Agricultural production in the semi-arid agro-ecosystems of the Sahel centres on cereal staple crops and pastoralism with increasing crop-livestock integration. Animals mobilize soil fertility through manure production, graze crop by-products, and transfer nutrients from distant pastures to crop...
Rovere, R. La
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Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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Keulen, H. van
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Schiere, J.B.
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Szonyi, J.A.
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[Co-evolutionary scenarios of intensification and privatization of resource use in rural communities of south-western Niger]
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Co-evolutionary scenarios of intensification and privatization of resource use in rural communities of south-western Niger
Kisaka, M. Oscar
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Mucheru-Muna, M.
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Ngetich, F.K.
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Mugwe, J.
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Mugendi, D.
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Mairura, Franklin S.
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Shisanya, C.
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Makokha, G. L.
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[Potential of deterministic and geostatistical rainfall interpolation under high rainfall variability and dry spells: case of Kenya’s Central Highlands]
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Potential of deterministic and geostatistical rainfall interpolation under high rainfall variability and dry spells: case of Kenya’s Central Highlands
The increasing attention paid to local soil knowledge in recent years is the result of a greater recognition that the knowledge of people who have been interacting with their soils for long time can offer many insights about the sustainable management of tropical soils. This paper describes two a...
Barrios, E.
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Trejo Tercero, M.T.
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[Implications of local soil knowledge for integrated soil management in Latin America]
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Implications of local soil knowledge for integrated soil management in Latin America
This paper draws together evidence from a number of studies on the impacts of natural resource devolution policies in several Asian and southern African countries from the perspective of local people. Devolution outcomes are assessed in terms of who has greater benefits and decision-making author...
Shackleton, S.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Edmunds, D.
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[Devolution and community-based natural resource management: creating space for local people to participate and benefit?]
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Devolution and community-based natural resource management: creating space for local people to participate and benefit?
Natural resource management problems in agriculture often transcend field or farm boundaries. What happens in one part of landscape depends on management practices in another. Pest and disease problems in crops, soil erosion, problems related to quantity and quality of water are all examples of t...
Ravnborg, Helle Munk
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Guerrero, MP
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[El análisis de los protagonistas sobre la administración de los recursos naturales]
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El análisis de los protagonistas sobre la administración de los recursos naturales
Girvetz, Evan H.
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Zganjar, Chris
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[Dissecting indices of aridity for assessing the impacts of global climate change]
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Dissecting indices of aridity for assessing the impacts of global climate change
Despite the recognition that policy processes are important for sustainable natural resources management (NRM), there is concern that agricultural research and technology development have not been reflected in policy change, nor have they affected decision-making processes of wider communities. M...
Sanginga, Pascal C.
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Kamugisha, RN
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Martin, A
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Kahuru, A
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Stroud, Ann
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[Facilitating participatory processes for policy change in natural resource management : Lessons from the highlands of southwestern Uganda]
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Facilitating participatory processes for policy change in natural resource management : Lessons from the highlands of southwestern Uganda
The thesis of this paper is that the "rational fool" syndrome can be applied to mainstream public sector agricultural research that is conducted in a way that is rational in the short term, but acts against its own long-term viability. Historically, a main concern of such research has been to max...
Ashby, J.A.
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[Integrating research on food and the environment: An exit strategy from the rational fool syndrome in agricultural science]
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Integrating research on food and the environment: An exit strategy from the rational fool syndrome in agricultural science
Nasi, Robert
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Koponen, P.
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Poulsen, J.G.
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Buitenzorgy, M.
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Rusmantoro, W.
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[Impact of landscape and corridor design on primates in a large-scale industrial tropical plantation landscape]
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Impact of landscape and corridor design on primates in a large-scale industrial tropical plantation landscape