Download or read book Improved Fallows in Kenya History Farmer Practice and Impacts written by Frank Place, Steve Franzel, Qureish Noordin, and Bashir Jama and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Improved Fallows in Eastern Zambia History Farmer Practice and Impacts written by Freddie Kwesiga, Steven Franzel, Paramu Mafongoya, Olu Ajayi, Donald Phiri, Roza Katanga, Elias Kuntashula, Frank Place, and Teddy Chirwa. and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Farmer Willingness to Pay for Seed Related Information Rice Varieties in Nigeria and Benin written by J. Daniela Horna, Melinda Smale, and Matthias von Oppen and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Farmer Management of Production Risk on Degraded Lands The Role of Wheat Genetic Diversity in Tigray Region Ethiopia written by Salvatore Di Falco, Jean-Paul Chavas, and Melinda Smale and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book New Vistas in Agroforestry written by P. K. Ramachandran Nair and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was in late 2002 that the idea of preparing a collection of multi-authored chapters on different aspects of ag- st forestry as a compendium for the 1 World Congress of Agroforestry, June 2004, was tossed around. With the approval of the idea by the Congress Organizing Committee, serious efforts to make it a reality got under way in early 2003. The rigorously peer-reviewed and edited manuscripts were submitted to the publisher in December 2003. Considering the many differentindividualsinvolved in the task as authors and manuscriptreviewers, we feel quite pleased that the task could be accomplished within this timeframe. We are pleased also about the contents on several counts. First of all, the tropical-temperate mix of topics is a rare feature of a publication of this nature. In spite of the scienti?c commonalities between tropical and temperate practices of agroforestry, the differences between them are so enormous that it is often impossible to mesh them together in one publication. Secondly, several of the chapters are on topics that have not been discussed or described much in agroforestryliterature. A third feature is that some of the authors, though well known in their own disciplinary areas, are somewhat new to agroforestry; the perceptions and outlooks of these scholars who are relatively unin?uenced by the past happenings in agroforestry gives a whole new dimension to agroforestry and broadensthescopeofthesubject. Finally, ratherthanjustreviewingandsummarizingpastwork,mostchapterstake the extra effort in attempting to outline the next steps.

Download or read book Improved Water Supply in the Ghanaian Volta Basin Who Uses it and Who Participates in Community Decision Making written by Stefanie Engel, Maria Iskandarani, and Maria del Pilar Useche and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Adapting to Climate Uncertainty in African Agriculture written by Stephen Whitfield and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-20 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Future climatic and agro-ecological changes in Africa are uncertain and associated with high degrees of spatial and temporal variability and this change is differently simulated within divergent climate-crop models and in controlled crop breeding stations. Furthermore, uncertainty emerges in local contexts, not just in response to climatic systems, but to social, economic, and political systems, and often with implications for the appropriateness and adoption of technologies or the success of alternative cropping systems. This book examines the challenges of adaptation in smallholder farming in Africa, analysing the social, economic, political and climatic uncertainties that impact on agriculture in the region and the range of solutions proposed. Drawing on case studies of genetically modified crops, conservation agriculture, and other 'climate smart' solutions in eastern and southern Africa, the book identifies how uncertainties are framed 'from above' as well experienced 'from below', by farmers themselves. It provides a compelling insight into why ideas about adaptation emerge, from whom, and with what implications. This book offers a unique perspective and will be highly relevant to students of climate change adaptation, food security and poverty alleviation, as well as policy-makers and field practitioners in international development and agronomy.

Download or read book Agroforestry The Future of Global Land Use written by P.K. Ramachandran Nair and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-08-22 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains a solid body of the current state of knowledge on the various themes and activities in agroforestry worldwide. It is organized into three sections: the Introduction section consists of the summaries of six keynote speeches at the 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry held in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2009; that is followed by two sections of peer-reviewed thematic chapters grouped as “Global Perspectives” (seven chapters) and “Regional Perspectives” (eleven chapters), authored by professional leaders in their respective agroforestry-related fields worldwide. A total of 130 professionals from institutions in 33 countries in both developing and the industrialized temperate regions of the world contributed to the book as chapter authors and/or reviewers. Thus, the book presents a comprehensive and authoritative account of the global picture of agroforestry today.

