction, technologies that are based on this power source were envisaged to be appropriate for better management of Vertisols. Hence, the Joint Vertisol Project (JVP) began research on improved Vertisol technology that included 1) the use of ...
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
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[Development of strategies to promote farmer utilisation of herbaceous legumes for natural resource management: Final Report]
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Development of strategies to promote farmer utilisation of herbaceous legumes for natural resource management: Final Report