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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... Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC, USA and Co-director of the Wageningen University/IFPRI research programme on less-favoured areas. Prabhu Pingali is Director of the Agricultural and Development Economics Division, ...
... Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC, USA and Co-director of the Wageningen University/IFPRI research programme on less-favoured areas. Prabhu Pingali is Director of the Agricultural and Development Economics Division, ...
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... crop systems These systems are found in the East African highlands, Central American and Andean hillsides and South-east Asian uplands. They include crops like banana, plantain, coffee, cocoa and multi-purpose trees, interplanted with food ...
... crop systems These systems are found in the East African highlands, Central American and Andean hillsides and South-east Asian uplands. They include crops like banana, plantain, coffee, cocoa and multi-purpose trees, interplanted with food ...
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Ruerd Ruben, J. Pender, Arie Kuyvenhoven. of food crops (maize, sorghum and cassava) and their subsequent recovery ... crop residues and mulching for soil fertility management. Upland rice systems increasingly suffer from decreasing water ...
Ruerd Ruben, J. Pender, Arie Kuyvenhoven. of food crops (maize, sorghum and cassava) and their subsequent recovery ... crop residues and mulching for soil fertility management. Upland rice systems increasingly suffer from decreasing water ...
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... food and cash crops, using locally available resources. Sorghum, millet, maize and barley are major food crops, providing stubble grazing by animals after the harvest; cattle, sheep and goats provide the major part of cash income. Water ...
... food and cash crops, using locally available resources. Sorghum, millet, maize and barley are major food crops, providing stubble grazing by animals after the harvest; cattle, sheep and goats provide the major part of cash income. Water ...
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... crop mulching increased net returns to land and labour by 13 and 28%, respectively (Erenstein, 1999). In the Central ... food crops used more labour-intensive crop residue management options to maintain soil fertility (Mulder, 2001) ...
... crop mulching increased net returns to land and labour by 13 and 28%, respectively (Erenstein, 1999). In the Central ... food crops used more labour-intensive crop residue management options to maintain soil fertility (Mulder, 2001) ...
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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