Resources Tagged: Rural Development

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  1. Agroforestry for Improved Land Use: ICRAF's Medium-Term Plan 1994-1998

    1993-01-01 This booklet is divided into six chapters. The first puts the plan into the context of ICRAFoperational mandate and TAC priorities. The second and third chapters summarise their7 programmes and23 projects for which theyhave provided an objective, key activities, expected outputs and indicators,...
    Rural Development Agroforestry Planning Land Use

  2. Risk Aversion vs Hunger and Exhaustion

    2013-10-20 This article challenges the long-held assumption that smallholder farmers are risk averse and delay land preparation and planting until they are assured of adequate rainfall, and that they inefficiently used the natural resources available to them. The author proposes that farming operations are...
    Economic Development Smallholder Farm Family Farm Rural Development Hunger Risk Aversion Risk Management Agricultural Devel...

  3. Strategies to Help Prepare for and Respond to Disaster

    2014-01-01 https://www.echocommunity.org/resources/71356f86-d90a-4032-9775-681c581fa715What if you are working in a community when disaster strikes it? What steps toward recovery can you take in such a situation? And what actions can be taken beforehand to minimize the damage from a large-scale,...
    Philippines Relief Typhoon Sudan Rural Development Haiti Disaster conservation Risk Reduction Needs Assessment Replant Agricultural Devel... Chaya Strawberry Tree Moringa Papaya Risk Assessment

  4. Why Many African Farmers Choose Not to Engage in Development

    2014-04-20 There is no doubt in my mind that West African farmers want development if that means, among other things, more productive farming. Of course they would rather harvest seven than three sacks of sorghum per hectare. If that is so, why do so many choose not to engage in development projects that...
    Subsistence Farming Rural Development Agricultural Devel... Risk Aversion Diversification Live Fence Natural Regeneration Dependency

  5. Training in Infrastructure for Developing Countries

    1992-06-19 Courses for water, engineering and development offered through Loughborough University in the UK.
    Education Rural Development Water

  6. Cashew Growing Observations

    1992-06-19 Feedback from the network regarding cashew production.
    Cashew Rural Development Fruit Trees

  7. Improving Backyard Chicken Production

    1995-10-19 “Probably more people are directly involved in chicken production throughout the world than in any other single agricultural enterprise.” Maintaining and improving the productivity of backyard chicken flocks is important for the wellbeing of rural families. Backyard producers value chickens for...
    Chickens Livestock Rural Development

  8. Micro-Scale Water Harvesting

    1999-03-19 Three programs in Honduras have been looking for ways that poor hillside farmers can capture rainwater in their own fields and hold it there for two or three months. This water could then be used for supplemental irrigation during droughts or for extending the cropping season into the dry season....
    Rural Development Water Harvesting Water Catchment Microcatchment

  9. Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration

    1997-11-19 One of the immediate problems directly affecting agricultural output and quality of life in Niger is the severe deforestation which has occurred, particularly since the 1960’s. Simply planting more trees does not solve the problems. Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration is a practice that protects...
    Agroforestry Rural Development FMNR Natural Regeneration Dryland Farming Semi-arid

  10. Tephrosia Fallow Management in Cameroon

    1999-10-19 Stefan Cherry shares insights from a community in Cameroon where Tephrosia vogelii is an integral part of the farming system.
    Rural Development Cover Crops Green Manures Fallow