Download or read book Impacts of Considering Climate Variability on Investment Decisions in Ethiopia written by Paul J. Block, Kenneth Strzepek, Mark Rosegrant, and Xinshen Diao. May and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Impact of Global Warming on Chinese Wheat Productivity written by Liangzhi You, Mark W. Rosegrant, Cheng Fang, and Stanley Wood and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Parables Applied Economics Literature About the Impact of Genetically Engineered Crop Varieties in Developing Economies written by Melinda Smale, Patricia Zambrano, José Falck-Zepeda, and Guillaume Gruère and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Case of Smallholder Dairying in Eastern Africa written by Margaret Ngigi and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2005 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agriculture plays a crucial role in the economy of sub-Saharan Africa. A feature of particular significance about the region is that the majority of households are heavily dependent on agriculture as their major source of livelihood. Smallholder agriculture is the principal producer of staple foods and cash crops, accounting for very large shares of national production and marketed output. For the respective countries, therefore, the performance of smallholder agriculture has crucial implications for the overall economic development process including the alleviation of rural poverty. The demands created by steadily increasing populations, and the pressing need to increase agricultural productivity means that these countries must continuously adopt methods to intensify agricultural production. Livestock production is an important consideration in the agricultural development of the region. Livestock, and especially cattle, have historically played multiple roles both in economic life and in socio-cultural traditions of African people. Cattle have been valued not simply as a source of food (milk, blood and meat) and hide but also as a visible form of wealth and a source of social prestige. In certain parts of the region, cattle still provide a valuable source of draft and traction power both for the plough and for transportation carts whereas in Arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL), cattle still provide a valuable security against famine. Traditionally, cattle were a valuable item in the payment of bride price while beef was a valued food item in ceremonies. Moreover, cattle manure is still valued as a fire-fuel and building material in ASAL whilst in arable areas it is valued as a fertilizer. In brief, cattle have retained their multiple roles among the African people. The relative importance of each role, however, varies with production and ecosystems (Freeland 1998; Fitzhugh 1998). In the high potential areas, the economic importance of the cow has increasingly shifted to commercial milk production while at the same time retaining the complementary role of sustaining soil fertility for sustainable agricultural production. In such area, increasing population pressure interacting with the need to sustain soil fertility has driven the change in production structure with dairying becoming an important component of agricultural production. Eastern Africa is Africa's most promising region for dairy production. The region is predominantly rural, with over 80 per cent of its inhabitants deriving its livelihood heavily from agriculture. It holds over 40 percent of Africa's cattle resource of about 222 million (FAOSTAT). This study looks at the development of dairy industry in two east African countries - Kenya and Uganda (Figure 1). From the early 1910s, Kenya has developed a dairy industry that ranks among the largest in sub-Saharan Africa. The industry is especially noted for its smallholder base. Uganda, on the other hand, has a large unexploited potential for dairying. In order to highlight special aspects of the respective country's industry, the study looks at the countries in turns. The study seeks to take a historical look at the respective dairy industries with a view to identifying major turning points in their respective developments. We then apply the DE-A-R framework in analyzing the circumstances surrounding respective turning points, including the socio-political forces that influenced the specific forms of change. Our purpose is to identify the forces, and key actors, that have driven changes in the systems, and to understand the impact these changes have had on the overall production, on smallholder incomes and on the environment by comparing across countries. We hope to identify key ingredients necessary for achieving successful smallholder dairy growth elsewhere.

Download or read book Comparative Analysis of the National Biosafety Regulatory Systems In East Africa written by Gregory Jaffe and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2006 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Analysis of Trade Related International Regulations of Genetically Modified Food and their Effects on Developing Countries written by Guillaume P. Gruère and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2006 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Gap Analysis of Confined Field Trial Application Forms for Genetically Modified Crops in East Africa Evaluating the Potential for Harmonization written by Nicholas A. Linacre and Joel I. Cohen and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Spatial Patterns of Crop Yields in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Stanley Wood, Liangzhi You, and Xiaobo Zhang and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ecological Risks of Novel Environmental Crop Technologies Using Phytoremediation as an Example written by J. Scott Angle and Nicholas A. Linacre and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2005 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: