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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2000
    Egypt, Bangladesh, United States of America, Zambia, Israel, Sweden, Zimbabwe, China, Namibia, Australia, Malawi, Mozambique, Jordan, South Africa, Lesotho, Italy, Tanzania, Botswana, India, Sudan, Brazil

    Water, an essential component of life supporting systems, is at the forefront of discussions on global sustainability and food security. Water also has a major role in poverty alleviation and local food security. The technology for a more effective use of the resource is known but institutional reforms needed to lead the world in a positive direction are proving difficult to establish. This study was commissioned to suscitate constructive discussion around many sensitive aspects of water policy.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2001
    Mozambique, Kenya, Zambia, Uganda, Mali, Zimbabwe, Eritrea, Tanzania, South Africa, Ghana, Malawi, Mexico, Brazil, Africa, Americas

    In November 2000, the World Bank (WB) and the Brazilian Federation for Direct Planting into Crop Residue (FEBRAPDP) organized the third Study Tour on “Producer-Led Rural Organizations for Sustainable Land Management” (PRO-SLM), with particular emphasis on notillage systems (NT).1 The Study Tour followed a 10-day itinerary of over 1,000 km through Southern Brazil, covering Paraná and Santa Catarina States, two states which received WB support through land and micro-watershed management projects.</p> This Paper presents the salient features of NT development in Southern Brazil and discu

  3. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1968
    United States of America, Spain, Zambia, Ecuador, Bulgaria, United Kingdom, Canada, Congo, Sudan, Pakistan, Brazil

    An international review of forestry and forest products

  4. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1968
    Zambia, Ecuador, Bulgaria, Congo

    Revista internacional de silvicultura e industrias forestales

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1980
    Benin, Nigeria, Zambia, Mali, Ghana, Congo, Sierra Leone, Niger, Colombia, Kenya, Liberia, Japan, Cameroon, Chad, Senegal, Sudan, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, Africa

    Policy makers as well as scientists have started to acquire an honest appreciation of the possibilities of reducing the wastage of materials which could be profitably utilized for improving or maintaining soil productivity. In addition, the great opportunities offered by making more efficient use of the potentials of biological nitrogen fixation in farming systems are now fully recognized. A number of recommendations and suggested guidelines were made by the various Working Groups during the two-week Workshop.

  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2004
    Egypt, Estonia, Honduras, Kenya, Zambia, El Salvador, Chile, Burkina Faso, China, Guyana, Malawi, Costa Rica, Colombia, Nigeria, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Uganda, Argentina, India

    Política de Desarrollo Agrícola – Conceptos y Experiencias forma parte de las actividades de la FAO destinadas a generar contextos de política favorables a la agricultura, tanto globales, en el marco de regulaciones y compromisos internacionales, como nacionales, mediante estrategias y políticas adecuadas.

  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2016
    Kenya, United States of America, Mexico, Zambia, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Italy, United Kingdom, Ghana, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Malawi, Ethiopia, Africa

    This report uses data from a two-year impact evaluation to analyse the impact of the Ethiopia Social Cash Transfer Pilot Programme (SCTPP) on household behaviour and decision-making, including agricultural production and other income-generating activities, labour supply, the accumulation of productive assets, access to credit and food security.

  8. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1992
    Nepal, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia, Israel, Chile, Peru, China, Lesotho, India, Sudan, Republic of Korea, Niger
  9. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2000
    Equatorial Guinea, United States of America, Nepal, Zambia, Sweden, Indonesia, Eswatini, United Kingdom, Canada, Congo, Pakistan, Finland, Cameroon, Kenya, Liberia, Malaysia, South Africa, Uganda, Papua New Guinea, India, Ireland, Gabon, Brazil

    In many countries around the world, people living in rural areas have lower incomes and are generally less prosperous than their urban counterparts. Because of this, governments often attempt to promote rural development through the development of natural resources such as forests. This paper will attempt to describe some of the challenges of using forest resources for rural development in developing countries.

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