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    Pastoralists and wildlife conservation in western China: collaborative management within protected areas on the Tibetan Plateau

    2012
    Background Pastoralists have long inhabited vast areas of western China, including the Tibetan Plateau region. Their traditional land use practices and cultural conservation ethic have helped to protect the natural resource base upon which they depend and the wildlife that co-exist with them in the grassland landscapes.
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    British Journal of Environment and Climate Change

    British Journal of Environment and Climate Change (ISSN: 2231–4784) aims to publish original research articles, review articles and short communications.
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    Analytical frameworks for assessing ICT and agribusiness startup ecosystems: for application in Ghana and Kenya

    Economic and Private Sector PEAKS, 2013
    DFID is exploring the analytical frameworks used to assess the support market system for startup businesses in the ICT and agribusiness sectors. The review of analytical frameworks will help inform a Terms of Reference (ToR) for carrying out startup ecosystem assessments in Ghana and Kenya.
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    International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

    CIAT's mission is to reduce hunger and poverty, and improve human health in the tropics through research aimed at increasing the eco-efficiency of agriculture.
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    Journal of Agricultural Extension

    The mission of the Journal of Agricultural Extension is to publish conceptual papers and empirical research that tests, extends, or builds agricultural extension theory and contributes to the practice
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    Climate change and vulnerability of agroforestry

    World Agroforestry Centre, 2012
    Providing a detailed picture of the value of trees for local people in the tropics is a difficult undertaking. Not only does this represent the difficulty in accounting for values outside formal markets, but it also reflects the multiplicity of the species involved and the many different ways in which trees are used.
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    Sugarcane agro-ecological zoning: greening the expansion of ethanol

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
    The scale of Brazil’s ethanol production, demand and competitiveness is largely attributable to government initiatives. The varying levels of success of such initiatives can provide interesting lessons for other countries.
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    Practice Brief: Promote food security in West and Central Africa

    SNV, 2013
    This practice brief showcases SNV’s activities in West and  Central Africa aimed at supporting rural households to  achieve food security. It is based on a broad range of case  studies that highlight a number of similarities in the quest for  solutions, for example:
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    Interventions for achieving sustainability in tropical forest and agricultural landscapes

    CGIAR System-wide Program on Property Rights and Collective Action, 2013
    The rapid expansion of commodity agriculture in tropical forest landscapes is a key  driver of deforestation. To meet the growing demand from a more prosperous and  expanding global population, it is imperative to develop sustainable commodity  supply chains that support higher agricultural productivity, and that enable improved environmental, economic, and social outcomes.
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    Advancing agroforestry on the policy agenda : A guide for decision makers

    Forestry Department, FAO, 2013
    In a new guide published today and aimed at decision-makers, key policy advisors, NGOs and governmental institutions, FAO shows how agroforestry can be integrated into national strategies and how policies can be adjusted to specific conditions. The policy guide provides examples of best practices and success stories, as well as suggesting ten major tracks for policy action, including:

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