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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 ...
Index Based Livestock Insurance: Index announcement for October 2012
Index Based Livestock Insurance: Index announcement for October 2012
The LUCID Model and Its Role in Supporting Land Use Planning Processes in Southern Ethiopia
Decision support systems (DSS) are interactive, computer-based tools that are used in a variety of disciplines. They are intended to enable decision-makers to better use information and improve both the process of ...
A review of existing analytical frameworks, metrics and outcomes designed to measure enhanced resilience in the Horn of Africa
Presentation of A review of existing analytical frameworks, metrics and outcomes designed to measure enhanced resilience in the Horn of Africa
Integrated crop-livestock systems − a key to sustainable intensification in Africa
Mixed crop-livestock systems provide livelihoods for a billion people and produce half the world’s cereal and around a third of its beef and milk. Market orientation and strong and growing demand for food provide powerful ...
Polly Ericksen on healthy people, resilient systems
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Herbivore Dynamics and Range Contraction in Kajiado County Kenya: Climate and Land Use Changes, Population Pressures, Governance, Policy and Human-wildlife Conflicts
Wildlife populations are declining severely in many protected areas and unprotected pastoral areas of Africa.
Rapid large-scale land use changes, poaching, climate change, rising population pressures, governance, policy, ...
Methodology note: Influence diagrams
The influence diagram is a qualitative tool used for systems analysis and synthesis (Bodily 1985; Waltner-Toews et al.
2003; Gitau 2004; Robinson and Berkes 2010). It is particularly useful for synthesizing diverse knowledge ...
Measuring resilience—Understanding trends in land cover changes and their potential impacts on pastoral communities
Presentation of Measuring resilience—Understanding trends in land cover changes and their potential impacts on pastoral communities