This paper examines Cameroon’s model of forest-management decentralisation by characterising its organisational infrastructure and by assessing – and anticipating – the ecological effects of those policy changes. The essay is based on nvironmental governance research conducted in Cameroon during ...
Oyono, P.R.
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[The social and organisational roots of ecological uncertainties in Cameroon’s forest management decentralisation model]
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The social and organisational roots of ecological uncertainties in Cameroon’s forest management decentralisation model
This paper presents a case study of decentralized forest management in lowland Bolivia. Bolivia has undertaken important policy reforms since the mid-1990s aimed at institutionalizing popular participation and promoting democratic decentralization. In the forestry sector, municipal governments ha...
Pacheco, P.
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[What lies behind decentralisation?: forest, powers and actors in lowland Bolivia]
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What lies behind decentralisation?: forest, powers and actors in lowland Bolivia
Participatory approaches to development in general and natural resource management in particular are now a widely accepted management strategy. Multi-agent system (MAS), a computer-based tool, offers a promising approach for multi-stakeholder management systems such as the case involving communit...
Purnomo, H.
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Mendoza, G.A.
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Prabhu, R.
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Yasmi, Y.
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[Developing multi-stakeholder forest management scenarios: a multi-agent system simulation approach applied in Indonesia]
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Developing multi-stakeholder forest management scenarios: a multi-agent system simulation approach applied in Indonesia
The forest resources in Ethiopia have suffered decades of mismanagement due mainly to loosely defined property relations over these resources. As one of the solutions, Participatory Forest Management (PFM) scheme was introduced during the early 1990s by some NGOs. Nearly two decades of experience...
Gobeze, T.
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Bekele, M.
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Lemenih, H.
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Kassa, H.
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[Participatory forest management and its impacts on livelihoods and forest status: the case of Bonga forest in Ethiopia]
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Participatory forest management and its impacts on livelihoods and forest status: the case of Bonga forest in Ethiopia
Strong gradients of decreasing soil fertility are found with increasing distance from the homestead within smallholder African farms, due to differential resource allocation. As nutrient use efficiency varies strongly along these gradients, such heterogeneity must be considered when designing soi...
Tittonell, Pablo A.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Leffelaar, P.A.
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Shepherd, Keith D.
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Giller, Ken E.
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[Exploring diversity in soil fertility management of smallholder farms in western Kenya. II. Within-farm variability in resource allocation, nutrient flows and soil fertility status]
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Exploring diversity in soil fertility management of smallholder farms in western Kenya. II. Within-farm variability in resource allocation, nutrient flows and soil fertility status
The household head characteristics of smallholder cassava farmers supplying raw materials to the major commercial starch processors in Nigeria were examined alongside their market participation categories. A multi-stage random sampling technique was used to select 96 farmers working in clusters i...
Ojiako, I.A.
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Tarawali, G.
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Okechukwu, R.U.
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Chianu, J.N.
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[Household characteristics and market participation competence of smallholder farmers supplying cassava to starch processors in Nigeria]
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Household characteristics and market participation competence of smallholder farmers supplying cassava to starch processors in Nigeria
Jagger, P.
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Brockhaus, M.
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Duchelle, Amy E.
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Gebara, M.F.
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Lawlor, K.
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Resosudarmo, I.A.P.
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Sunderlin, William D.
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[Multi-Level policy dialogues, processes, and actions: Challenges and opportunities for national REDD+ safeguards Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV)]
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Multi-Level policy dialogues, processes, and actions: Challenges and opportunities for national REDD+ safeguards Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV)
Murcia, C.
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Guariguata, M.R.
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Andrade, A.
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Andrade, G.I.
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Aronson, J.
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Escobar, E.M.
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Etter, A.
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Moreno, F.H.
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Ramírez, W.
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Montes, E.
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[Challenges and Prospects for Scaling-up Ecological Restoration to Meet International Commitments: Colombia as a Case Study]
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Challenges and Prospects for Scaling-up Ecological Restoration to Meet International Commitments: Colombia as a Case Study
Banana intercropped in multi-strata coffee agroforestry, a technology developed by farmers, offers multiple livelihood benefits a monthly income, a shade component easy to establish and manage, and food security. More than a million smallholder households as- sociate bananas in their coffee field...
Staver, C.
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Siles, P.
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Bustamante, O.
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Castellon, N.
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Cerdan, C.
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Garming, H.
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Burkhardt, J.
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[Can science contribute to smallholder management of complex systems? Lessons from agroecological intensification of multi-strata coffee with banana: Tropentag 2014. International Conference on Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development]
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Can science contribute to smallholder management of complex systems? Lessons from agroecological intensification of multi-strata coffee with banana: Tropentag 2014. International Conference on Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development
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This impact assessment provides empirical evidence from household producer surveys to test the assumptions surrounding the contribution of participatory varietal selection (PVS) activities on seed sector development. The purpose of this paper is to focus on household access and adoption ...
Wilkus, Erin Lynn
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Francesconi, Gian N.
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Jager, Matthias
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[Rural seed sector development through participatory varietal selection: Synergies and trade-offs in seed provision services and market participation among household bean producers in Western Uganda]
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Rural seed sector development through participatory varietal selection: Synergies and trade-offs in seed provision services and market participation among household bean producers in Western Uganda