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Scaling up sustainable land management and restoration of degraded land

Reports & Research
December, 2017
India, Nepal, Morocco, South Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land, Climate Change & Environment
farmland
capacity development
farmers
sustainable development
land management
land degradation
With current rates of land degradation reaching ten to twelve million ha per year, there is an urgent need to scale up and out successful, profitable and resource-efficient sustainable land management practices to maintain the health and resilience of the land that humans depend on. As much as 500 million out of two billion ha of degraded land, mainly in developing countries, have restoration potential, offering an immediate target for restoration and rehabilitation initiatives.1 In the past, piecemeal approaches to achieving sustainable land management have had limited impact.
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Survey to assess farmers’ economic perceptions, preferences and decision-making criteria relating to climate-smart soil protection & rehabilitation in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, India and Kenya

Reports & Research
September, 2016
Kenya, Burkina Faso, Benin, India, Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa
land management
farmers
Key findings
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Baseline 2004: Changing the way we manage water for food, livelihoods, health and the environment

Reports & Research
December, 2006
Kenya, Uganda, Peru, Sudan, Ecuador, Bolivia, India, Ethiopia, Colombia, Asia, Africa, South America, Southern Asia
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
water management
rangelands
There are many options for enhancing food production from fish in managed aquatic systems.The most appropriate technology, however, will vary from place to place, and the conditions under which one technology is prefered over another are still not well defined.
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Climate-smart soil protection and rehabilitation in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, India and Kenya

November, 2016
Kenya, Burkina Faso, Benin, India, Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa
farming systems
land management
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Soil carbon under current and improved land management in Kenya, Ethiopia and India: Dynamics and sequestration potentials

Reports & Research
December, 2018
Kenya, India, Ethiopia, Asia, Central Asia, Africa, Eastern Africa
land use
Agriculture is a major contributor to climate change,
emitting the three major greenhouse gases (GHGs) –
carbon dioxide (CO2), methane and nitrous oxide – into the
atmosphere. According to the Fifth Assessment Report of
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),
the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use sector “is
responsible for just under a quarter (~10–12 Gt CO2eq/yr) of
[all] anthropogenic GHG emissions mainly from deforestation
and agricultural emissions from livestock, soil and nutrient
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Watershed moments: a photographic anthology celebrating 30 years of research for a water-secure world (1985–2015 and beyond)

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2016
India, Sri Lanka, Central Asia, Eastern Africa, Northern Africa, South-Eastern Asia, Southern Africa, Western Africa
Urban Tenure
urbanization
food security
farmers
natural resources management
water management
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Wetlands and people

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2014
Nigeria, Zambia, Brazil, Cambodia, India, Niger, Africa, Asia, Central America, South America
natural resources management
poverty
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Wetlands and people

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2014
Niger, Nigeria, Zambia, Brazil, Cambodia, India, Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Africa, Southern Africa, Western Africa, Central America, South America
natural resources management
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Working together for impact

Reports & Research
October, 2011
Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Laos, Nepal, Peru, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, South-Eastern Asia, Eastern Africa, Southern Asia, Southern Africa, South America, Western Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
water management
rangelands
Despite challenges in many river

basins, overall the planet has

enough water to meet the full range

of peoples’ and ecosystems’ needs

for the foreseeable future, but

equity will only be achieved through

judicious and creative management.
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Water for wealth and food security: supporting farmer-driven investments in agricultural water management. Synthesis report of the AgWater Solutions Project.

Reports & Research
December, 2012
Ghana, Tanzania, Zambia, India, Asia, Southern Asia, Africa
water management