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  1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia, No 5(3), Timber Trees: Lesser-Known Timbers

    M.S.M. Sosef, L.T. Hong and S. Prawirohatmodjo (Editors) Efforts to protect, conserve and sustainably use tropical forests are gaining support worldwide. They include improved management of natural forests, the establishment of timber plantations, the planting of trees in agroforestry systems, and the promotion of the use of non-timber forest products...

  2. Water Harvesting - Guidelines to Good Practices

    Rima Mekdaschi Studer and Hanspeter Liniger This publicationon “Water Harvesting – Guidelines to Good Practice”was mandated by IFAD, prepared by WOCAT in collaboration with MetaMeta and RAIN and funded by SDC and IFAD. Find out more about theproject "Water Harvesting". Water security is a prerequisite to achieve food security. Water...
    628.13 CDE

  3. SECURING GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY: What Role for Latin America’s Net Agricultural Exporters?

    Edited by Martín Piñeiro, Margaret Myers, and Laura Uzquiza This report features the work of five distinguished specialists in agricultural economics. Shenggen Fan from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) begins with an examination of trends in global food security. Fan’s chapter is followed by analysis by Piñeiro and Myers of the...

  4. La collecte de l’eau: Directives pour de bonnes pratiques

    Rima Mekdaschi Studer et Hanspeter Liniger (Centre pour le dévelopement et l’environnement, CDE) Ces directives donnent une vue d’ensemble des bonnes pratiques éprouvées de collecte de l’eau dans le monde entier. Celles-ci constituent un guide de référence pratique tout en offrant un support et une expertise technique spécifique pour l’intégration des technologies de collecte de l’eau dans...

  5. CLEANED X Version 2.0.1

    Jessica Mukiri, An Notenbaert, Rein Van der Hoek, Celine Birnholz The CLEANED Excel tool to assess the environmental impacts of livestock production systems CLEANED is a static based model which assess multiple environmental impacts (Figure 3) of a livestock enterprises on an annual basis. CLEANED was developed on Microsoft excel 2016 and implemented as an...

  6. Resilient Seed Systems: Handbook, Second edition

    Vernooy, R.; Bessette, G.; Otieno, G. (eds.) The Resilient Seed Systems Handbook Second Edition, developed by a multidisciplinary team of Bioversity International researchers and research partners, is a tool that supports research and capacity building on resilient seed systems in the context of adaptation to climate change. The first...

  7. Household Gardening Projects in Asia: Past Experience and Future Directions

    David J. Midmore et al This report summarizes the workshop discussions and recommendations, addresses key issues concerning the role of household garden programs in rural development, and identifies viable implementation strategies drawn from the experiences of the workshop participants.
    635.095 MID

  8. Gardening on Rooftops & Other Above-Ground Locations - Martin Price

    Martin Price, Ph.D Most hunger and malnutrition around the world is not usually caused by a lack of food, although that may be changing. From the point of view of the hungry family, the cause is usually a lack of income sufficient to purchase the food. Anyone with enough income will be able to obtain food, except...

  9. Introducing the Camel: Basic Camel Keeping for the Beginner

    Peter James Gill This handbook is meant to provide a concise yet basic resource of camel husbandry. It is designed to acquaint the field worker with a working knowledge of camels and camel husbandry in Kenya. 2 Copies
    636.932 GIL

  10. Greenhouse Gardening for the Purpose of Self-Sustaining Ministry in the Former Soviet Union

    Mark R. Elliott This publication addresses definitions, greenhouse gardening benefits, the Mittleider Method of cultivation practiced at the Zaoksky farm where the training took place, and specifics of greenhouse best practices including size; design; placement; orientation; foundation construction; framing;...
    635 ELL