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  1. Library Resource
    Training Resources & Tools
    September, 1998
    Global

    How can gender be mainstreamed into programmes concerned with the sustainable use and management of biodiversity? The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has produced guidelines on how to integrate gender analysis into biodiversity research. The central role played by women in the maintenance of rural lands, and changing gender roles and relations resulting from cost of living rises and increased migration, are highlighted.

  2. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    August, 1998
    Kenya, Africa, Eastern Africa

    Data on water sources, mode of offer, watering frequency, amount of water offered, body weights and milk yield were collected from 21 randomly selected smallholder farms in Kiambu by means of farm visits and questionnaires fortnightly. Most farms (67%) had water on-farm but 76% of them needed labour to deliver the water to the animals. Fifty two percent of the farms practised continuous watering. Water troughs (67%) were mostly used to water dairy cattle.

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    Monitoring land quality : assuring more   sustainable agricultural production systems cover image
    Journal Articles & Books
    September, 1998
    Global

    Identification of Land Quality Indicators (LQIs) is a key requirement of sustainable land management. They are required to assess, monitor, and evaluate changes in the quality of land resources and environmental impacts. The Land Quality Indicator (LQI) program monitors the environment and the sector performance of managed ecosystems. The program is being developed on a national and regional scale, but it is also part of a larger global effort to improve natural resource management. The LQI program recommends addressing issues of land management by agroecological zones.

  4. Library Resource
    Regulations
    August, 1998
    Africa, Western Africa, Benin

    Cet arrêté porte attributions, organisation et fonctionnement de la Direction de l'Inspection et de la Vérification Interne (DIVI), ayant pour mission, entre autres: l'assistance nécessaire au Ministre en ce qui concerne l'organisation, le fonctionnement et le contrôle de la gestion des Directions Centrales, techniques et déconcentrées, ainsi que des sociétés ou organismes sous tutelle; la vérification et le contrôle, par des inspections régulières, de la bonne exécution des missions assignées à chaque organisme en conformité avec les lois et textes en vigueur.

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