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- Analytical Issues in Participatory Natural Resource Management
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Author: Vira, Bhaskar and Roger Jeffery (eds.) Publisher: London: Earthscan, 2 ...
Book review - admin - 2009-10-18 20:50
- Defending the Future: A Guide to Sustainable Development
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Author: Holmberg, John, Stephen Bass, and Lloyd Timberlake Issue: ...
Book review - admin - 2009-12-10 09:26
- Cost effectiveness of seed fairs relative to direct relief distribution in Zimbabwe
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Seed fairs were being promoted in Zimbabwe as an alternative seed distribution approach to sustain local input markets. Using data from ICRISAT monitoring surveys of 2005–06 and records maintained by non-governmental organisations, this article re ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2012-08-16 10:16
- Does fair trade make a difference? The case of small coffee producers in Nicaragua
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Fair trade represents an innovative approach to make the rules of global trade work for disadvantaged producers in the South and for sustainable development. But who are the real beneficiaries of fair trade? Has fair trade resulted in any discernible impr ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:50
- Hurricane Mitch and human rights
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When Hurricane Mitch hit South America in November 1998, it most harshly affected Honduras and Nicaragua, and most of those affected were already living in extreme poverty. The author highlights the connection between the extent of the damage from this `n ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:01
- The Landcare experience in the Philippines: Technical and institutional innovations for conservation farming
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Sustainable land use is critical for the development of the Philippines uplands, where about 18 million people live. This paper relates our experiences using a participatory approach to develop agroforestry practices and institutions for conservation farm ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:08
- The Legality of Land Reform in Zimbabwe: An Inquiry into the Land Acquisition Act (1992) combined with A Case Study Analysis of the Resettlement Programme
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Author: Maposa, Isaac Issue: Volume 6, Numbe ...
Book review - admin - 2009-12-10 08:48
- Institutional change: the unanticipated consequences of action
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This article argues that the managerial approaches to development need to be reconstituted through a more comprehensive understanding of how institutional and behavioural change processes occur. Drawing from a case study in Nepal, and by exploring the l ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2010-11-09 12:51
- The peasant road towards an alternative development model: The Managua Declaration
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The Nicaraguan National Union of Farmers and Ranchers (UNAG) in 1992, alongside local and international delegates, put together a document that was later called the Managua Declaration. The author highlights the general content of the declaration and the ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:53
- The ‘Knowledge Exchange Train’: a model for capacity building for participatory governance in the south-western Amazon
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National frontiers with ecosystems experiencing rapid changes pose difficult challenges for scientific contributions to democratic processes for environmental governance. We describe an innovative outreach model, the ‘knowledge exchange train’, which comb ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:07
