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Browsing by Author "Harford, N."

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    Farming for the future: A guide to conservation agriculture in Zimbabwe
    Harford, N.; Le Breton, J. (Zimbabwe Conservation Agriculture Task Force, 2009)
    Conservation agriculture is a way of farming that conserves soil and water while promoting sustained, improved crop yields. Farming for the Future is the indispensible manual on conservation agriculture for agricultural extension officers, trainers, project officers and field staff in Zimbabwe.
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    Linking formal and informal financial intermediaries in Ghana: Conditions for success and implications for RNR development
    Jones, H.; Sakyi-Dawson, O.; Harford, N.; Sey, A. (London, UK: Overseas Development Institute, 2000)
    Small-scale credit provided under appropriate conditions has long been recognized as an engine of rural development, and informal institutions have played an important role in providing this. However, their capacity is limited, but formal institutions with much greater financial capacity rarely reach rural people because of the risks and transaction costs. Describing how in Ghana the two types of institution have worked together, to their mutual advantage and to that of small-scale rural traders and borrowers, this paper draws out the preconditions that must be in place for linkages of this kind to prosper elsewhere.