Agricultural subsidies and forest pressure in Malawi’s Miombo woodlands
Abstract: This paper examines impacts of an agricultural subsidy program on forest pressure in Malawi. Using household survey data, we measure the effect on forest product […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): M. Fisher; G. Shively
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Policy
Decentralized governance and ecological health: Why local institutions fail to moderate deforestation in Mpigi district of Uganda
Paper examining the effectiveness in managing forests of local institutions put in place during decentralization reforms of the mid-1990s in Mpigi District of Uganda.
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): A. Banana; N. Vogt; J. Bahati; W. Gombya-Ssembajjwe
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Policy
Economic potential for soil carbon sequestration in the Nioro region of Senegal’s Peanut Basin
This paper discusses a study that used biophysical and economic simulation models to assess farmers’ involvement in soil carbon contracts in the Nioro region of Senegal’s […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): B. Diagana; J. Antle; J. Stoorvogel; K. Gray
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Small-scale hand-hoe conservation farming a tool for biodiversity conservation in Zambia
A business model for rural development that links markets, agriculture and natural resource management in a way that addresses core needs of poor, food insecure families.
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): L. Gatere
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, Natural Resource Management
Payments for watershed services: Opportunities and realities
Many nations have found that regulatory approaches to land and water management have a limited impact. An alternative is to create incentives for sound management under […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): I. Bond
- Type of Document: Research Report
Negotiating livelihoods and sustainability after Uganda’s forest sector governance reform
Update on Uganda field work for the Poverty Environment Network.
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): P. Jagger
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Policy
Etude des effets du projet de gestion durable des ressources naturelles (SANREM) dans la Commune Rurale de Madiama: Cercle de Djenne
Le present memoire se propose de faire le point des effets des actions du projet SANREM a travers son intervention dans la Commune rurale de Madiama […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): M. Keita
- Type of Document: Thesis or Dissertation
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Goat management and health: A guide to raising healthy goats
Contents: Introduction Basic Husbandry, Nutrition and Management Assessing Goat Health Goat Disease Glossary Appendix 1 Basic External Anatomy of the Goat Appendix 2 Nutrition Appendix 3 […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): T. Lewis
- Type of Document: Project Document
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, Natural Resource Management
Leading training sessions on goat management and health
This guide is to be used with “Goat Management and Health: A Guide to Raising Healthy Goats” by T. Lewis. It provides tips for leading training […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): T. Lewis
- Type of Document: Project Document
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, Natural Resource Management
Trip report: Improving goat husbandry and production in rural Zambia
This report describes the work of Cornell graduate student Tamika Lewis with COMACO (Community Markets for Conservation), through the Wildlife Conservation Society in Zambia. “COMACO’s main […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): T. Lewis
- Type of Document: Project Document
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, Natural Resource Management
