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The agronomy and use of Mucuna pruriens in smallholder farming systems in southern Africa
The allocation of resources to livestock research in Africa
Examines decision making models formulated to guide the allocation of funds between alternative lines of research, issues emerging from the survey to the formation of ILCA's research policy, and various theories that account for the direction that research has taken in different contexts and reviews the past allocation of resources to livestock research in 10 African countries; includes proposal for further work.
The challenges of rainfed agricultural practices in Mali-redefining research agenda - A short communication
Mali is one of the least developed countries with an economy that relies heavily on rainfed cereal production. Rural communities are faced with extreme poverty as a result of unpredictable rainfall pattern and lack of appropriate agricultural intervention practices. Most agronomic practices in support of development in the past had emphasized farm-level productivity issues with limited scope for managing interactions among components and actors beyond the level of the farm. Several studies showed different techniques practiced at farm level to improve the agricultural productivity.
Sustainable agricultural water management in cereal-based farming systems of northern Ghana: Report of a Partners Meeting, Accra, Ghana, 8 August 2012
Sustainable feed production and utilisation for smallholder livestock enterprises in sub-Saharan Africa
Sustainable intensification of small-scale agriculture in the upper Blue Nile basin: Multicriteria optimization of rainwater management strategies
Using a multi-criteria optimization technique for system analysis, this paper quantitatively characterizes baseline production activities, resource management and environmental relationships of the mixed crop–livestock farming system at the Jaba micro-watershed, upper Blue Nile Basin, to get insights that inform sustainable intensification of small-scale agriculture.
Sustainable land management for social profitability developed, with special emphasis on reversing land degradation: Output 5
System prototyping and simulation modelling in mixed farming systems
A project proposal whose aim is to promote more appropriate resource management on smallholder crop-livestock farms in East Africa is described. Prototypes of mixed farming systems will be developed to characterise farming systems according to their management objectives. These prototypes will then be used to map improvements of the farming systems by combining prototyping and simulation modelling. Scenarios will be explored to assess natural resource management interventions that promote sustainability of these prototype-farming systmes.
Taller Interno La Variable Género en Investigación Agrícola (1991, Palmira, Colombia). La variable género en investigación agrícola
Tana River Basin, Kenya: geodatabase and mapping tool. User guide
Strengthening livelihood resilience in upper catchments of dry areas by integrated natural resources management
The Livelihood Resilience project evolved around the hypothesis that better integrated
management can improve the livelihoods of poor farming communities and increase the
environmental integrity and water productivity of upstream watersheds in dry areas. This
hypothesis was tested by researchers from different Iranian research and executive organizations
and farming communities in two benchmark research watersheds in upper Karkheh River Basin in
Iran, under the guidance of the ICARDA scientists. Participatory technology development, water,