Bringing carbon back into nutrient management
This presentation discusses biochar as an example of the integration of household energy and soil improvement.
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): J. Lehmann
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, Natural Resource Management
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
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Policy
Property right regimes and sustainable forest management: Lessons from fourteen years of monitoring of forest resources in Uganda
In Sub-Saharan Africa, deforestation and forest degradation have been the major problems facing natural forest resource management. Lack of clearly defined and enforced property rights, leading […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): J. Namaalwa; A. Banana; W. Gombya-Ssembajwe
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Policy
Changes in landuse patterns in upland watersheds of Eastern Luangwa Valley, Zambia, and the potential impact on runoff and erosion
Four small watersheds, Kamwamphula, Luelo, Kanyanga and Mphiri, near Emusa (Lundazi District) in Eastern Province, Zambia, were studied to document transitions in land use over time […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): V.K.W. Nyirongo
- Type of Document: Thesis or Dissertation
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Regional review of Payments for Watershed Services: Sub-Saharan Africa
This paper reviews both current and proposed Payment for Watershed Services (PWS) initiatives in Africa, evaluating the factors that have limited the development of PWS schemes […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): P.J. Ferraro
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Policy changes, input supply liberalization, and missing markets: Evidence from smallholder farms in Malawi
In this study, the effects of recent policy changes in Malawi are examined. A survey of 800 Malawian farms from 1997-1998 was used to determine the […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): G.E. Shively
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, Policy
Food aid, food prices and producer disincentives in Ethiopia
Although the short-term aims of food aid are well conceived, strong concerns have been voiced regarding the long-term impacts of such aid on incentives for agricultural […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): G. Tadese; G. Shively
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Policy
Developing a participatory socio-economic model for food security, improved rural livelihoods, watershed management and biodiversity conservation in southern Africa
This presentation summarizes the research of the SANREM project on an agricultural markets model for biodiversity conservation. The main research objectives were to determine the ability […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): A. Travis
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, Natural Resource Management
SANREM livestock and poultry research
Powerpoint presentation.
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): A.J. Travis
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, Natural Resource Management
SANREM-COMACO Workshop
This powerpoint presentation provides an Introduction for a COMACO/SANREM workshop held in Chipata, Zambia in June 2009. The presentation discusses the Goals and structure of the […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): A.J. Travis
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security, Markets, Natural Resource Management
