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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1997Costa Rica
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJanuary, 1998Benin
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsJanuary, 1998South America, Central America
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsNovember, 1997Uganda
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1997South Africa, Southern Africa
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1997Nepal
An evaluation of headwater erosion and sediment dynamics was carried out to assess the health of the Middle Mountain agricultural system in Nepal. Controversial statements predicting this system's imminent demise and identifying Middle Mountain farming practices as major contributors to downstream sedimentation and flooding have long been promoted and have suggested the following research hypothesis: soil and sediment dynamics and the indigenous management techniques within headwater Middle Mountains basins do not indicate a deterioration in the health of the agricultural system.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsJuly, 1997Latin America and the Caribbean
Reunión Regional de Ministros y Autoridades Máximas del Sector de la Vivienda y Urbanismo de América Latina y el Caribe
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJanuary, 1997Syrian Arab Republic, Western Asia
This report is a summary report for Agricultural Production Systems and Resource Management in Zone 2 in Syria survey of the Farm Resource Management project.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksNovember, 1997Cameroon
One of the environmental consequences of slash-and-burn farming is the loss of forest system carbon which in turn contributes to atmospheric change and impacts upon global climates. International attention has become focused upon the development of alternatives to slash-and-burn agriculture to alleviate poverty, protect biodiversity and reduce climate change. Before alternative land use systems can be evaluated in terms of carbon sequestration, baseline measurements of carbon dynamics resulting from current practices are required.
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Library ResourceDecember, 1997Global
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