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Local incentive-based policy for vegetable-agroforestry: A locally-appropriate adaptation and mitigation action (LAAMA) to climate change

This policy brief describes the experience of the Lantapan Municipality in developing an incentive-based policy to promote vegetable-agroforestry (VAf) as a locally-appropriate adaptation and mitigation action […]

  • Date of Publication: 2010
  • Author(s): D. Catacutan; C. Duque-Pinon
  • Type of Document: Research Report

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The policy context of vegetable-agroforestry (VAF) systems in the Philippines and Vietnam: Are there incentives for small farmers?

Vegetable-Agroforestry (VAf) is a viable farming system that provides multiple benefits, including provision of micronutrients to the diet of the rural community and enhancement of on-farm […]

  • Date of Publication: 2010
  • Author(s): D. Catacutan; T. Ha; C. Duque-Pinon; L.T. Loan
  • Type of Document: Media

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Initial Environmental Evaluations and PERSUAPs

This presentation describes Initial Environmental Evaluations and PERSUAPs. It begins with a history of the developments that led to the creation of these requirements and then […]

  • Date of Publication: 2010
  • Author(s): M.J. Mulvaney
  • Type of Document: Media

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How might shadow price restrictions reduce technical efficiency? Evidence from a restricted DEA analysis of coffee farms in Vietnam

This article analyzes the effect of potential restrictions on the shadow prices of chemical inputs on technical efficiency among smallholder coffee farmers in Vietnam. Population growth […]

  • Date of Publication: 2010
  • Author(s): A. Garcia; G. Shively
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Engaging communities in decentralization: Contribution of local institutions in managing Kenyan forests

This paper aims to analyze the role of these community forest associations based on their past experience by evaluating aspects of forest management that communities can […]

  • Date of Publication: 2010
  • Author(s): J. Mogoi; E. Obonyo; P. Ongugo; V. Oeba; E. Mwangi
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

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Community organizing for natural resource management: Strategies for mitigating farmer-pastoralist conflict through decentralized governance

This chapter describes how non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and local institutions are addressing the issues of decentralization, natural resource management (NRM), and ethnic conflicts in the Inland […]

  • Date of Publication: 2009
  • Author(s): M. Bertelsen; S. Cisse; K.M. Moore; A. Toure
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Governance of landscape systems: A dinner party approach

This chapter creates an extended metaphor comparing the governance of landscape systems to a dinner party. Common themes of both of these include collaboration, proper etiquette, […]

  • Date of Publication: 2009
  • Author(s): C.B. Flora; A. Thiboumery
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Comparing forest decentralization and local institutional change in Bolivia, Kenya, Mexico and Uganda

Abstract: In this paper we assess the institutional and environmental impacts of forest decentralization policies in Bolivia, Kenya, Mexico, and Uganda. Although decentralization is often described […]

  • Date of Publication: 2009
  • Author(s): E. Coleman; F. Fleischman; J. Bauer
  • Type of Document: Research Report

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Can forest sector devolution improve rural livelihoods? An analysis of forest income and institutions in western Uganda

Abstract: Forest sector devolution is widely promoted throughout the low income tropics as a policy that leads to poverty reduction. However, there is a dearth of […]

  • Date of Publication: 2009
  • Author(s): P. Jagger
  • Type of Document: Thesis or Dissertation

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Decentralization reforms and property rights: Potentials and puzzles for forest sustainability and livelihoods

This presentation provides an overview of the SANREM research regarding decentralization reform and property rights in forest management. Realizing that decentralization reform often falls short of […]

  • Date of Publication: 2009
  • Author(s): R. Meinzen-Dick; K. Andersson; E. Ostrom
  • Type of Document: Media

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