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  Biochar in conservation farming in Zambia. Improving crop yield and storing carbon. Progress report February 2011

  Norwegian Geotechnical Institute / Norges Geotekniske Institutt, 2011

  The main aim of the project is to investigate the potential of organic waste biochar to sequester carbon and improve the quality of weathered, sandy and/or acidic Zambian soils. Biochar amendment is exclusively combined with Conservation Farming (CF). In CF only 10-12% of the land is tilled.
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  Global Land Project (GLP)

  The Global Land Project is a research initiative of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) and the International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP).
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  The future of environmental sustainability in the Taita Hills, Kenya: assessing potential impacts of agricultural expansion and climate change

  Fennia, 2012

  The indigenous cloud forests in the Taita Hills, Kenya, have suffered substantial degradation due to agricultural expansion. Currently, only one per cent of the original forested area remains preserved. Furthermore, climate change imposes an imminent threat for local economy and environmental sustainability.
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  The politics of agricultural carbon finance: the case of the Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project

  STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies, 2012

  In the context of major scientific and policy concern with the causes and implications of climate change, various actors are now keen to demonstrate how agricultural carbon finance can help achieve multiple benefits or ‘triple wins’ for sub-Saharan African agriculture.
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  Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)

  Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) is a non-profit non-governmental organisation founded in 1993, currently operating in five 5 Indian states: Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan a
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  Norway & Tanzania: partners in development - booklet from Norwegian Embassy in Tanzania

  2012

  Norway and Tanzania have been partners for 50 years. Political commitment, social, cultural, academic and commercial interactions have created links and relations that go far beyond the traditional development cooperation.
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  People’s Attitude Towards Social Forestry: A Case Study in Rajshahi

  2012

  The purpose of the study was to ascertain the attitude of the peoples towards social forestry and to explore the relationship between the selected characteristics of the respondents and their attitude towards social forestry. Attempt was also made to find out the rank order of attitudinal statements.
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  Facts on Ecofarm

  Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2012

  The Sahel countries face a range of problems from low food insecurity to environmental problems like climate change and soil degradation.
• Organisation

  Department of Anthropology, University of Connecticut
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  A participatory evaluation of community transformation in rural Cambodia. A program by Mission Alliance (MA) in partnership with Christian Reformed World Relief Committee Cambodia (CRWRC-C)

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2012

  Midterm evaluation. The main purpose of the evaluation is to get a solid foundation of whether the organisations are on track to achieve the program plans, and if the objectives are likely to be met.

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