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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Page 19
... conservation practices and makes significant contributions to agricultural productivity, natural resource conservation and poverty alleviation (Kerr et al., 2001). Water-harvesting techniques like small dunes and planting pits (tassa) ...
... conservation practices and makes significant contributions to agricultural productivity, natural resource conservation and poverty alleviation (Kerr et al., 2001). Water-harvesting techniques like small dunes and planting pits (tassa) ...
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... Conservation Project, within 4 years 46% of the farmers had applied the new techniques in small areas of 0.9–1.4 ha. Training and extension, and food-for-work rations (in dry years), tools and community infrastructure have supported ...
... Conservation Project, within 4 years 46% of the farmers had applied the new techniques in small areas of 0.9–1.4 ha. Training and extension, and food-for-work rations (in dry years), tools and community infrastructure have supported ...
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... Conservation tillage greatly benefits from herbicideresistant varieties. Breeding for resistant varieties of maize and beans that are suitable for direct seeding holds potential environmental benefits for developing countries, where ...
... Conservation tillage greatly benefits from herbicideresistant varieties. Breeding for resistant varieties of maize and beans that are suitable for direct seeding holds potential environmental benefits for developing countries, where ...
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... conservation (SWC) measures: it can reduce investment by increasing the opportunity cost of labour but can increase it by increasing farmers' ability to finance labour and other costs. The findings of Pender and Kerr (1998) for a ...
... conservation (SWC) measures: it can reduce investment by increasing the opportunity cost of labour but can increase it by increasing farmers' ability to finance labour and other costs. The findings of Pender and Kerr (1998) for a ...
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... conservation objectives, as investigated by Holden et al. (2005), may be necessary. The findings of Okumu et al. (2002), Holden et al. (2005) and Woelcke et al. (2006) concerning the impacts of multiple interventions suggest (but do not ...
... conservation objectives, as investigated by Holden et al. (2005), may be necessary. The findings of Okumu et al. (2002), Holden et al. (2005) and Woelcke et al. (2006) concerning the impacts of multiple interventions suggest (but do not ...
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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