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High discount rates : an artifact caused by poorly framed experiments or a result of people being poor and vulnerable?

Reports & Research
декабря, 2013

This study revisits the issue whether poverty and shocks are associated with high discount rates by using an incentive compatible Multiple Price List approach in a poor rural population in Africa where a substantial share of the population had been affected by drought in the recent rainy season. Randomized treatments included tests for present bias, magnitude effects and time horizon effects.

Significance of social networks in sustainable land management in Central Ethiopia and Eastern Uganda

Peer-reviewed publication
декабря, 2013
Ethiopia
Uganda
Eastern Africa

Fostering collective action is necessary for scaling sustainable land management (SLM) innovations. This paper analyses the significance of social networks in SLM among agricultural rural communities in central Ethiopia and eastern Uganda. Social networks facilitate collective action important for small-scale resource-poor farmers, who tend to rely more on informal sources of information, as well as for women farmers, whose information needs are often not addressed by formal extension services.

Implications of market access on soil and water conservation investment in Sebei sub region of eastern Uganda

Peer-reviewed publication
декабря, 2013
Uganda

The objective was to determine the influence of market access or lack of it, on farmer investment in soil and water conservation (SWC) technologies in the highlands of eastern Uganda. Linking farmers to better markets for their agricultural commodities would contribute to raising their incomes and motivate farmers’ adoption of conservation in SWC technologies. Areas of relatively high agricultural potential but remote from major markets face disincentives; when farmers are unable to transport produce to markets on time, they are left in the hands of middlemen who dictate low prices.

Innovation platforms : a tool for scaling up sustainable land management innovations in the highlands of Eastern Uganda

Peer-reviewed publication
декабря, 2013
Ethiopia
Uganda

Scaling up is not just about technology transfer but a critical understanding of the needs and visions of farmers as well. Despite the success of pilot projects for Integrated Natural Resource Management implemented in the study area, effect and uptake of the pilot tested innovations have been insignificant. This study assesses implications of adopting Innovative Platforms (IP) as a means of accelerating uptake and utilization of sustainable land management (SLM) technologies in the highlands of eastern Uganda.

New black gold : how can carbon markets work for forest communities?

Reports & Research
декабря, 2013
Nigeria
Sub-Saharan Africa

Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) could enable some of the poorest forest communities to be paid to conserve and protect their forest resources by companies seeking to offset carbon emissions. This project examines the REDD mechanism from a pro-poor perspective, particularly from the standpoint of local communities, and assesses knowledge gaps among community residents and leaders about carbon trading to avoid deforestation – do they understand and appreciate the rules as they have been developed through a distant global discourse?

Scaling sustainable land management innovations : the African highland Initiative Devolution Model

Peer-reviewed publication
декабря, 2013
Ethiopia
Uganda

Key challenges encountered while operationalizing the African Highlands Initiative (AHI) devolution model are linked to coordination management, with issues arising out of collaboration processes. Capacity at local government level is weak and characterized by high turnover of staff. Joint visioning, planning, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, are essential. Team building skills, leadership, and systems thinking are required.

Complexiteit en gebiedsontwikkeling

Journal Articles & Books
декабря, 2013

Dit boek – Complexiteit en gebiedsontwikkeling – vertelt het verhaal over hoe docenten en studenten in het onderwijs en het onderzoek van Hogeschool Van Hall Larenstein omgaan met complexiteit en gebiedsontwikkeling. Het is bedoeld voor iedereen die bij complexe projecten betrokken is, maar vooral voor huidige en toekomstige studenten van de hogeschool die zullen worden opgeleid voor de omgang met complexe projecten.

Industriële vervuiling aanpakken met beplanting

Journal Articles & Books
декабря, 2013

Over het IJ in Amsterdam-Noord ligt industriegebied Buiksloterham, een deels verlaten industriegebied dat vervuild is met onder meer zink, koper en lood. De gemeente wil het terrein langzaam transformeren in een woongebied met winkels, maar de crisis remt ontwikkeling. In de tussentijd zou Buiksloterham aantrekkelijker worden als je er veel groen plant, bedachten twee Wageningse studenten landschapsarchitectuur. En dat was nog maar het begin van hun ambities. In hun afstudeerontwerp zetten Pieter Theuws en Mark Wilschut het groen aan het werk.

Renesse 2050 onderscheid met het landschap en kwaliteit

Reports & Research
декабря, 2013

Deze brochure gaat over het Renesse van de toekomst. Over belangrijke uitdagingen die op het gebied afkomen, over het unieke kustlandschap als natuurlijk kapitaal van Renesse en over slim anticiperen op de toekomst waarbij dit natuurlijk kapitaal centraal staat. De gevolgen van zeespiegelstijging voor kust van Renesse zijn naar verwachting beheersbaar bij een geïntensiveerde voortzetting van het huidige zandsuppletiebeleid tot 2050. Wel is het zaak om via de ruimtelijke inrichting Renesse en omgeving bestand te maken tegen meer en grotere weersextremen.