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    The impact of agroforestry-based soil fertility replenishment practices on the poor in Western Kenya

    Peer-reviewed publication
    Reports & Research
    December, 2005
    Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Kenya
    Forest Tenure
    Land & Gender
    agroforestry systems
    poverty
    women
    natural resources management
    agriculture

    Western Kenya is one of the most densely populated areas in Africa. Farming there is characterized by low inputs and low crop productivity. Poverty is rampant in the region. Yet the potential for agriculture is considered good. In the study described here, researchers looked specifially at soil fertility replenishment (SFR) systems...Focused on two specific systems -- the tree-based "improved fallow" system and the biomass transfer system -- the study compared rates of adoption in poor and nonpoor communities and evaluated the extent to which their adoption reduced poverty.

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    Policy analysis for sustainable land management and food security in Ethiopia

    a bioeconomic model with market imperfections

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2005
    Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Ethiopia
    Land & Food Security
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    poverty
    land management
    food security
    land degradation

    Policy Analysis for Sustainable Land Management and Food Security in Ethiopia presents a bioeconomic model of this less- favored area in the Ethiopian highlands. The main reason for selecting this case study area is the unique availability of both biophysical and socioeconomic data covering a period of 15 to 20 years.The data provides a valuable opportunity to analyze the relationships between population pressure, poverty, and land degradation and to test policies for reducing vulnerability and improving sustainable management of the resource base....

  3. Library Resource

    The impact of agroforestry-based soil fertility replenishment practices on the poor in Western Kenya

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2005
    Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Kenya
    Forest Tenure
    Land & Gender
    agroforestry systems
    poverty
    women
    natural resources management
    agriculture

    Western Kenya is one of the most densely populated areas in Africa. Farming there is characterized by low inputs and low crop productivity. Poverty is rampant in the region. Yet the potential for agriculture is considered good.

  9. Library Resource

    Water rights reform: lessons for institutional design

    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 2005
    water rights
    property rights
    gender equity in access to land

    Internationally there is growing understanding that water rights are important and that a lack of effective water rights systems creates major problems for the management of increasingly scarce water supplies. However, discussion of water rights has often failed to recognize the range of available institutional options, the rich diversity of lessons from experience, and the need for appropriate flexibility in adapting institutional design to dynamic local conditions.

  10. Library Resource

    Information and communication technologies for the poor

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2005
    development
    rural areas

    This brief is based on Information and Communication Technologies for Development and Poverty Reduction: The Potential of Telecommunications, ed. Maximo Torero and Joachim von Braun (Johns Hopkins University Press and IFPRI, 2006) "The variety of views about ICTs reveals that their role in development is unclear, especially without convincing evidence of their impact—and little research has been conducted on the direct and indirect links between ICTs and poverty reduction.

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