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Gender and local floodplain management institutions: a case study from Bangladesh
Sultana, Parvin; Thompson, Paul - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
and influence. Men and women in all three sites recognized that decisionmaking and management of their fisheries had …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005113260
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Collective action and property rights for sustainable development:
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Di Gregorio, Monica, ed. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
John W. Bruce.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996499
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Acción colectiva y derechos de propiedad para el desarrollo sostenible:
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Di Gregorio, Monica, ed. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
John W. Bruce.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996504
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Building on successes in African agriculture:
Haggblade, Steven - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
CONTENTS: 1. African Agriculture: Past Performance, Future Imperatives / Steven Haggblade, Peter Hazell, Ingrid Kirsten, and Richard Mkandawire; 2. Generalizing from Past Successes / Steven Haggblade; 3. Recent Growth in African Cassava / Felix Nweke, Steven Haggblade, and Ballard Zulu; 4. Maize...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996519
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Catalyzing collective action to address natural resource conflict: Lessons from Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake
Ratner, Blake D.; Halpern, Guy; Kosal; Mam - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
sources of vulnerability in fisheries livelihoods and to catalyze efforts to support resilience in this valuable and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132843
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Conflict, cooperation, and collective action: Land use, water rights, and water scarcity in Manupali watershed, Southern Philippines
Piñon, Caroline; Catacutan, Delia; Leimona, Beria; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
users. To avoid hostile confrontation between different user groups and to manage competition of water use, some user groups … have instituted voluntary agreements for water rights sharing. Viewed in terms of cooperation and collective action, these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132840
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Addressing conflict through collective action in natural resource management:
Ratner, Blake D.; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Hellin, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
attention to the role of natural resource competition in the livelihoods of the rural poor. While significant empirical research … has focused on diagnosing the links between natural resource competition and (violent) conflict, much less has focused on … the dynamics of whether and how resource competition can be transformed to strengthen social-ecological resilience and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762166
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Methods for studying collective action in rural development:
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Di Gregorio, Monica; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
With renewed recognition of the importance of collective action in many aspects of agriculture, natural resource management, and rural development programs in developing countries, there is a need for research on the factors that affect its emergence, as well as its performance. Yet because of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005113253
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Understanding, measuring and utilizing social capital: clarifying concepts and presenting a field application from India
Krishna, Anirudh - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003
Social capital is a resource, a propensity for mutually beneficial collective action that communities possess to different extents. Communities with high levels of social capital are able to act together collectively for achieving diverse common objectives. While the concept of social capital is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005101409
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Gender, social capital and information exchange in rural Uganda:
Katungi, Enid; Edmeades, Svetlana; Smale, Melinda - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"Changing agricultural research and extension systems mean that informal mechanisms of information diffusion are often the primary source of information about improved seed and practices for farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper investigates the interactions between gender, social capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005105967