A Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA) was
undertaken to assess the returns to land management
practices of major land use types, namely forests,
rangelands, and selected crops (rice, maize, cotton, and
millet). Also the public expenditure on SLM was reviewed
and an assessment carried out how the expenditure is aligned
to land policies and how it is targeted to land degradation
hotspots. The results show that, without some form of

This paper aims to develop a vision
statement for the agricultural sector that may then guide
the future investments in Chile's agricultural
innovation system, A joint and shared perspective on how the
sector might look and what role agricultural innovation
should play in getting there is a prerequisite for any
effective strategy. But developing such a vision is not only
a function of what the country wants: it also depends on the

Input subsidy programs carry support as
instruments to increase agricultural productivity, provided
they are market-smart. This requires especially proper
targeting to contain the fiscal pressure, with decentralized
targeting of input vouchers currently the instrument of
choice. Nonetheless, despite clear advantages in
administrative costs, the fear of elite capture persists.
These fears are borne out in the experience from the 2008

This policy note was prepared in
response to a request from the Government of Southern Sudan
(GoSS) for World Bank assistance in developing legislative
and institutional policies and strategies that will take
advantage of the potential of the region's forest
resources to contribute to poverty alleviation, food
security, sustainable agriculture, economic growth, and to
protection of forest-related environmental services such as

This study examines agricultural and
rural development (ARD) public expenditures in Mexico. The
study is based on federal public expenditures. The study is
structured in six parts as follows: the first part presents
the Mexican ARD context in terms of policy and performance.
The second part dissects the ARD public budget, classifying
expenditure programs in various ways so as to provide an
overview of the scope and composition of ARD spending. The

Poor governance is a major impediment to
achieving development outcomes of the forest sector. It
results in losses of income, employment, government
revenues, and local and global environmental services.
However, at present, no comprehensive guide to reforming
forest governance has been developed. Although usually it is
relatively easy to recognize that the forest sector in a
country is failing to deliver all its potential benefits,

Wildlife is one of Kenya’s greatest natural resource and is the foundation upon which nature-based tourism is based. However, it is one resource that is in constant danger of extinction as burgeoning populations and animals fight for limited space In addition, poaching has greatly reduced wildlife populations in the absence of adequate policies to manage consumptive utilisation that would generate benefits for communities living with wildlife.

This Order establishes the procedure for the issuance of permits for the use of land and reservoirs located in the sanitary protection zone of a nuclear installation, facility destined for radioactive waste management and uranium processing site.

Este artículo examina el desarrollo orientado a la exportación agrícola y la asignación de recursos hídricos para riego en la cuenca del río La Ligua, ubicado en el Norte Chico de Chile. Se emplea un marco teórico de la ecología política para abordar la demanda, la evaluación y la asignación de recursos hídricos, con fines de demostrar cómo las relaciones sociales de poder subyacen la situación del agua en la cuenca y las cuestiones que surgen al respecto.

El objetivo principal de este trabajo fue identificar las condiciones socioecono?micas y aprovechamiento de los recursos naturales de la microcuenca de Monte Caldera, para diagnosticar sus problemas y proponer acciones y estrategias que contribuyen a elaborar un futuro plan de manejo, procurando la conservacio?n de las funciones sustantivas de la microcuenca.

O cultivo do pinhão-manso vem despertando grande interesse para a produção de biodiesel. Apesar da irrigação e da adubação contribuírem para o aumento da sua produção, poucas pesquisas têm sido realizadas neste contexto. Assim, o objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o crescimento e a produtividade de sementes de pinhão-manso em resposta a diferentes doses de adubação potássica e lâminas de irrigação. O experimento foi conduzido na Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA), na região sul do estado de Minas Gerais.

This book documents a decade of research, methodological innovation, and lessons learned in an eco-regional research-for-development program operating in the eastern African highlands, the African Highlands Initiative (AHI). It does this through reflections of the protagonists themselves—AHI site teams and partners applying action research to development innovation as a means to enhance the impact of their research.