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    SOCIAL CAPITAL KNOWLEDGE SHARING NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT LAND POLICY RURAL COMMUNITIES INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE

    Significance of social networks in sustainable land management in Central Ethiopia and Eastern Uganda

    Fostering collective action is necessary for scaling sustainable land management (SLM) innovations. This paper analyses the significance of social networks in SLM among agricultural rural communities in central Ethiopia and eastern Uganda.

    Published date
    Wednesday, January 2, 2013 - 05:00
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    EMPOWERMENT DECENTRALIZATION INTEGRATED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DEVOLUTION LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONS Policy

    Scaling sustainable land management innovations : the African highland Initiative Devolution Model

    Key challenges encountered while operationalizing the African Highlands Initiative (AHI) devolution model are linked to coordination management, with issues arising out of collaboration processes.

    Published date
    Wednesday, January 2, 2013 - 05:00
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    DATE PALMS NUTRITION DROUGHT RESISTANCE NUTRIENTS ARID ZONE Poverty alleviation ETHNOBOTANY INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE PLANT VARIETIES

    Nutritional value of commonly consumed desert date tree products

    Balanites products offer great opportunity to reduce malnutrition, contribute to food security and reduce poverty among dryland communities.

    Published date
    Wednesday, January 2, 2013 - 05:00
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    Biodiversity DNA BARCODING SPECIES IDENTIFICATION INTERNATIONAL BARCODE OF LIFE (iBOL) DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

    Thirty-five-million dollar boost for 'Barcode of Life'

    The International Barcode of Life (iBOL) project, received a funding boost of $35 million from Canadian agencies for a 26-nation effort to collect specimens, sequence their DNA, and build an informatics platform using digital bar codes to store an

    Published date
    Friday, April 2, 2010 - 04:00
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    Biodiversity DNA BARCODING SPECIES IDENTIFICATION INTERNATIONAL BARCODE OF LIFE (iBOL) DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

    Barcode of Life Project expects $35M in new support

    The Canada-led International Barcode of Life (iBOL) project has received new pledges from its major supporters, raising totals from these funders to $80 million.

    Published date
    Saturday, January 2, 2010 - 05:00
  • Journal articles
    Biodiversity DNA BARCODING SPECIES IDENTIFICATION INTERNATIONAL BARCODE OF LIFE (iBOL)

    International Barcode of Life Project gets $8.1 million

    Researchers are quickly amassing barcodes or identifiers for a database of life forms, and developing new informatics tools and technologies.

    Published date
    Saturday, January 2, 2010 - 05:00