This report on harnessing pastoralists’ indigenous knowledge of rangeland management in three countries in East and the Horn of Africa is presented in two parts. The first part presents a review of the literature. The second presents the findings from the Orma in Tana River District of Kenya, the Afar in Amibara and Gawane Districts of the Afar Regional State in Ethiopia and the Karamojong in the Moroto District of Uganda.
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Library ResourceDocuments et rapports de conférenceseptembre, 2009Afrique
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Library ResourceDocuments et rapports de conférencedécembre, 2009
Soil quality has important implications for sustainable agricultural development and food self-sufficiency in many developing countries. A decrease in soil nutrient stocks, one of the components of soil quality, necessitates more inputs and greater management skills in order to compensate for the reduction in nutrients availability. This is why the interaction of agricultural development and soil quality management attracts widespread attention from researchers.
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Library ResourceDocuments et rapports de conférencejuin, 2009Indonésie
This study assessed the preference for and efficiency of land tenure contract arrangements in rice farming in West Java, Indonesia. Specifically, it examined the transaction costs associated with land tenure contracts, the land tenure contract preference, the efficiency of land tenure contracts, and the policy agenda to address the problems of land tenure efficiency. Three types of land tenure contracts were considered: sharecropping, fixed rental and mortgage.
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Library ResourceDocuments et rapports de conférencedécembre, 2009Inde
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Library ResourceDocuments et rapports de conférencedécembre, 2009Nicaragua
Nunca ha habido tanta preocupación por lo que comemos, porque nunca ha habido tanta inseguridad alimentaria, por falta de comida en los países empobrecidos, pero también por exceso y nocividad de la comida, en el llamado primer mundo. Las causas de la catástrofe alimentaria son la mercantilización, industrialización y globalización de las formas de producir y consumir alimentos. Tras la comida globalizada se oculta la subordinación del trabajo asalariado y del trabajo de cuidados realizado por las mujeres a la lógica del mercado.
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Library ResourceDocuments et rapports de conférencejuin, 2009République-Unie de Tanzanie
Land use conflicts are common phenomena in Tanzania and the world at large. One major reason before going to specific cases hinges on the fact that land does not expand while people and other living organizations that depend on it keeps on increasing on the early surface. This un matching ratio between land as basic resources for livelihoods and its users constantly results into land use conflicts.
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