rangelands
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Constraints and options to enhancing production of high quality feeds in dairy production in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda
Conservation Agriculture, Livestock and Livelihood Strategies in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of South Asia: Synergies and Tradeoffs: CGIAR Systemwide Livestock Programme, Project Final Progress Report 2009
Conservation and “land grabbing” in rangelands: Part of the problem or part of the solution?
Large-scale 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 global “commons” – lands that local people traditionally use collectively — including much of the world’s forests, wetlands, and rangelands. In some cases land acquisition occurs with environmental objectives in sight – including the setting aside of land as protected areas for biodiversity conservation.
Conserving soils: Soil and water conservation technologies in the upper Rwizi microcatchment of Southwestern Uganda
Conserving soils: Water-smart agriculture through integrated soil and water management: The Uganda experience
Consideraciones de género en la Agricultura y en la Implementación y Mantenimiento de Prácticas Climáticamente Inteligentes: un Caso de Estudio en el Departamento del Cauca, Colombia. Tesis de Máster de Ciencias AgrisMundus
Corporate social responsibility and supply agreements in the private sector: Decreasing land and climate pressures
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and supply agreements in the agricultural sector have a
significant role to play to promote agricultural climate change mitigation and decrease
pressure on the earth’s land and climate. Private sector engagement can also promote food
security and positively affect the livelihoods of smallholder agricultural producers in
developing countries. Based on a comprehensive literature survey and 15 interviews with key
organizations, companies and financiers or lenders, this report investigates: current private
Cost efficiency, Morishima, Allen-Uzawa and cross-price elasticities among Irish potato farmers in Dedza District, Malawi
Malawi has experienced a forward shift in its demand for Irish potato (Solanum tuberosum) consumption. Given limited resources at farmers' disposal, meeting the growing demand will require farmers to follow the efficient path of the farm production resources. This paper, therefore, is an attempt to measure the cost efficiency of smallholder Irish potato farmers in Dedza district of Malawi using a translog cost function, inefficiency effect model and input elasticities derived from a system of cost share equations estimated by Iterated Seeming Unrelated Regression method.
Contribution of informal shallow groundwater irrigation to livelihoods security and poverty reduction in the White Volta Basin (WVB): Current status and future sustainability
Shallow groundwater irrigation (SGI) using hand-dug shallow wells and dugouts is expanding, in the WVB, and is becoming attractive to farmers throughout. SGI is farmer-driven and has
developed without any government or donor involvement. The production of vegetables and cash
crops during the dry season utilizing SGI has provided farmers with a supplemental source of
income and an alternative to seasonal urban migration. Although SGI has been increasing
substantially, the extent of this practice is not documented.This project has help assess, the