Mixed farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa
The important position and role of mixed farming systems in land use intensification in subSaharan Africa is reviewed. This is done by examining the current situation that is followed with a justification for mixed farming. Further sections follow on changing patterns of land use, including the effects of tsetse flies and trypanosomiasis, and on constraints to further crop-livestock integration.
Navigating power dynamics in innovation platforms: Lessons from the Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia
My rights, your obligations: question of equity in Indonesia's protected areas
Nile Basin Development Challenge community engagement report: Diga
Nile Basin Development Challenge community engagement report: Jeldu
Overview of ILCA's research on property rights
This paper reviews the studies of property institutions that have been undertaken by researchers affiliated with the International Livestock Centre for Africa (ILCA) since 1980. Particular attention is given to the systems studies and an ongoing study of the impacts of trypanosomiasis control on property institutions. Past and current studies by other workshop participants are mentioned but not reviewed in any detail. The majority of the completed studies have been concerned with two fundamental questions: (1) How do property institutions affect the use and management of resources?
Paradigms and perspectives in resource management research
Participatory planning of appropriate rainwater harvesting and management techniques in the central rift valley dry lands of Ethiopia
Despite the extensive efforts of rainwater harvesting and management (RWHM) interventions for moisture-stressed areas in Ethiopia, the adoption and wider dissemination of the newly introduced techniques have been generally meager. The objective of this study was, therefore, to develop appropriate RWHM techniques through a participatory planning process in the Central Rift Valley (CRV) dry lands of Ethiopia. To achieve this objective, a combination of literature reviews, focus group discussions, questionnaire surveys, agro-meteorological analyses and field experimentations were undertaken.
Participatory research on water and soil conservation, rangeland and livestock management
Research conducted in Mauritania.