Sustainable Poverty Reduction in Less-favoured AreasRuerd Ruben, J. Pender, Arie Kuyvenhoven CABI, 2007 - 472 pages Printbegrænsninger: Der kan printes 10 sider ad gangen og max. 40 sider pr. session |
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... Environment and Production Technology Division of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC, USA and Co-director of the Wageningen University/IFPRI research programme on less-favoured areas. Prabhu Pingali ...
... Environment and Production Technology Division of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC, USA and Co-director of the Wageningen University/IFPRI research programme on less-favoured areas. Prabhu Pingali ...
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... environmental challenge. Land degradation concentrates in LFAs, accounting for about 40% of the total agricultural ... environments, simply because more people live in such environments (Ryan and Spencer, 2001; TAC, 2001; FAO, 2002) ...
... environmental challenge. Land degradation concentrates in LFAs, accounting for about 40% of the total agricultural ... environments, simply because more people live in such environments (Ryan and Spencer, 2001; TAC, 2001; FAO, 2002) ...
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... environment linkages in Cambodia and Lao People's Democratic Republic, Dasgupta et al. (2003) found a positive association (correlation = 0.30) between poverty incidence and areas with steep slopes across provinces in Laos, with high ...
... environment linkages in Cambodia and Lao People's Democratic Republic, Dasgupta et al. (2003) found a positive association (correlation = 0.30) between poverty incidence and areas with steep slopes across provinces in Laos, with high ...
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... environmental damage (losses of biodiversity, reduction in carbon sequestration in soils and plant biomass, sedimentation of rivers and reservoirs, flooding and other environmental impacts). Land degradation in drylands3 (or ...
... environmental damage (losses of biodiversity, reduction in carbon sequestration in soils and plant biomass, sedimentation of rivers and reservoirs, flooding and other environmental impacts). Land degradation in drylands3 (or ...
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... environment (Vanlauwe et al., 2002). High nutrient deficits are registered in subsistence-oriented rainfed cropping systems that use almost no fertilizers and are located in more remote areas. Agricultural yields in sub-Saharan Africa ...
... environment (Vanlauwe et al., 2002). High nutrient deficits are registered in subsistence-oriented rainfed cropping systems that use almost no fertilizers and are located in more remote areas. Agricultural yields in sub-Saharan Africa ...
Contents
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Development Strategies for Poor People in Lessfavoured Areas | 63 |
Resource Management Options | 133 |
Livelihoods and Food Security | 203 |
Markets and Institutional Development | 271 |
Strategies and Policy Priorities | 419 |
Index | 467 |
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