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
Small-scale hand-hoe conservation farming: A tool for biodiversity conservation in Zambia
A powerpoint presentation by Lydiah Gatere presented at a COMACO/SANREM workshop, Chipata, Zambia, June 24-26, 2009.
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): L. Gatere
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, 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
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
In Bolivia’s Marketplaces, Women Rule
When Bolivian farm families bring their produce to the sprawling market in Tiraque, husbands help their wives carry in the huge sacks of potatoes that are […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): D. Estrada
- Type of Document: Newspaper Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Gender, Markets
COMACO – Community Markets for Conservation
This presentation provides a description of the COMACO project, which seeks to promote conservation farming as an alternative to poaching and land degradation in Zambia. Some […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): D. Lewis
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, Natural Resource Management
Food Processing and value added products at COMACO
A powerpoint presentation by Carmen Moraru and Colin Seeley presented at a COMACO/SANREM workshop, Chipata, Zambia, June 24-26, 2009. The presentation discusses the development of soy […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): C.I. Moraru; C. Seeley
- Type of Document: Media
- 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
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
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
