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Chinese trader perceptions on sourcing and consumption of endangered seafood
Type: Journal Article
Growing trade networks through globalization have expanded governance of local environments to encompass multiple scales. The governing role of market actors, such as traders and consumers in importing countries, has been ...
A new professionalism for agricultural research for development
Type: Journal Article
There have been repeated calls for a 'new professionalism' for carrying out agricultural research for development since the 1990s. At the centre of these calls is a recognition that for agricultural research to support the ...
Feedbacks as a bridging concept for advancing transdisciplinary sustainability research
Type: Journal Article
The emergence of transformation as a core component in sustainability science and practice has opened an exciting space for transdisciplinary research. Yet, the mainstreaming of transformation has also exposed epistemological ...
Figments of fire and forest: Shifting cultivation policy in the Philippines and Indonesia
Type: Book Chapter
Shifting cultivation supports around 200 million people in the Asia-Pacific region alone. It is often regarded as a primitive and inefficient form of agriculture that destroys forests, causes soil erosion and robs lowland ...
Safeguarding seagrass poster
Type: Poster
Lau Lagoon is the largest seagrass area in Solomon Islands. Dugong, fish and people depend on the seagrass. Support the efforts to save the lagoon: (1) protect dugongs, (2) respect fishing closures, (3) refrain from using ...
Heavy metal contamination in surface water and sediment of the Meghna River, Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
The present study was designed to evaluate the temporal variation of ten metals (Al, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zn) in the surface water and sediments of the Meghna River, Bangladesh during rainy, winter and pre-monsoon ...
Towards a complexity-aware theory of change for participatory research programs working within agricultural innovation systems
Type: Journal Article
Agricultural innovation systems (AIS) are increasingly recognized as complex adaptive systems in which interventions cannot be expected to create predictable, linear impacts. Nevertheless, the logic models and theory of ...
Guidelines for Innovation Platforms in Agricultural Research for Development. Decision support for research, development and funding agencies on how to design, budget and implement impactful Innovation Platforms
Type: Manual
Innovation Platforms are an increasingly popular approach to enhancing multi-stakeholder collaboration in agricultural research for development (AR4D) programmes. Innovation Platforms facilitate interaction and collaboration ...
Analysis of the Informal Trade as a Source of Household Income: A Case of Cross-border Fish Traders in Zambia
Type: Thesis
The general objective of this study was to analyze the informal trade as source of household income with a special focus on cross border fish traders in Zambia. The study covers findings from border site fish markets in ...
Evaluating complex interventions: A theory-driven realist-informed approach
Type: Journal Article
There is a growing recognition that programs that seek to change people's lives are intervening in complex systems, which puts a particular set of requirements on program monitoring and evaluation. Developing complexity-aware ...