Strategies for Sustainable Land Management and Poverty Reduction in Uganda
Author: Ephraim Nkonya
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Published: 2004-01-01
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13: 0896291367
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Sustainable Land Management
Author: World Bank
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2006-06-23
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 0821365983
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLand is the integrating component of all livelihoods depending on farm, forest, rangeland, or water (rivers, lakes, coastal marine) habitats. Due to varying political, social, and economic factors, the heavy use of natural resources to supply a rapidly growing global population and economy has resulted in the unintended mismanagement and degradation of land and ecosystems. 'Sustainable Land Management' provides strategic focus to the implementation of sustainable land management (SLM) components of the World Bank's development strategies. SLM is a knowledge-based procedure that integrates land, water, biodiversity, and environmental management to meet rising food and fiber demands while sustaining livelihoods and the environment. This book, aimed at policy makers, project managers, and development organization, articulates priorities for investment in SLM and natural resource management and identifies the policy, institutional, and incentive reform options that will accelerate the adoption of SLM productivity improvements and pro-poor growth.
Strategies for Sustainable Land Management in the East African Highlands
Author: J. Pender
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 502
ISBN-13: 0896297578
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDeforestation, overgrazing, and unsustainable methods of cultivation are threatening agriculture and food security in the highlands of East Africa. In response, economists and other development professionals have turned their attention to combating the pr
Drivers of adoption of small-scale irrigation in Mali and its impacts on nutrition across sex of irrigators
Author: Nkonya, Ephraim M.
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Published: 2020-05-06
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIrrigation is an important strategy to increase agricultural productivity, improve nutrition security and reduce climate-related risks in rural Africa, but adoption of this technology has been low. Using data from the Living Standards Measurement Study, this paper analyzes the characteristics of irrigation in Mali and its impact on nutrition across sex of irrigators. Results show that gravity irrigation is the most common technology and is practiced by 47 percent of irrigators. The share of women irrigators (3 percent of all plots) is significantly lower than that of men. Econometric results show that the proximity of crop fields to the homestead increases the propensity to use motor pumps while more remote plots are more likely to rely on gravity irrigation. Literacy and income from nonfarm activities increase the propensity to use motorized irrigation technologies. Access to motor pumps, in turn, increases consumption of fruits and vegetables, oils, spices, and cereals for female-headed households. Overall, irrigation increases consumption of nutrient-rich food groups, which significantly improves household nutrition in addition to increasing income. Participation in farmer groups increases the propensity to adopt irrigation. Farmer groups might also be an entry point for capacity building on irrigation; and groups to which women farmers belong should receive information on irrigation. Farmer groups also tend to support market participation, which is important to help address the challenge of economies of scale of small-scale irrigators.
Farming Systems and Poverty
Author: John A. Dixon
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9789251046272
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the main farming systems of the six major developing regions of the world.
Land Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction
Author: Klaus W. Deininger
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume synthesizes insights from the vast literature on land policy, taking due account of actual experiences in policy implementation, and suggests ways to design land policies that promote growth as well as poverty reduction.
Food Policy for the Poor
Author: Joachim Von Braun
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Published: 2005-01-01
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 0896297470
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDelivering on the Promise of Pro-poor Growth
Author: Timothy Besley
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 271
ISBN-13: 0821365169
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEconomic growth is the most important determinant of poverty reduction. But countries with similar rates of growth can experience different poverty reduction rates.
Community Innovations in Sustainable Land Management
Author: Maxwell Mudhara
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-06-23
Total Pages: 253
ISBN-13: 1317278712
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt is increasingly recognized that land can be managed most sustainably through involving local communities. This book highlights the potential of a new methodology of uncovering and stimulating community initiatives in sustainable land management in Africa. Analyses of four contrasting African countries (Ghana, Morocco, South Africa and Uganda) show that as communities directly face the challenges of land degradation, they are likely to develop initiatives themselves in terms of sustainable land management. These initiatives (or ‘innovations’) may be more appropriate and sustainable than those emanating from research stations located far from the communities. The book describes the rationale of the approach used, the set of steps followed, how the project managed to engage the communities to understand the importance of the activities they were undertaking, and how they were stimulated to improve and extend their initiatives and innovativeness. Examples covered include soil fertility, community forestry, afforestation, water, invasive species and grazing land management. Central to the book is the way communities, and scientists, interacted between the four countries and learnt from each other. The book also shows how the initiatives were outscaled locally.
Climate Change Mitigation and Agriculture
Author: Eva Wollenberg
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-03-01
Total Pages: 470
ISBN-13: 1136503447
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book reviews the state of agricultural climate change mitigation globally, with a focus on identifying the feasibility, opportunities and challenges for achieving mitigation among smallholder farmers. The purpose is ultimately to accelerate efforts towards mitigating land-based climate change. While much attention has been focused on forestry for its reputed cost-effectiveness, the agricultural sector contributes about ten to twelve per cent of emissions and has a large technical and economic potential for reducing greenhouse gases. The book does not dwell on the science of emissions reduction, as this is well covered elsewhere; rather, it focuses on the design and practical implementation of mitigation activities through changing farming systems. Climate Change Mitigation and Agriculture includes chapters about experiences in developed countries, such as Canada and Australia, where these efforts also have lessons for mitigation options for smallholders in poorer nations, as well as industrialising countries such as Brazil and China. A wide range of agroecological zones and of aspects or types of farming, including livestock, crops, fish farming, fertilizer use and agroforestry, as well as economics and finance, is included. The volume presents a synthesis of current knowledge and research activities on this emerging subject. Together the chapters capture an exciting period in the development of land-based climate change mitigation as attention is increasingly focused on agriculture's role in contributing to climate change.
