Cassava viruses are the major biotic constraint to cassava production in Africa. Community-wide action to manage them has not been attempted since a successful cassava mosaic disease control programme in the 1930s/40 s in Uganda. A pilot initiative to investigate the effectiveness of community ph...
Legg, J.P.
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Ndalahwa, M.
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Yabeja, J.
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Ndyetabula, I.
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Bouwmeester, H.J.
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Shirima, R.
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Mtunda, K.
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[Community phytosanitation to manage cassava brown streak disease]
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Community phytosanitation to manage cassava brown streak disease
Around 27% of aquifers in Tunisia are being overexploited. Groundwater extractions is mainly for the irrigation sector, where more than 40% of the water used for irrigation comes from GW sources. The objective of this study is to critically review and analyze GW management instruments adopted in ...
Frija, Aymen
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Dhehibi, B.
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Chebil, A.
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Villholth, Karen G.
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[Performance evaluation of groundwater management instruments: the case of irrigation sector in Tunisia]
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Performance evaluation of groundwater management instruments: the case of irrigation sector in Tunisia
A large number of small- to medium-sized community ponds exist in most parts of the Terai region in Nepal. Such ponds could be a viable alternative for other forms of surface irrigation. But, with the lack of efficient management, many of these ponds remain underutilized. An effort was made to fa...
Bastakoti, Ram C.
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Prathapar, Sanmugam A.
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Okwany, Romulus O.
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[Community pond rehabilitation to deal with climate variability: a case study in Nepal Terai]
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Community pond rehabilitation to deal with climate variability: a case study in Nepal Terai
Clement, Floriane
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Pradhan, P.
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[Understanding the non-institutionalization of a socio-technical innovation: the case of multiple-use water services (MUS) in Nepal]
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Understanding the non-institutionalization of a socio-technical innovation: the case of multiple-use water services (MUS) in Nepal
The rapidly growing population in Uzbekistan has put massive pressure on limited water resources, resulting in frequent water shortages. Irrigation is by far the major water use. Improving irrigation water use through the institutional change of establishing water consumer associations (WCAs) has...
Djumaboev, Kakhramon
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Hamidov, A.
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Anarbekov, Oyture
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Gafurov, Zafar
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Tussupova, K.
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[Impact of institutional change on irrigation management: a case study from southern Uzbekistan]
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Impact of institutional change on irrigation management: a case study from southern Uzbekistan
Clement, Floriane
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Harcourt, W.J.
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Joshi, Deepa
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Sato, C.
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[Feminist political ecologies of the commons and commoning]
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Feminist political ecologies of the commons and commoning
Challenges of governance often constitute critical obstacles to efforts to equitably improve livelihoods in social-ecological systems. Yet, just as often, these challenges go unspoken, or are viewed as fixed parts of the context, beyond the scope of influence of agricultural, development, or natu...
Apgar, J.M.
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Cohen, P.J.
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Ratner, B.D.
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Silva, Sanjiv de
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Buisson, Marie-Charlotte
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Longley, C.
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Bastakoti, Ram C.
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Mapedza, Everisto
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[Identifying opportunities to improve governance of aquatic agricultural systems through participatory action research]
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Identifying opportunities to improve governance of aquatic agricultural systems through participatory action research
Avoiding the negative effects of intensive groundwater resource use is challenging, especially when the interactions and causal pathways between biophysical and socioeconomic processes are complex, and when users, management, and regulatory bodies are spatially dispersed. The plain of Haouaria, i...
Mekki, I.
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Ghazouani, Wafa
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Closas, Alvar
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Molle, Francois
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[Perceptions of groundwater degradation and mitigation responses in the Haouaria region in Tunisia]
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Perceptions of groundwater degradation and mitigation responses in the Haouaria region in Tunisia
Collective farming has been suggested as a potentially useful approach for reducing inequality and transforming peasant agriculture. In collectives, farmers pool land, labor, irrigation infrastructure, agricultural inputs and harvest to overcome resource constraints and to increase their bargaini...
Leder, Stephanie
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Sugden, F.
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Raut, Manita
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Ray, D.
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Saikia, P.
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[Ambivalences of collective farming: feminist political ecologies from eastern India and Nepal]
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Ambivalences of collective farming: feminist political ecologies from eastern India and Nepal
Isham, Jonathan
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Woolcock, Michael
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Pritchett, Lant
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Busby, Gwen
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[ The Varieties of Resource Experience : Natural Resource Export Structures and the Political Economy of Economic Growth ]