1. 1997-04-19 Forging dynamic partnerships RAAK a new participatory methodology Shifting farmers to the centre in R&D relationships, Ghana Learning about partnerships from a four century old irrigation system in Nepal Stakehold identification in natural resource management Dialogue instead of debate -...
  2. 2001-10-20 Scaling up social development Scaling up natural resources management From zero tillage to conservation agriculture Scaling up sustainable Scaling up landcarein Philippines Scaling up fallow management innovations Scaling up development in agricultural settlements Pond farming Wadi model
  3. The Members of the Coalition worktogether to lobby their national governments, European Union (EU) bodies (Council, Parliament and Commission) as well as other policy-formulating bodies/ agencies in Europe (e.g. the European Headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva and the FAO in Rome) to...
  4. In a continent where 70% of the population depends on agriculture, secure access to productive land and natural resources should be an unassailable right for all. But that is far from the case. Customary governance of farmland, forests and pasturelands by traditional community leaders has been...
  5. icipe'smission is to help alleviate poverty, ensure food security and improve the overall health status of peoples of the tropics, by developing and extending management tools and strategies for harmful and useful arthropods, while preserving the natural resource base through research and...
  6. Our work on sustainable agriculture provides analysis and policy insights on how natural resource management can result in enhanced food security, poverty alleviation, and sustainable development. Research and field work seek to improve knowledge and understanding of how best to integrate...
  7. 全球粮食系统正站在十字路口。农业必须应对饥饿和营养不良的挑战,而且要面对人口增长、自然资源包括水土资源压力增加、生物多样性丧失以及气候变化带来的不确定因素。过去作出的努力聚焦于提高农业产出以生产更多粮食,今天的挑战(包括气候变化)需要采取新的方式应对。 需要向更加可持续的粮食系统转型,即向产量更高、社会经济效益更大而其环境影响减少的粮食系统转型。许多国家中农业被视为环境的敌人,然而,人们日益认识到,一个再生性多产的农业部门能够在创造农业就业和维持生计的同时提供环境利益和服务。生态农业的基础是应用生态理念和原则,优化植物、动物、人与环境之间的互动,...
  8. A farming system is defined as a population of individual farm systems that have broadly similar resource bases, enterprise patterns, household livelihoods and constraints, and for which similar development strategies and interventions would be appropriate. Depending on the scale of the analysis,...
  9. Based on their considerable practical experience VSO has prepared this manual to help their field staff appraise and describe requests for assistance in the agriculture and natural resources sector. It is an excellent practical guide which will be of value to a wider audience. It will be useful...
  10. Teaching Conservation in Developing Nations is a how-to manual. It is designed as a working tool for PeaceCorps Volunteers and other development workers: the suggestions which have been presented for conservation education activities or centers can be adapted as appropriate to any job or setting....