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1 Bossio, Deborah; Geheb, Kim. 2008. Conserving land, protecting water. Introduction. In Bossio, Deborah; Geheb, Kim (Eds.). Conserving land, protecting water. Wallingford, UK: CABI; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. pp.xi-xviii. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series 6)
Land management ; Water management ; Land conservation ; Water conservation ; Land degradation ; Ecosystems ; Water productivity ; Social aspects
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G000 BOS Record No: H041589)
2 Kheoruenromne, I.; Riddell, J. A.; Soitong, K. (Eds.) 2004. Proceedings of SSWM 2004 International Conference on Innovative Practices for Sustainable Sloping Lands and Watershed Management, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 5-9 September 2004. Bangkok, Thailand: Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives. Department of Agricultural Extension. 400p.
Watershed management ; Sloping land ; Land conservation ; Erosion control ; Soil conservation ; Water conservation ; Crop production ; Farmers ; Decision support systems ; Training / Asia / China / South East Asia / Indonesia / Thailand / Vietnam / Cambodia / Philippines / Laos
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G570 KHE Record No: H043681)
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3 Nedessa, B.; Ali, J.; Nyborg, I. 2005. Exploring ecological and socio-economic issues for the improvement of area enclosure management: a case study from Ethiopia. Oslo, Norway: Drylands Coordination Group (DCG). 55p. (Drylands Coordination Group Report 38)
Land degradation ; Land tenure ; Land conservation ; Community involvement ; Women / Ethiopia / Africa South of Sahara / Tigray / Amhara / Oromya
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 8078 Record No: H044392)
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In spite of the impressive results of the ecological rehabilitation and improvements of productivity, many communities have had bad experiences with AEs in the past due to uncertainty and the lack of clarity of land tenure and public land use policy in the country. Due to these uncertainties, the communities did not have decision making power in the management and utilization of the resources. In addition, they could not use grass and wood produced in the AEs. This adversely affected the sense of ownership and community commitment for effective protection and sustainable management of the resources. This problem is still not adequately addressed and the communities are uncertain about the future of land tenure and land use policy. This has restricted them in making decisions that are important for the sustainability of the AEs and resources within. In an attempt to remedy this situation, the Drylands Coordination Group (DCG) commissioned this study to develop guidelines to support the government in developing management plans with a clear land tenure and land use policy for the sustainable management of AEs.
4 Madhu, M.; Sharda, V. N. 2013. Erosion control for enhancing the productivity of tea in the southern high hills of India. In Palanisami, Kuppannan; Sharda, V. N.; Singh, D. V. (Eds.). Water management in the hill regions: evidence from field studies. [Outcome of the IWMI and ICAR Workshop organized by IWMI-TATA Water Policy Research Program]. New Delhi, India: Bloomsbury Publishing India. pp.43-57.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G635 PAL Record No: H045727)
5 Kendaragama, K. M. A. 2013. Sustainable approaches towards combating land degradation in the central highlands of Sri Lanka in the face of climate change. SOBA Environmental Magazine, 21(1- Special magazine published for Rio+20 Summit): 27-31.
Land resources ; Land degradation ; Land conservation ; Highlands ; Climate change ; Soils ; Erosion ; Soil fertility / Sri Lanka / Central Highlands
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 8138 Record No: H046088)
6 Tillah, M. 2015. Just in time: chances for a holistic approach for land and water governance in Cisadane sub-watershed area, Bogor district. In Global Water Partnership (GWP); International Land Coalition (ILC); International Water Management Institute (IWMI). Proceedings of the Joint GWP-ILC-IWMI Workshop on Responding to the Global Food Security Challenge Through Coordinated Land and Water Governance, Pretoria, South Africa, 15-16 June 2015. Stockholm, Sweden: Global Water Partnership (GWP); Rome, Italy: International Land Coalition (ILC); Pretoria, South Africa: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 11p.
