Your search found 16 records
1 Scherr, S. J.. 1995. Economic factors in farmer adoption of agroforestry: Patterns observed in Western Kenya. World Development, 23(5):787-804.
Agroforestry ; Farms ; Households ; Gender differences ; Environmental effects ; Economic aspects / Kenya
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 4072 Record No: H017495)
2 Scherr, S. J.; Buck, L.; Meinzen-Dick, R.; Jackson, L. A.; Bebbington, T.; Merrill-Sands, D.; Shepherd, G. 1995. Designing policy research on local organizations in natural resource management. Synthesis of international workshop co-sponsored by IFPRI, CIFOR and ODI in October 1994. x, 130p. (EPTD workshop summary paper no.2)
Natural resources ; Resource management ; Policy ; Research methods ; Data collection ; Indicators ; Forest management ; Irrigation
(Location: IWMI-SA Call no: P 4189 Record No: H017940)
3 Scherr, S. J.; Yadav, S. 1996. Land degradation in the developing world: Implications for food, agriculture, and the environment to 2020. Washington, DC, USA: IFPRI. vi, 36p. (Food, agriculture, and the environment discussion paper 14)
Soil degradation ; Land development ; Land management ; Farmers' attitudes ; Developing countries ; Environmental effects
(Location: IWMI-SA Call no: 333 G000 SCH Record No: H018556)
4 Scherr, S. J.. 1999. Soil degradation: a threat to developing-country food security by 2020? Washington, DC, USA: IFPRI. vii, 63p. (Food, Agriculture, and the Environment Discussion Paper 27)
Soil degradation ; Land use ; Food security ; Evaluation ; Developing countries ; Agricultural economics ; Irrigated farming ; Farmers ; Poverty ; Land development ; Policy ; Research priorities / South Asia / South East Asia / Mexico / Central America
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.4 G000 SCH Record No: H024229)
5 Scherr, S. J.; Merrill-Sands, D. 1999. Taking stock of gender staffing in the CGIAR, 1998. Washington, DC, USA; Boston, MA, USA: CGIAR; Simmons Graduate School of Management. Center for Gender in Organizations (CGO) iv, 28p. (CGIAR Gender Program working paper 20)
Gender ; Equity ; Research institutes ; Employment ; Human resource development ; Women in development ; Womans' status
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 5157 Record No: H024513)
6 Merrill-Sands, D.; Scherr, S. J.. 2001. Center self-assessment for a woman-friendly workplace. Draft for discussion of a working paper of the CGIAR Gender & Diversity Program. ii, 42p. (CGIAR Gender and Diversity Program working paper 29)
Gender ; Equity ; Analysis ; Woman's status ; Women in development ; Employment ; Policy ; Leadership ; Organizational change ; Research institutes ; Human resource development
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 5746 Record No: H028484)
7 McNeely, J. A.; Scherr, S. J.. 2001. Common ground, common future: how ecoagriculture can help feed the world and save wild biodiversity. Gland, Switzerland: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). 24p.
Ecology ; Ecosystems ; Wildlife ; Environmental sustainability ; Food security ; Farming systems ; Farmers' attitudes ; Runoff ; Water pollution ; Pesticide residues ; Poverty ; Income generation ; Agricultural policy ; Traditional farming ; Pastoralism ; Agroforestry ; Pollution control ; Erosion / Honduras / Philippines / Brazil / Costa Rica / UK / Nepal / Australia / USA / China / Vietnam / Zimbabwe / Kenya / Zambia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 574.5 G000 MCN Record No: H028543)
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8 Wood, S.; Sebastian, K.; Scherr, S. J.. 2000. Agroecosystems. Washington, DC, USA: IFPRI; WRI. 94p. (Pilot analysis of global ecosystems)
Ecosystems ; Agriculture ; Environmental effects ; Policy ; Agricultural production ; Land use ; Soil properties ; Rain-fed farming ; Irrigated farming ; Irrigation efficiency ; Water quality ; Water supply
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 WOO Record No: H029832)
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9 Bridges, E. M.; Hannam, I. D.; Oldeman, L. R.; Penning de Vries, F. W. T.; Scherr, S. J.; Sombatpanit, S. (Eds.) 2001. Response to land degradation. New Delhi, India: Oxford & IBH Publishing. xxii, 507p.
