Optimizing Tilapia, Oreochromis sp., Marketing Strategies in Nicaragua: A Mixed-integer Transshipment Model Analysis
Abstract: Tilapia, Oreochromis sp., production has increased in the Central American region in recent years. Yet, commercial tilapia aquaculture has not developed in Nicaragua on the […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): Carlos M. Leyva; Carole R. Engle
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Markets
CRSP: AquaFish Phase I
Database: Publication
An agricultural model for biodiversity conservation
This presentation discusses the SANREM CRSP long term research activity (LTRA-2), “An Agricultural Markets Model for Biodiversity Conservation,” in the Luangwa Valley of Zambia. The objectives […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): A.J. Travis
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, Natural Resource Management
Annual Report for the Soil Science Group 2007-2008
Conservation Farming (CF) in Zambia (often also called Conservation Agriculture (CA)) involves several key practices: dry-season land preparation using minimum tillage systems using a small basin […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): L. Gatere
- Type of Document: Project Document
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, Natural Resource Management
Conservation farming steps for hand-hoe farmers
Conservation Farming (CF) refers to a number of practices that in combination conserve soil, moisture, fertilizer (organic & synthetic), seeds, energy, time and money. The technique: […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): L. Gatere; N. Tembo
- Type of Document: Not Available
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, Natural Resource Management
Environmental variables affecting the success of conservation farming in Zambia
This presentation discusses conservation farming methods in Zambia. The research highlights how conservation farming methods may help to negate environmental variables that hinder crop production, such […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): L. Gatere; R. Delve; P. Hobbs; S. DeGloria; J. Lehmann
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, Natural Resource Management
Effects of environmental variables along a soil and climatic gradient in Zambia
Powerpoint presentation.
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): L. Gatere
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, Natural Resource Management
Community markets for conservation: Markets to advance conservation mission
This presentation describes the function and economics of COMACO (Community Markets for Conservation), discusses the current reality of climate change, and then explores how possible market […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): J. Fay
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, Natural Resource Management
Yield response to biochar under conservation farming in Zambia
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- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): L. Gatere; R. Delve; P Hobbs; S. DeGloria; J. Lehmann
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, Natural Resource Management
Case studies from Africa: The value of the ‘One Health’ entry point for facilitating conservation and development
This presentation offers a comprehensive explanation of how wildlife, landscape, and human health are all related and the advantages of using approaches to development that develop […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): S. Osofsky
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Global
- Topic: Markets, Natural Resource Management
Transboundary management of natural resources and the importance of a “One Health” approach: Perspectives on Southern Africa
This book chapter develops the concept that wildlife, livestock, and human health are all interrelated. In the “one health” approach, Osofsky (et al.) argue that it […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): S.A. Osofsky; D.H.M. Cumming; M.D. Kock
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, Natural Resource Management