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Index-based insurance: Lottery ticket or insurance?
Environmental shocks are drivers of poverty as well as a
fact of life in many rural areas of the developing world. In
the developed world, agricultural insurance provides some
protection from such calamities. But conventional ...
Tajikistan Case Study Policy Brief
Policy recommendations on sustainable land management in Tajikistan, including costs and benefits of alternative options. Conclusion: Implementing no-till technology and intensifying gardening productivity creates economic ...
Uzbekistan Case Study Policy Brief
Policy recommendations on sustainable land management in Uzbekistan, including costs and benefits of alternative options. Conclusion: Diversifying agricultural production, retaining biomass in the field, and planting ...
Turkmenistan Case Study Policy Brief
Policy recommendations on sustainable land management in Turkmenistan, including the costs and beneifts of alternative options. Conclusiion: Rehabilitating pasturelands and undertaking sustainable land management in deserts ...
What are innovation platforms? Innovation platforms practice brief 1
Brief 1 on What are innovation platforms?
Knowledge management and research for resilience in the Drylands of the Horn of Africa
This paper sets out to explore the issues around
knowledge management - what it is and how it might
be applied, particularly with a view to enhancing
resilience in the Horn of Africa and contributing
to the improved impact ...
Kyrgyzstan Case Study Policy Brief
Policy recommendations on sustainable land management in Kyrgyzstan, including costs and benefits of alternative options. Conclusion: Summer pastures across the Kyrgyz Republic can provide greater economic and environmental ...
Kazakhstan Case Study Policy Brief
Policy recommendations on sustainable land management in Kazakhstan, including the costs and benefits of alternative management options. Conclusion: More sustainable land management in desert forests can lead to economic ...
Outcomes and policy-oriented recommendations from the UNCCD 3rd Scientific Conference Report by the Bureau of the Committee on Science and Technology
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) 3rd Scientific
Conference was held from 9 to 12 March 2015 in conjunction with the fourth special
session of the Committee on Science and Technology (CST S-4). ...