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Pest management in shifting cultivation
2001
Thurston, H.D.
Sustaining capacity for supplying evidence for agricultural & rural development policies
2008
Adebayo, Kolawole | Rhoe, Valerie
The Federal Government of Nigeria has demonstrated a strong commitment to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the NEEDS Targets. Recognizing the importance of agriculture, as well as the challenges faced by the sector, in providing evidence for policymaking, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources (FMAWR) established the Agricultural Policy Support Facility (APSF), with the International Food Policy Research Institution (IFPRI) as its implementing partner and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) providing financial support. APSF aims to strengthen the capacity of FMAWR to design and implement agricultural policies by addressing the fundamental knowledge, capacity, and communication problems faced by the Government of Nigeria. In order to support evidence-based policymaking, it is essential to identify the current capacity within Nigeria for providing evidence for policymaking and for creating this capacity for future generations. In collaboration with the University of Ibadan, University of Agriculture-Abeokuta, FMAWR, and IFPRI, a consultation workshop on “Sustaining Capacity for Supplying Evidence for Agricultural Rural Development Policies and Strategies was held at the University of Ibadan on April 28, 2008. The objectives of this consultative workshop were to identify: specific capacity challenges confronting university professors who are teaching the next generation of policymakers, policy analysts, researchers and university professors; curriculum gaps within the university programs for building capacity for designing and implementing pro-poor, gender sensitive, and environmentally sustainable agricultural and rural development policies and strategies; employment opportunities for the university graduates in agricultural economics and extension and the required skills; existing capacity for undertaking agriculture and rural development policy research; and current methods used by researchers to convey their results to decisionmakers and other stakeholders.
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2008
Adebayo, Kolawole | Rhoe, Valerie
The Federal Government of Nigeria has demonstrated a strong commitment to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the NEEDS Targets. Recognizing the importance of agriculture, as well as the challenges faced by the sector, in providing evidence for policymaking, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources (FMAWR) established the Agricultural Policy Support Facility (APSF), with the International Food Policy Research Institution (IFPRI) as its implementing partner and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) providing financial support. APSF aims to strengthen the capacity of FMAWR to design and implement agricultural policies by addressing the fundamental knowledge, capacity, and communication problems faced by the Government of Nigeria. In order to support evidence-based policymaking, it is essential to identify the current capacity within Nigeria for providing evidence for policymaking and for creating this capacity for future generations. In collaboration with the University of Ibadan, University of Agriculture-Abeokuta, FMAWR, and IFPRI, a consultation workshop on “Sustaining Capacity for Supplying Evidence for Agricultural Rural Development Policies and Strategies was held at the University of Ibadan on April 28, 2008. The objectives of this consultative workshop were to identify: specific capacity challenges confronting university professors who are teaching the next generation of policymakers, policy analysts, researchers and university professors; curriculum gaps within the university programs for building capacity for designing and implementing pro-poor, gender sensitive, and environmentally sustainable agricultural and rural development policies and strategies; employment opportunities for the university graduates in agricultural economics and extension and the required skills; existing capacity for undertaking agriculture and rural development policy research; and current methods used by researchers to convey their results to decisionmakers and other stakeholders.
Show more [+] Less [-]Guidelines for the commercialization of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) in shifting cultivation areas
2001
Karki, M. (International Development Research Center Canada House, 208 Jor Bagh, New Delhi (India)) Rawal, R.B.
Strategies for developing areas practicing shifting cultivation in northeast India
2001
Darlong, V.T. (Ministry of Environment and Forests N.E. Regional Office, Upland Road Shillong 793003 (India))
Economics of labor and information in swidden intensification
2001
Raintree, J. (Forestry Research Center, NAFRI Scc Natura, P.O. Box 4298 Vientiane (Lao PDR))
Forest improvement technology (FIT): an alternative to logging
2001
Rice, D. (Kalahan Educational Foundation, Inc., Imuyan, Santa Fe, Nueva Viscaya (Philippines))
How household development stages influence field expansion among swidden cultivators: Negros Oriental, Philippines
2001
Maata, B.M.Jr (Phil-German Development Foundation Inc., Y.C. James Yen Center, Silang, Cavite (Philippines))
Enhancing sustainability of shifting cultivation in the Philippines through policy and institutional support
2001
Vergara, N.T. (Green Tropics International, Timugan, National Highway, Los Banos, Laguna (Philippines))
Agroforestry options for shifting cultivators in northeast India
2001
Singh, J. (Institute of Rain and Moist Deciduous Forest Research, Doovan, P.O. Box 136 Sotai, Jorhat 785001 Assam (India))
