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Alternate wet/dry irrigation in rice cultivation: a practical way to save water and control malaria and Japanese encephalitis?

Reports & Research
December, 2001
China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Portugal, United States of America, Eastern Africa
water management
More irrigated land is devoted to rice than to any other crop. A method to save water in irrigated rice cultivation is the intermittent drying of the rice fields, known as alternate wet/dry irrigation (AWDI). This report reviews previous studies in AWDI, with a focus on mosquito vector control, water saving, and rice yields. Examples are provided from a number of countries.
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Tigerpaper/Forest News

Reports & Research
December, 2001
France, Israel, Germany, Denmark, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Australia, China, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Nepal, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Italy, Netherlands, India, Mexico, 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.
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State of forest genetic resources in dry North of Nigeria

Reports & Research
December, 2001
Burkina Faso, Benin, Nigeria, Japan, Italy, Guinea, Senegal, Sudan, Africa
Forest Tenure
forestry
natural resources management
The current publication «State of the Forest Genetic Resources in the dry north of Nigeria» is issue of country national report presented at The Sub-Regional Workshop FAO/IPGRI/ICRAF on the conservation, management, sustainable utilization and enhancement of forest genetic resources in Sahelian and North-Sudanian Africa (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 22-24 September 1998).
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Report of the 15th Session of the Committee on Forestry

Reports & Research
December, 2001
Malta, Japan, Zambia, Malaysia, Sweden, Guatemala, Italy, Indonesia, Netherlands, Canada, Congo, Iran, Brazil, New Zealand
Forest Tenure
forestry
natural resources management
Meeting symbol/code: COFO 2001 REP
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Proceedings of the FAO-CityNet-AFMA Subregional Seminar

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2001
France, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, Japan, China, Italy, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand
Urban Tenure
land-use planning
urban planning
waste (abuse)
urban areas
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Forest Energy Forum

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2001
Kenya, Fiji, Guatemala, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Chile, Zimbabwe, Germany, Australia, United Kingdom, Madagascar, India, Namibia, Thailand
Forest Tenure
forestry
natural resources management
rural development
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International action in the management of Forest Genetic Resources: Status and challenges

Reports & Research
December, 2001
France, Dominican Republic, Samoa, Germany, China, Indonesia, Australia, Burkina Faso, Italy, Thailand, Japan, Mexico, Malaysia, Myanmar, Tanzania, Netherlands, Turkey, Brazil
Forest Tenure
forestry
natural resources management
The paper briefly reviews the mandates and main activities of some major governmental and non-governmental international organizations concerned with the management of forest genetic resources, and the role that such organizations play in this field. It is noted that national forest genetic programmes will continue to constitute the building blocks of regional and global programmes, but that these can be usefully complemented by harmonization of action at international level.
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The state of food and agriculture, 2001 (Japanese version)

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2001
Honduras, United States of America, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, Bulgaria, Latvia, Cuba, Pakistan, Switzerland, Kenya, Republic of Korea, Japan, Nicaragua, Hungary, Australia, Haiti, Argentina, India, Uganda, Czech Republic
land policies
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Hygiene practice manual for radish sprouts production in Japan

Reports & Research
December, 2001
Morocco, Japan, Asia
natural resources management
Hydroponically grown radish (Raphanus sativus) sprouts served in school lunch were epidemiologically implicated as causative vehicle of Escherichia coli O157:H7 at the largest outbreak occurred in Sakai City, Japan, in 1996. Laboratory experiments suggested the possibility that E. coli O157:H7 had grown during radish sprouts production.
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Results of the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2000 (Secretariat Note)

Reports & Research
December, 2001
United States of America, Japan, Ukraine, China, Italy, Indonesia, Brazil, Iran, India, Ethiopia, Finland, Mexico, Thailand
Forest Tenure
forestry
natural resources management
Meeting symbol/code: COFO 2001 6-Supp.1