Two distinct visions of tropical forests co-exist in the scientific literature. One is more neo-Malthusian. The other is more pro-poor. The evidence increasingly favours the latter, although many uncertainties remain. The pro-poor literature emphasises that poor families create and manage forests...
Wunder, Sven
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[Payments for environmental services and the poor: concepts and preliminary evidence]
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Payments for environmental services and the poor: concepts and preliminary evidence
There is an ongoing debate on what constitutes sustainable intensification of agriculture (SIA). In this paper, we propose that a paradigm for sustainable intensification can be defined and translated into an operational framework for agricultural development. We argue that this paradigm must now...
Rockström, Johan
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Williams, J.
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Daily, G.
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Noble, A.D.
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Matthews, Nathaniel
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Gordon, L.
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Wetterstrand, H.
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DeClerck, Fabrice A.J.
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Shah, M.
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Steduto, P.
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Fraiture, Charlotte de
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Hatibu, N.
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Unver, O.
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Bird, Jeremy
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Sibanda, Lindiwe Majele
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Smith, J.
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[Sustainable intensification of agriculture for human prosperity and global sustainability]
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Sustainable intensification of agriculture for human prosperity and global sustainability
In animal production systems, the value of a species increases in relation to its adaptation, capacity to make socioeconomic contributions, capacity to fill market opportunities, and potential for increasing productivity. In the case of goats, their role and potential contribution to increased pr...
Devendra, C.
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[Goats: Challenges for increased productivity and improved livelihoods]
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Goats: Challenges for increased productivity and improved livelihoods
This paper presents a proposal description. The proposal describes analytical work by the International Livestock Research Institute and its partners on livestock and poverty reduction. It also provides some insights into the practical and potential application of the results from livestock and p...
Freeman, H.A.
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Minjauw, B.
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[Enhancing the role of livestock in poverty reduction strategies: Analytical approaches and applications. Abstract]
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Enhancing the role of livestock in poverty reduction strategies: Analytical approaches and applications. Abstract
In the next two decades, the demand for animal products will more than double. The concluding paper provides some considered predictions on the future for crop animal systems in Asia, as a consequence of this trend. Although meat and eggs from non ruminants in industrial systems will continue to ...
Awotide, B.A.
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Alene, Arega D.
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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Manyong, Victor M.
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[Impact of agricultural technology adoption on asset ownership: the case of improved cassava varieties in Nigeria]
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Impact of agricultural technology adoption on asset ownership: the case of improved cassava varieties in Nigeria
Wunder, Sven
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[Backpackers on the green islands: forest-based tourism and poverty alleviation in Brazil [Danish]]
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Backpackers on the green islands: forest-based tourism and poverty alleviation in Brazil [Danish]
The struggle to find sustainable formal insurance for droughts in developing countries captures the attention of many in the development community for good reason. Droughts disrupt the development process, and the impacts of drought are exacerbated by an unwillingness on the part of the poor to i...
Díaz Nieto, J.
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Cook, Simon E.
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Läderach, Peter
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Fisher, Myles J.
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Jones, Peter G.
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[Rainfall index insurance to help smallholder farmers manage drought risk]
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Rainfall index insurance to help smallholder farmers manage drought risk
The poverty-environment thesis suggests that the poor are both the agents and victims of environmental degradation. Even though the thesis may have been necessary to avoid a North-South confrontation on environmental issues, its validity can be questioned. It is argued that the coexistence of pov...