Natural resource management
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- Is biotechnology an effective and safe way to address global hunger?
- ( L. Orton / Open Democracy , 2003)
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This article counters the claim that biotechnology can address hunger in ways that are effective,
affordable and safe. Taking an article by Gordon Conway as a starting point, the author ... Challenging the official rhetoric: the Brazilian grassroots critique of agrofuels
- ( C. Moreno;A. Mittal / The Oakland Institute , 2008)
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Brazil is the global leader in ethanol exports, providing 70% of the world's supply in 2006. While official accounts of the Brazilian government’s experiment with biofuels laud it as a global...
- What approaches can help rehabilitate degraded land?
- ( New Agriculturalist , 2008)
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Across vast areas of the world, human activity has degraded once fertile and productive land. Deforestation, overgrazing, continuous farming and poor irrigation practices have affected almost 2 bil...
- Priority setting in agricultural research: experiences with indigenous fruit tree species in Africa
- ( S. Franzel;F.,K. Akinnifesi;C. Ham / CAB International , 2008)
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Priority setting in agricultural research has received considerable attention in recent years, the objective being to determine the species for which domestication research (i.e. research regarding...
How can the "bushmeat crisis" be resolved?
- ( R. Nasi;D. Brown;D. Wilkie / Convention on Biological Diversity , 2008)
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This paper addresses the hunting of tropical forest wildlife for food (known as “bushmeat”, “wildmeat” and/or “gamemeat”). It argues that this is an issue of con...
Institutional challenges for wetland management in Sierra Leone
- ( R. Maconachie / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester , 2008)
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Sierra Leone has recently emerged from a long period of political instability and civil war, and is ranked among the world’s poorest countries. Thousands of displaced people are in the proces...
- How can livelihood diversification influence adaptive capacities in rural Bangladesh?
- ( J. Pouliotte;N. Islam;B. Smit;S. Islam / Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary , 2006)
- For many of the poorest residents of Subarnabad, a village in rural Bangladesh, lackof money to meet basic needs is related to the environmental changes that have been occurring during the last 25 to ...
Exploring the links between health and agriculture
- ( Centre for Research and Information on Low External Input and Sustainable Agriculture / LEISA , 2007)
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Health and agriculture are inextricably interlinked, yet are often considered, and dealt with, as two separate “sectors”. In this edition of LIESA magazine, a collection of a...
- How can chronically food insecure households become more resilient?: lessons from Ethiopia
- ( CHF , 2007)
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This report is the result of a research effort managed and coordinated by CHF on behalf of the 15-member Canadian NGO Network in Ethiopia (CANGO) to assess the factors that contribute to the vulner...
- Unculitvated crops key to food security and food sovereignty in parts of India, Bangladesh
- ( Farhad Mazhar;Daniel Buckles;P.V. Satheesh;Farida Akhter / International Development Research Centre , 2007)
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Based on studies undertaken over several years in Andhra Pradesh (South India) and the flood-plains of Bangladesh, this report reveals surprising facts about ‘uncultivated’ foods. More ...
