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Smoke in a new era of fire people.

Published online: 07 Mar 2018

Authors: Hessburg, P. & Larkin, S. & Varner, M.

Content type: Bulletin

Smoke from fire can sharply reduce air quality by releasing particulate matter, one of the most dangerous types of air pollution for human health. A t...

Women and agricultural productivity: what does the evidence tell us?

Published online: 16 Dec 2015

Authors: Doss, C.

Content type: Bulletin

Should agricultural development programs target women in order to increase productivity? This paper reviews the extensive literature on men's and wome...

Background paper on gender implications of the GAP and KJWA: AGNES pre-SBs 50 strategy meeting on agriculture and food security.

Published online: 16 Oct 2019

Authors: Masiko, W. K. & Huyer, S. & Mungai, C.

Content type: Bulletin

In Africa, women play an important role in food production, both paid and unpaid, and use of natural resources, while also serving as key figures in c...

Water for food security and nutrition: a report by the high level panel of experts on food security and nutrition May 2015.

Published online: 04 Apr 2018

Content type: Miscellaneous

Water is life: it is integral to human food security and nutrition, and it is the lifeblood of ecosystems upon which all humans depend. Safe drinking ...

Transition to smallholder agriculture in Central Asia.

Published online: 17 Jan 2018

Authors: Lerman, Z. & Sedik, D.

Content type: Bulletin

The article reviews the development and the present status of smallholder farming in Central Asia's former Soviet republics - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, ...

Participatory research methods in environmental science: local and scientific knowledge of a limnological phenomenon in the Pantanal wetland of Brazil.

Published online: 18 Oct 2000

Authors: Calheiros, D. F. & Seidl, A. F. & Ferreira, C. J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Participatory research methodologies incorporating local knowledge are important to the success of ecological research and the sustainable management ...

Guidelines for community fish refuge-rice field fisheries system management in Cambodia. Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Fisheries Administration and WorldFish Cambodia.

Published online: 02 Jan 2020

Authors: Miratori, K. & Kosal, M. & Sean, V. & Brooks, A. & Somony, T. & Viseth, H. & Gregory, R.

Content type: Miscellaneous

Community Fish Refuge - Rice Field Fishery (CFR-RFF) systems managed under the Rice Field Fisheries Enhancement (RFFE) project have been shown to cont...

Nature's stewards: how local buy-in can help tackle wildlife crime in Uganda.

Published online: 25 May 2016

Authors: Travers, H. & Roe, D. & Plumptre, A. & Baker, J. & Rwetsiba, A. & Milner-Gulland, E. J.

Content type: Bulletin

High levels of illegal resource use in two of Uganda's national parks show the need to rethink current approaches to combatting wildlife crime. Our re...

Is there a market for multi-peril crop insurance in developing countries moving beyond subsidies? Evidence from India.

Published online: 19 Jun 2019

Authors: Ghosh, R. K. & Shweta Gupta & Vartika Singh & Ward, P. S.

Content type: Bulletin

Researchers and policymakers have long understood the benefits of crop insurance but have been consistently disappointed by the poor performance of th...

Social protection for building the resilience of forest-dependent people: evidence, linkages, practices and potential applications.

Published online: 14 Aug 2019

Authors: Tirivayi, N.

Content type: Bulletin

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