With current rates of land degradation reaching ten to twelve million ha per year, there is an urgent need to scale up and out successful, profitable and resource-efficient sustainable land management practices to maintain the health and resilience of the land that humans depend on. As much as 50...
Thomas, Richard J.
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Reed, M.
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Clifton, K.
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Appadurai, Arivudai Nambi
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Mills, A. J.
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Zucca, Claudio
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Kodsi, E.
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Sircely, Jason A.
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Haddad, F.
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Hagen, C. von
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Mapedza, Everisto
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Wolderegay, K.
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Shalander, K.
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Bellon, M.
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Le, Q. B.
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Mabikke, Samuel
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Alexander, S.
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Leu, S.
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Schlingloff, S.
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Lala-Pritchard, T.
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Mares, V.
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Quiróz, R.
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[Scaling up sustainable land management and restoration of degraded land]
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Scaling up sustainable land management and restoration of degraded land
Describes two approaches namely, anthropological in-depth studies of a few communities and social surveys, that can be used in socio-economic monitoring of the Tribal Grazing Lands Programme (TGLP), Botswana; w. an annex on the need to define & demarcate social units and implications of national ...
Haaland, G.
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[Monitoring livestock development schemes. Botswana, socio-economic monitoring of the Tribal Grazing Land Programme]
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Monitoring livestock development schemes. Botswana, socio-economic monitoring of the Tribal Grazing Land Programme
Looks into the patterns of consumption of dairy products in West Africa. Discusses trends in production, imports. Examines factors influencing dairy consumption patterns, particularly population growth, urbanization, incomes, consumer preferences and prices.
Identifies constraints to and opportunities for improved meat and milk production in Africa; w., particularly emphasis on the increase of the quantity and quality of feed, improved nutrition, genetic improvement, animal health delivery system and disease control; and finally on risk adoption whic...
Brokken, R.F.
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Williams, Timothy O.
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[Economic considerations for smallholder cattle milk and meat production and marketing. II. Production related aspects]
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Economic considerations for smallholder cattle milk and meat production and marketing. II. Production related aspects
Discusses the considerations relating to economic policy, supporting institutions and marketing and consumer demand. Classifies and discusses market functions and analyses market organization and institutions of marketing. Looks into the purpose of marketing studies. Discusses some lessons from p...
Brokken, R.F.
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Williams, Timothy O.
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[Economic considerations for smallholder cattle milk and meat production and marketing. I. Economic policies, supporting institutions, marketing and demand]
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Economic considerations for smallholder cattle milk and meat production and marketing. I. Economic policies, supporting institutions, marketing and demand
Summarizes information on small ruminant production in Nigeria & analyzes the farming system in the Badeku & Eruwa areas of the Oyo State in Nigeria, estimating household size, farm size, crop distribution, degree of involvment in the cash economy, farm income & importance of non-farm income. Rel...
Okali, C.
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[Socio-economic information for ILCA's small ruminant programme in the Badeku and Eruwa areas, Oyo state, Nigeria]
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Socio-economic information for ILCA's small ruminant programme in the Badeku and Eruwa areas, Oyo state, Nigeria
Financial cooperatives and microfinance institutions (MFIs) are the two major sources of rural finance in Ethiopia. Whereas MFIs are relatively new, financial cooperatives have existed for centuries in various forms. The coexistence of two different institutions serving the same group of people, ...
Abate, Gashaw Tadesse
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Rashid, S.
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Borzaga, C.
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Getnet, Kindie
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[Rural finance and agricultural technology adoption in Ethiopia: does institutional design matter?]
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Rural finance and agricultural technology adoption in Ethiopia: does institutional design matter?
Examines post-drought rehabilitation policies to aid recovery in livestock production and crop production, and the effects of drought on livestock and farming communities. Discusses the role played by reserves in mitigating a population's vulnerability to drought; and the macro-economic implicati...
Toulmin, C.
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[Livestock losses and post-drought rehabilitation in sub-Saharan Africa]
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Livestock losses and post-drought rehabilitation in sub-Saharan Africa
Le projet « WISE UP to climate » vise a demontrer l'utilite des infrastructures naturelles comme une « solution basee sur la nature » pour l'adaptation au changement climatique et le developpement durable. Dans le bassin de la Volta, les infrastructures naturelles, comme les construites, offrent ...
Mul, Marloes L.
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Obuobie, Emmanuel
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Appoh, Richard K.
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Kankam-Yeboah, K.
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Bekoe-Obeng, E.
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Amisigo, B.
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Logah, F. Y.
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Ghansah, B.
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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[Evaluation des ressources en eau du bassin de la Volta. In French]
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Evaluation des ressources en eau du bassin de la Volta. In French