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The impact of agroforestry-based soil fertility replenishment practices on the poor in western Kenya

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2003
Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Kenya
Forest Tenure
agroforestry systems
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The impact of agroforestry-based soil fertility replenishment practices on the poor in Western Kenya

Peer-reviewed publication
Reports & Research
December, 2005
Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Kenya
Forest Tenure
Land & Gender
agroforestry systems
poverty
women
natural resources management
agriculture
Western Kenya is one of the most densely populated areas in Africa. Farming there is characterized by low inputs and low crop productivity. Poverty is rampant in the region. Yet the potential for agriculture is considered good. In the study described here, researchers looked specifially at soil fertility replenishment (SFR) systems...Focused on two specific systems -- the tree-based "improved fallow" system and the biomass transfer system -- the study compared rates of adoption in poor and nonpoor communities and evaluated the extent to which their adoption reduced poverty.
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The impact of agroforestry-based soil fertility replenishment practices on the poor in Western Kenya

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2005
Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Kenya
Forest Tenure
Land & Gender
agroforestry systems
poverty
women
natural resources management
agriculture
Western Kenya is one of the most densely populated areas in Africa. Farming there is characterized by low inputs and low crop productivity. Poverty is rampant in the region. Yet the potential for agriculture is considered good.
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The impact of agroforestry-based soil fertility replenishment practices on the poor in western Kenya

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2003
Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Kenya
Forest Tenure
agroforestry systems
This case study explores the relationships between agroforestry-based soil fertility replenishment (SFR) systems (improved follows and biomass transfer) and poverty reduction in rural western Kenya. It further examines the role that different dissemination aproaches play in the conditioning which segments of society gain access to information to the technlolgies and then uses them.
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Building on successes in African agriculture

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2004
Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Mali, Kenya
Forest Tenure
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
property rights
agroforestry systems
fisheries
forestry
forest management plans
land management
rangelands
agriculture
agricultural land management
farmers
natural resources management
agricultural and rural legislation
Agricultural growth will prove essential for improving the welfare of the vast majority of Africa’s poor. Roughly 80 percent of the continent’s poor live in rural areas, and even those who do not will depend heavily on increasing agricultural productivity to lift them out of poverty. Seventy percent of all Africans— and nearly 90 percent of the poor—work primarily in agriculture. As consumers, all of Africa’s poor—both urban and rural—count heavily on the efficiency of the continent’s farmers.
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Improved fallows in Kenya

history, farmer practice, and impacts

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2004
Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Kenya
Forest Tenure
Land & Food Security
agroforestry systems
food security
This case study explores the development, dissemination, adoption, and impact of improved tree fallows in rural western Kenya. The processes of technology development and dissemination throughout the region are described and analyzed. To analyze adoption and impact, the paper applies a variety of different data collection methods as well as samples from both pilot areas where researchers maintained a significant presence and non-pilot areas where farmers learned of the technologies through other channels.
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Forest incomes after Uganda's forest sector reform

Are the rural poor gaining?

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2008
Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Uganda
Forest Tenure
forestry
land reform
Forest sector governance reform is frequently promoted as a policy tool for achieving favorable livelihood outcomes in the low income tropics. However, there is a dearth of empirical evidence to support this claim, particularly at the household level. Drawing on the case of a major forest sector governance reform implemented in Uganda in 2003, this study seeks to fill that gap.
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Farming Smarter

the uphill push toward conservation agriculture

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2012
Southern Asia, Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Africa, Western Africa, South-Eastern Asia, Guatemala, Indonesia, China, Nigeria, Yemen
Land & Gender
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
agriculture
sustainable land management
women
rural development
food security
land
agroforestry systems
farmers
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Managing conflicts over land and natural resources through collective action

A case study from rural communities in Zambia

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2012
Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Zambia
Forest Tenure
Land Conflicts
property rights
assessment
agroforestry systems
land dispute resolution
Seasonal changes and ambiguity in property rights over land and natural resources create conflicts in rural communities in eastern Zambia. This study describes how rural households have minimized such conflicts and protect the economic interests of the poor members of the community through collective agreements on how to manage access to land and natural resources. Specifically, this study describes and evaluates the formulation and implementation of bylaws governing the grazing of animals and the setting of bush fires.
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Land dispute resolution in Mozambique

institutions and evidence of agroforestry technology adoption

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2001
Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Mozambique
Forest Tenure
natural resources management
agroforestry systems
land
Successful adoption of natural resource management technologies requires that important fundamentals of property rights be established. Because disputes over property rights occur universally, the ability to successfully defend one's rights to property exercises a central influence on the tenure security necessary for technology adoption. However, defending rights to property rests upon the possession of evidence that is readily available and widely regarded as legitimate.