Watershed management ; Water governance ; Development projects ; Small scale systems ; Upstream ; Rivers ; Land conservation ; Land ownership ; Stakeholders ; Nonprofit organizations / Indonesia / Bogor / Cisadane Sub-Watershed
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047320)
http://www.gwp.org/Global/About%20GWP/Publications/Proceedings%20papers%20Pretoria%20June%202015/7_Mardha_Tillah_final.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047320.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047320.pdf
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7 Mango, N.; Makate, C.; Tamene, L.; Mponela, P.; Ndengu, G. 2017. Awareness and adoption of land, soil and water conservation practices in the Chinyanja Triangle, southern Africa. International Soil and Water Conservation Research, 5(2):122-129. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2017.04.003]
Water conservation ; Soil conservation ; Land conservation ; Agricultural practices ; Farmers attitudes ; Awareness ; Technology ; Adoption ; Households ; Socioeconomic environment ; Models / Southern Africa / Mozambique / Malawi / Zambia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048162)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095633916301083/pdfft?md5=82d095897ec1b142eb0962e168a4d5d2&pid=1-s2.0-S2095633916301083-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048162.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048162.pdf
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The promotion of land, soil and water conservation measures has been a widespread development in sub-Saharan Africa in a bid to tackle degradation and improve productivity. As a result, several governments have launched various campaigns on soil, land and water conservation measures. The aim of this study is to determine some of the factors that influence farmers’ awareness (knowledge) and adoption of land, soil and water conservation practices. Data for this study was collected from 312 households using a questionnaire survey in the Chinyanja Triangle of Southern Africa. The study sites were sampled from Tete province of Mozambique, central and southern regions of Malawi and eastern Province of Zambia. We used t-tests to classify adopters and non-adopters of soil, land and water conservation measures and binomial logit models to identify the factors that influence farmers’ knowledge of conservation measures and adoption of land productivity practices. The results show that the household head's age, education, agricultural advice reception and farmer group membership are critical in raising awareness. While the household head's age, education, agricultural advice reception, farmer group membership, pieces of land owned or used in production and land-to-man ratio influenced adoption decisions. The study, therefore, concludes that in order to improve land productivity in the Chinyanja Triangle, there is a need to consider farmers’ heterogeneity in terms of household head's age, level of education, extension services outreach, and socio-economic characteristics. This suggests that governments’ policies in the region should be aimed at improving farmers’ level of education, extension delivery that will target the elderly and the youth, land ownership, credit access, and social capital such as group formation.
8 Vlek, P. L. G.; Khamzina, A.; Azadi, H.; Bhaduri, A.; Bharati, Luna; Braimoh, A.; Martius, C.; Sunderland, T.; Taheri, F. 2017. Trade-offs in multi-purpose land use under land degradation. Sustainability, 9(12):1-19. [doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/su9122196]
Land degradation ; Land use ; Land conservation ; Multipurpose varieties ; Farmland ; Ecosystem services ; Integrated land management ; Water management ; Urbanization ; Biodiversity ; Farmers ; Stakeholders ; Soil moisture ; Climate change ; Carbon stock assessments ; Crop production
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048411)
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Land provides a host of ecosystem services, of which the provisioning services are often considered paramount. As the demand for agricultural products multiplies, other ecosystem services are being degraded or lost entirely. Finding a sustainable trade-off between food production and one or more of other ecosystem services, given the variety of stakeholders, is a matter of optimizing land use in a dynamic and complex socio-ecological system. Land degradation reduces our options to meet both food demands and environmental needs. In order to illustrate this trade-off dilemma, four representative services, carbon sinks, water storage, biodiversity, and space for urbanization, are discussed here based on a review of contemporary literature that cuts across the domain of ecosystem services that are provided by land. Agricultural research will have to expand its focus from the field to the landscape level and in the process examine the cost of production that internalizes environmental costs. In some situations, the public cost of agriculture in marginal environments outweighs the private gains, even with the best technologies in place. Land use and city planners will increasingly have to address the cost of occupying productive agricultural land or the conversion of natural habitats. Landscape designs and urban planning should aim for the preservation of agricultural land and the integrated management of land resources by closing water and nutrient cycles, and by restoring biodiversity.
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