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1. Library Resource

   

   Debating shifting cultivation in the Eastern Himalayas: farmers’ innovations as lessons for policy

   January, 2006

   Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Southern Asia, Eastern Asia, Oceania

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   environment

   land tenure

   farmers

   Hundreds of millions of people in Asia are dependent on shifting cultivation, yet the practice has tended to be seen in a negative light and discouraged by policy makers. This document challenges prevailing assumptions, arguing that shifting cultivation – if properly practised – is actually a ‘good practice’ system for productively using hill and mountain land, while ensuring conservation of forest, soil, and water resources. Focusing on Eastern Himalayan farmers, it looks at whether there is a need for new, more effective and more socially acceptable policy options that help to improve shi

2. Library Resource

   

   CPWF Research Strategy 2005–2008

   Reports & Research

   December, 2005

   Bhutan, Laos, Nepal, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Eritrea, Ghana, Honduras, India, Iran, Kenya, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, South Africa, Sudan, Thailand, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, Western Africa, Middle Africa, South America, Central America, Western Asia, Southern Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Southern Africa

   water management

   The breadth and scope of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food’s (CPWF) mandate is substantial. This research strategy attempts to define this mandate by reviewing and refining its objectives and principles, and by clearly defining the path that will be followed to achieve its goals.

   In addition, the strategy outlines the kinds of outputs expected.

   This Strategy will serve as an overall research guide for CPWF participants from 2005 to 2008

3. Library Resource

   

   Selected indicators of food and agriculture development in Asia-Pacific region 1994-2004

   Journal Articles & Books

   December, 2005

   Fiji, Bangladesh, Micronesia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan, Thailand, Nepal, Republic of Korea, Philippines, Kiribati, Malaysia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Myanmar, Cambodia, India, Kazakhstan, Bhutan, Maldives, Tajikistan, Mongolia, Asia

   land use

   This is the twenty-second issue of the above publication, a comprehensive and detailed compilation of statistics on farming, livestock, fishery, forestry and nutrition in Asia-Pacific countries for the decade 1994-2004. Statistics are listed separately for developing countries (including transition economies) and developed countries in the region. The publication uses mostly FAO statistics based on information provided by member countries. Included is a table reporting on the status of organic farming in the region and a section on country profiles.

4. Library Resource

   

   Tigerpaper/Forest News

   Reports & Research

   December, 2005

   Bangladesh, Israel, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Australia, Guinea, Pakistan, Thailand, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Madagascar, Myanmar, India, Bhutan, Asia

   natural resources management

   A quarterly news bulletin dedicated to the exchange of information relating to wildlife and national resources management for the Asia-Pacific region.