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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksMay, 2018Colombia, Central America, South America
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2006Kenya, Uganda, Peru, Sudan, Ecuador, Bolivia, India, Ethiopia, Colombia, Asia, Africa, South America, Southern Asia
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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Library ResourceReports & ResearchFebruary, 2018Brazil
Areia Grande é o atual nome de um antigo território de “fundo de pasto”, no município de Casa Nova – Bahia. O nome foi dado por 366 famílias de quatro comunidades das caatingas ao norte do Lago de Sobradinho: Riacho Grande, Salina da Brinca, Jurema e Melancia. As famílias vivem tradicionalmente da agricultura de subsistência, criação de caprinos, ovinos e bovinos [...]
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchFebruary, 2017Uruguay
La historia del acceso a la tierra de esta Cooperativa es la historia de la negación de la demanda de tierra de los sectores populares de la microrregión de Guichón.El acceso campo fue de forma precaria en régimen de pastoreo. En ese momento solo 20 de los socios poseían alguna cantidad de animales vacunos, otros integrantes querían producir miel y otros trabajar en eco-turismo.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchOctober, 2011Bangladesh, 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
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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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksMay, 2007Peru, Central America, South America
People’s perceptions of their environment
in high mountain rangelands ultimately
affect the fragile ecosystems on which
they depend, and thus their welfare. This is
especially true in developing countries,
where the livelihoods of people living in such ecosystems depend on grazing
livestock. The present study, conducted in the central mountain region of Peru, used photographs and Q methodology to investigate the criteria and preferences that shepherds and local administrators apply in making
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2002Africa, Central America, South America
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2004Africa, Central America, South America
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchSeptember, 2011Brazil, South America
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2003Costa Rica, Central America, South America
The attitudes of farmers in relation to the importance of different people as information and opinion sources (InfS) for different phases of the decision-making process were studied in 91 Costa Rican dairy farmers. The InfS studied were: Family members, Other farmers, Technical advisors, Farm staff and Commercial agents, while the phases were: Problem detection, Seeking for problem solutions, Seeking for new practices and Seeking for opinion. A Multidimensional Preference Analysis (MDPREF) was used to obtain a two-dimensional map of preference of the farmers.
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