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Landscape management and governance, Garba Tula, Isiolo, Kenya
Communities organize themselves in unique ways into social/functional units based on their cultural aspirations,
threats and resources that they depend on. In many cases, these resources and the ecosystems to which they ...
EverGreen Maize for Africa project report
This project report is based on the EverGreen Maize for Africa (EMA)project - an initiative between the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and DuPont Pioneer to promote the use of fertilizer trees as part of integrated soil ...
The impact of sustainable intensification on landscapes and livelihoods (SILL) in Zambia
Sustainable intensification interventions have the potential to mitigate the impact of
agriculture on the landscape by intensifying agricultural production without increasing deforestation or
the cultivation of more land ...
Landscape Management and Governance, Gomole Rangeland, Ethiopia
The key pillars of development plans for most developing nations are poverty eradication,
sustainable economic growth and environmental sustainability. On one hand, scholars are arguing
that natural resources are fundamental ...
Baseline survey of orange-fleshed sweet potato knowledge, farming and consumption, and dietary practices among households with children aged 6-59 months in selected districts of Morogoro, Iringa and Mbeya regions of Tanzania
Orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) as a staple food besides providing necessary body energy in human diet
provides significant amounts of Vitamin A addressing both Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) and body energy
needs. The Viable ...
Spatial analysis for investment targeting: pilot tool
In order to better measure resilience, and to better understand and target investment that will enhance resilience, the Technical Consortium is developing a pilot spatial tool. The purpose of this resilience modeling tool ...
Release of 1 or 2 stable soybean varieties in each region
Twelve genotypes were planted at two sites in Malawi, Dowa and Nkotakota, under zero phosphorus application and at 24 kg/ha phosphorus application. Due to the severe drought, trials at Nkotakota were written off. The results ...
Improving market participation and competiveness of communal area beef farmers in Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland East Province through better feeding and value chain initiatives
The Specific objectives of the ZimCLIFS
Project have been a) to increase the productivity of SH croplivestock households by identifying and
adapting appropriate technologies and
associated management practices,
b) to improve ...
Rangelands: Conservation and “Land Grabbing” in Rangelands: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?
Largescale
land acquisitions have increased in scale and pace due to changes in commodity markets, agricultural investment strategies, land
prices, and a range of other policy and market forces. The areas most affected are ...
The creation of a household resilience index using limited data from the IGAD region
Given that data in the Horn of Africa is limited, one is more likely to obtain relatively complete data when using a model comprised of a more limited set of targeted indicators. In this way, a model of resilience should ...