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Tailoring conservation agriculture technologies to West Africa semi-arid zones: Building on traditional local practices for soil restoration.
(Elsevier B.V., 2011)Many obstacles stand in the way of Conservation Agriculture (CA) adoption in the West African Sahel. These include low amounts of organic resources for building biomass as well as competition for crop residues from livestock. ... -
Tailoring Conservation Agriculture to Local Contexts and Conditions of Smallholder Farmers in Africa
(2010)This presentation provides an overview of the need for and challenges to adapting Conservation Agriculture practices to local conditions and social context in Sub-Saharan Africa. Major constraints addressed are start-up ... -
Tailoring conservation agriculture to the needs of small farmers in developing countries: An analysis of issues
(Taylor & Francis, 2007)The defining characteristics of conservation agriculture (CA) are retention of crop residues on the soil surface and minimized soil disturbance. A major barrier to adoption of CA is the extensive prerequisite knowledge ... -
Taking stock and charting a way forward for Payments for Ecosystem Services in Africa: A meeting of the East & Southern Africa Katoomba Group
(2008)Previous regional Katoomba meetings in Uganda (2005) and South Africa (2006) demonstrated that Africans have become increasingly interested in market-based conservation strategies, including payments for ecosystem services ... -
Taking stock: A comparative analysis of payments for environmental services programs in developed and developing countries
(Elsevier B.V., 2008)This article analyzes characteristics of payments for environmental services (PES) programs in developing and developed countries, differentiating between the various factors creating such wide diversity. The most substantial ... -
Taking the bull by the horns: NGOs and pastoralists in coalition
(London, England: Overseas Development Institute (ODI), 1992)Five strategies are undertaken by the 20 million African pastoralists who derive the majority of their income from domestic livestock-keeping, namely mobile grazing, livestock and cereal exchanges, the establishment of ... -
Taller de capacitación en el manejo del gorgojo de Los Andes
(Blacksburg, VA: SANREM CRSP, Office of International Research, Education, and Development (OIRED), Virginia Tech, 2009)El presente documento contiene el desarrollo del taller de manejo del gorgojo de los Andes en la Comunidad Campesina de Santa María, trabajo fue realizado por el equipo del Instituto de la Pequeña Producción Sustentable ... -
Taller de identificacion de demandas tecnologicas en cuatro comunidades del Municipio de Umala: Resultados preliminares
(2006)A presentation of the preliminary results from a workshop conducted in four communities in the Municipality of Umala to identify their technological demands. This presentation describes the workshop proceedings which ... -
Taller experiencias de manejo de cuencas hídricas en el Ecuador
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Taming the land, the wind and the sun: The story of the Binahon Agroforestry Farm
(Laguna, Philippines: University of the Philippines at Los Baños College, 2007)A short film released by SANREM documents how a family applied sustainable agriculture practices to establish a highly successful business in Lantapan, Bukidnon, Philippines. -
Tanzania Uluguru Mountains payments for watershed services
(2007-07-11)Communities living in the Uluguru Mountains are heavily dependent on the forests for their livelihoods. In addition, while expanding agriculture up the slopes has led to forest loss, these farms are now important producers ... -
Tanzania Wildlife Management Areas
(2007-07-09)WMAs are intervillage associations developed by the Tanzanian government through the Wildlife Division. They are situated in tracts of village or district land rich in wildlife and other natural resources set aside for ... -
Tanzania: Paying local communities not to convert grasslands to crops
(2007-12-05)In Tanzania, villages receive communal economic benefits for maintaining traditional pastoral activities on grazing lands rather than converting these grasslands to arable agriculture. -
Targeting seasonal climate forecasts for integration into household level decisions: The case of smallholder farmers in Lesotho
(Blackwell Publishing on behalf of The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), 2004)In Africa, seasonal climate forecasts have potentially profound impacts on sustaining marginal groups. This paper argues that information on the characteristics and needs of the groups affected is necessary to ensure ... -
Targeting women in agribusiness
(West Lafayette, IN: Extension Journal, Inc., U.S. Cooperative Extension, 1990)This is a summary of a study on extension programs and women. Extension services can help identify and train woman to reach management positions at large-scale nonagricultural productions, such as flowers. The concentration ... -
Tax reform and the environment in developing economies: Is a double dividend possible?
(Madison, Wisc.: University of Wisconsin. Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2000)We reconsider some analytical arguments on the double dividend, focusing on the small open -
Teaching module: Gendered knowledge
(Blacksburg, VA: Women in International Development Program, Office of International Research, Education and Development, Virginia Tech, 2009)This module is designed to help readers develop an understanding of the concept of gendered knowledge and its relevance within the study of gender, conservation, and the environment. The suggested readings provide information ... -
Teaching module: Gendered space
(Blacksburg, VA: Women in International Development Program, Office of International Research, Education and Development, Virginia Tech, 2010)This module is designed to help readers develop an understanding of the concept of gendered space and its relevance within the study of gender, conservation, and the environment. The readings addressed in this module will ... -
Teaching modules for epidemiological concepts in the R programming environment
(St. Paul, MN: The American Phytopathological Society, 2007)This abstract regarding the development of new teaching modules for techniques to evaluate plant disease pathology was prepared for presentation at the APS - SON Joint Meeting, San Diego, CA, 28 July - 1 August 2007. -
Technical change and productive efficiency: Irrigated rice in the Philippines
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2007)Panel data are used to study the technical efficiency of rice producers in the Philippines. Production efficiency over time is measured using a stochastic frontier regression with error decomposition. Sources of inefficiency ...
