Markets

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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