In this brief, we learn that combining technical innovations with collective action initiatives has been shown to lead to substantial farmer benefits.
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The authors describe property rights as overlapping 'bundles' of rights, which can be grouped as use rights and control or decisionmaking rights.
Governments are now shifting their role from direct management of irrigation systems to regulation of the water sector, provision of support services to water user associations, and capacity building among water user associations and irrigation se
According to the author, Given the vital importance of public goods in providing basic services necessary for alleviating poverty and in managing the local natural resource base for sustainable development, this brief offers an approach to underst
Genetic resources are the genetic material in plants and animals that determine useful traits that people can conserve, characterize, evaluate, and use to meet their needs.
Since crop and animal pests destroy farmers' production, this brief looks at the ways pests can be controlled either by individual farmers, by public programmes, or by neighbors working together.
The authors state that governments and research and development organizations are increasingly interested in understanding and promoting rural agroenterprises as a way to combat rural poverty.
Millions of the rural poor now participate in collaborative forest management schemes under a variety of tenurial and organizational arrangements.We examine those arrangements and ask whether local people have indeed gained more access to benefits
In this brief, we explore the role that social institutions -specifically property rights and collective action - may play in the development of agroforestry....
Fisheries are complex and interdependent ecological and social systems that require integrated management approaches. The actions of one person or group of users affect the availability of the resource for others.
According to the authors, watersheds define a terrain united by the flow of water, nutrients, pollutants, and sediment. Watersheds also link foresters, farmers, fishers, and urban dwellers in intricate social relationships.
The author tells us that Collective action occurs when more than one individual is required to contribute to an effort in order to achieve an outcome.