Soil degradation ; Ecology ; Food production ; Environmental degradation ; Soil conservation ; Soil salinity ; Climate ; Land use ; Desertification ; Soil properties ; Deforestation ; Food security ; Biodiversity ; Monitoring ; Remote sensing ; GIS ; Erosion ; Water conservation ; Soil management ; Land tenure ; Land management ; Legal aspects ; Poverty / Africa South of Sahara / Thailand / Kuwait / Iceland / Asia / Malaysia / India / Vietnam / Africa / Thailand / Bangladesh / Sri Lanka / Hungary / Australia / China / Pakistan / Botswana / Uzbekistan / Philippines / USA / Brazil / Mexico / South East Asia / Kenya / Russian Federation
(Location: IWMI-SA Call no: 631.4 G000 BRI Record No: H030445)
10 McNeely, J. A.; Scherr, S. J.. 2003. Ecoagriculture: Strategies to feed the world and save biodiversity. Washington, DC, USA: Island Press. xxvii, 323p.
Biodiversity ; Poverty ; Food supply ; Agricultural development ; Wetlands ; Watersheds ; Pesticide residues ; Fertilizers ; Pollution control ; Erosion ; Soil degradation ; Wildlife ; Diseases ; Livestock ; Ecosystems ; Case studies ; Forestry ; Policy ; Legal aspects ; Financing ; Investment
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 574.5 G000 MCN Record No: H032411)
11 Penning de Vries, Frits W. T.; Acquay, H.; Molden, David; Scherr, S. J.; Valentin, Christian; Cofie, Olufunke. 2003. Integrated land and water management for food and environmental security. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Comprehensive Assessment Secretariat. viii, 62p. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Research Report 001) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.392]
Water resource management ; Food security ; Environmental effects ; Soil degradation ; Water pollution ; Watersheds ; Urbanization ; Public policy ; Water quality ; Ecosystems ; Land resources ; Water scarcity ; Developing countries ; Poverty ; Households ; Food supply ; Economic aspects ; Social aspects ; Groundwater depletion ; Salinity ; Wetlands ; Investment ; Land use ; Water use ; Training needs assessment ; Research priorities
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 PEN Record No: H034918)
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12 Swallow, B.; Boffa, J. M.; Scherr, S. J.. 2006. The potential for agroforestry to contribute to the conservation and enhancement of landscape biodiversity. In Garrity, D.; Okono, A.; Grayson, M.; Parrott, S. (Eds.). World agroforestry into the Future. Nairobi, Kenya: World Agroforestry Centre. pp.95-101.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 634.99 G000 GAR Record No: H039077)
13 Scherr, S. J.; McNeely, J. A. (Eds.) 2007. Farming with nature: the science and practice of ecoagriculture. Washington, DC, USA: Island Press. 445p.
Sustainable agriculture ; Biodiversity ; Ecosystems ; Agricultural production ; Cereals ; Agroforestry ; Livestock ; Pest control ; Watershed management ; Irrigation management ; Remote sensing ; Leadership ; Farmers
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 630 G000 SCH Record No: H040799)
14 Scherr, S. J.; Sthapit, S. 2009. Mitigating climate change through food and land use. Washington, D.C., USA: Worldwatch Institute. 50p. (Worldwatch Report 179)
Climate change ; Land use ; Greenhouse gases ; Carbon ; Methane ; Deforestation ; Habitats ; Organic fertilizers ; Nitrogen fertilizers ; Cropping systems ; Farming systems ; Livestock
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042175)
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15 Boelee, Eline; Coates, D.; Khaka, E.; Pert, P. L.; Thiombiano, L.; Scherr, S. J.; Cook, Simon; Sanford, Luke. 2013. Introduction. In Boelee, Eline. (Ed.). Managing water and agroecosystems for food security. Wallingford, UK: CABI. pp.1-6. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series 10)
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046119)
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16 Boelee, Eline; Scherr, S. J.; Pert, P. L.; Barron, J.; Finlayson, M.; Descheemaeker, K.; Milder, J. C.; Fleiner, R.; Nguyen-Khoa, S.; Barchiesi, S.; Bunting, S. W.; Tharme, R. E.; Khaka, E.; Coates, D.; Solowey, E. M.; Lloyd, G. J.; Molden, D.; Cook, Simon. 2013. Management of water and agroecosystems in landscapes for sustainable food security. In Boelee, Eline. (Ed.). Managing water and agroecosystems for food security. Wallingford, UK: CABI. pp.156-170. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series 10)
Water management ; Water productivity ; Agroecosystems ; Landscape ; Food security ; Institutions ; Research priorities
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046129)
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