At least 20 percent of the Somalian population are refugees, many from Ethiopia. The Refugee Adult Education Unit has a preliteracy phase, offering health and agricultural instruction; a basic literacy phase, teaching reading and writing; and a postliteracy/continuing education phase, enabling skill retention and reinforcement. (SK)
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1990Kenya
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1990Kenya
Field work for this study was conducted between the months of November 1989 and February 1990. Its purpose was to establish the direction and magnitude of change that had occurred among the resettled farmers, socially and economically.To achieve that goal, it became necessary to document and analyze the socio-economic changes among the settlers in the scheme. The demonstration model was the theoretical orientation that was used to guide and inform this study.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsFebruary, 1990Africa
The mission to Holetta, Ethiopia was undertaken from January 22 to 26 following; receipt by the Director of the Joint ECA/FAO Agriculture Division of a request from the Head of the Training and Manpower Development Service of the Institute of Agricultural Research of Ethiopia for advice and assistance in servicing a national workshop on agricultural research.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1990India, France, Honduras
El fuego es a veces enemigo, a voces amigo, segn el uso a que se destine la tierra y segn el valor que asuman unas cuantas variables ambientales; en cualquier caso, siempre repercute en los ecosistemas de recursos naturales. Es esencial, por consiguiente, tener en cuenta su efecto probable (tanto positivo, como negativo) al formular planes y programas de desarrollo forestal.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1990France, Honduras, United States of America, Italy
Depending on land management objectives, plus a host of environmental variables, fire will sometimes be an enemy, at other times a friend; in nearly all cases, however, it will continue to exert a powerful influence on natural resource ecosystems. This being so, consideration of the potential impact (both positive and negative) of fire is essential in all land-use plans and programmes for forestry development.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1990France, Honduras
Selon les objectifs que l'on se fixe en matire d'amnagement des terres, selon aussi toute une foule de variables lies l'environnement, le feu peut tre un ennemi ou un ami; mais presque toujours, il continuera d'exercer une puissante influence sur les cosystmes naturels et leurs ressources. C'est pourquoi il faut, dans tous les plans d'utilisation des terres et programmes de mise en valeur des forts, tenir dment compte des effets potentiels (tant positifs que ngatifs) de l'lment feu.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1990France, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Finland, Norway, Austria, Europe
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Library ResourceJanuary, 1991Ecuador, Costa Rica, Honduras, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Saint Lucia, Guatemala, Latin America and the Caribbean
Summarizes recent research (to 1991) on rural land markets in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region and on the relationship between this research and broader land tenure issues. The purpose of the project that prompted this paper was to carry out cross-country and longitudinal research on land tenure issues in the LAC region so as to provide an instructive and informative analysis of how tenure patterns affect economic, rural development, and environmental issues.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1990
Discusses the Development of alley cropping and alley farming, uses of trees and shrubs in fallow systems, hedgegrow establishment and management and benefits for crop production and livestock. Examines the economic aspects and social acceptability of alley farming.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 1990
Presents and discusses research results on feed resources, agroindustrial by-products utilisation, forage production, use of crop residues, dairy feeding systems, feeding strategies, introduction and adoption of improved forage technologies, nutritive value of different forages, effects of management on animal performance, effect of supplements on feed utilisation, potential of agricultural by-products as animal feeds, and effects of management on pasture grasses & legumes; and evaluates the utilisation of these results by smallholders.
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