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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... Uganda, Pender et al. (2004) found little impact of increased horticultural production on most land management practices and indicators of changes in natural resource conditions; while in northern Ethiopia, Pender et al. (2001c) found ...
... Uganda, Pender et al. (2004) found little impact of increased horticultural production on most land management practices and indicators of changes in natural resource conditions; while in northern Ethiopia, Pender et al. (2001c) found ...
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... Uganda (Nkonya et al., 2005b). Off-farm and non-farm activities are associated with greater adoption of purchased inputs such as fertilizer and improved seeds in northern Ethiopia, but with less use of manure and compost, probably due ...
... Uganda (Nkonya et al., 2005b). Off-farm and non-farm activities are associated with greater adoption of purchased inputs such as fertilizer and improved seeds in northern Ethiopia, but with less use of manure and compost, probably due ...
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... Uganda, female-headed households are more likely than male-headed households to use fertilizer, while households with more males use more of some labour-intensive land management practices (Jagger and Pender, 2006). Nevertheless, the ...
... Uganda, female-headed households are more likely than male-headed households to use fertilizer, while households with more males use more of some labour-intensive land management practices (Jagger and Pender, 2006). Nevertheless, the ...
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... degradation. Woelcke et al. (2006) reached less optimistic conclusions using their bioeconomic model of a maize-producing community in eastern Uganda, finding that soil nutrient depletion was likely to continue at. 30 Ruerd Ruben et al.
... degradation. Woelcke et al. (2006) reached less optimistic conclusions using their bioeconomic model of a maize-producing community in eastern Uganda, finding that soil nutrient depletion was likely to continue at. 30 Ruerd Ruben et al.
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... Uganda (Bagamba et al., Chapter 12, this volume); and (ii) participation in factor markets in the previously mentioned rice production area in Jangxi Province, China (Feng et al., Chapter 13, this volume). Cooking banana is a key staple ...
... Uganda (Bagamba et al., Chapter 12, this volume); and (ii) participation in factor markets in the previously mentioned rice production area in Jangxi Province, China (Feng et al., Chapter 13, this volume). Cooking banana is a key staple ...
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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