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  Comparative analysis of different irrigation technologies and water management techniques for dry season cultivation of beans (Phaseolus Vulgaris) in Chingale ADP in Zomba, Southern Malawi

  National Research Council of Malawi, 2007

  This study was carried out it the 2003 Malawian dry season to compare agronomic, technical, socio-economic and financial aspects of different irrigation technologies and water management techniques for two advanced bean lines.
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  Pastoralism – research, policy and practice

  Odessa Centre, 2010

  Open access journal aimed at providing a central forum where those concerned with pastoralism can confront each other’s ideas, data and analysis, and discuss the implications of their work.
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  The links between poverty and the environment in Malawi

  Population Studies Centre, University of Waikato, 2009

  Deforestation arising from conversion of forest areas into agriculture is a serious problem in Malawi. This paper discusses competition for agricultural land and investigates why the poor are closely associated with forests. Furthermore, the paper examines the effects of changes in crop land use on changes in forest cover.
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  Real-time evaluation of Norway’s international climate and forest initiative: contributions to a Global REDD+ Regime 2007-2010

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2011

  The Norwegian Government launched its International Climate and Forest Initiative in December 2007, aiming at reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD). In order to assess the results of the Initiative with regard to its objectives, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) organised a real-time evaluation starting in early 2010.
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  Freedom and poverty in the fishery commons

  International Journal of the Commons, 2010

  Based on case studies of small-scale fisheries and poverty in Bangladesh and Tanzania, this article argues that the root of the tragedy of the commons is the restriction of freedom rather than unlimited freedom.
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  Irrigation in the Middle East region in figures

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2009

  This FAO report aims to provide an accurate status of rural water resources management, with a special focus on irrigation, highlighting the major changes that have occurred in the last decade. In each country, the paper features major characteristics, trends, constraints and prospective changes in irrigation and in water resources.
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  Diagnosis and the management constituency of small-scale fisheries

  The WorldFish Center, 2009

  Diagnosis and adaptive management can help improve the ability of small-scale fisheries (SSF) in the developing world. This paper presents a framework for diagnosis and adaptive management and discusses ways of implementing the first two phases of learning: diagnosis and mobilising an appropriate management constituency.
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  Joint water quantity/quality management analysis in a biofuel production area: using an integrated economic-hydrologic model

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2009

  Water management in the Pirapama River Basin in northeastern Brazil is affected by both water quantity and water quality constraints. The region is known for significant sugarcane-based ethanol production. Sugarcane production in the region goes hand in hand with controlled fertirrigation practices with potentially significant adverse impacts on the environment.
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  Agriculture and climate change: real problems, false solutions

  EcoNexus, 2009

  Agriculture plays an important role in climate change, both as a contributor emitting greenhouse gasses (GHGs) and as a potential reducer of negative impacts. This paper gives an overview of how current and proposed agricultural practices affect climate change and how the proposed measures for mitigation and adaptation impact agriculture.
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  Afforestation subsidy under asymmetric information and transaction cost in developing countries: does rural capital market imperfection matter?

  Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2009

  This paper deals with the design of voluntary contract of afforestation subsidy in developing countries, where there are substantial variations among farmers in terms of land value. The dispersion in the land value is due to critical difficulty in capital market, where the rate of return to land is determined by household rate of time preference.

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