Natural resource management

  1. Global NTFP Partnership: evolutionary pathway
    The origins of the GPP on NTFPs for Livelihood Development go back to the GFAR Conference in Dakar in 2003, which recommended activities in the area of Forestry and Forest Ecosystems.
  2. GFAR Global Partnerships Programme (GPP) on Non-timber Forest Products (NTFPs)
    for livelihood development
    Currently the NTFP sector is characterized by: 1) Unregulated extraction. 2) Limited value addition at source. 3) Often many actors in production chains. 4) Lack of stakeholder organization and support infrastructure. 5) Minimal credibility of the sector amongst policy makers and investors. 6)…
  3. GFAR Global Partnerships Programme (GPP) on Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs)
    (pipeline GPP)
    Goal: sustainable enhancement of the livelihoods of NTFP collectors and producers. Outputs: 1. Action Research Partnership Sites (ARPS). 2. Strategic Research Programmes. 3. Global NTFP Information and Knowledge Repository. 4. Learning and Replication Support Services. 5. Equitable NTFP Supply…
  4. Session 4: emerging global partnership
    programmes. Agroecological approaches and appropriate
    technologies for tropical ecosystems. A concerted effort among NARS, IARCs, NGOs and farmers. Draft being discussed by partners
    Crop and livestock production systems are the basis of the rural economies of humid and sub-humid tropical regions. However, tropical ecosystems are suffering the consequences of an accelerated deterioration in its ecological capital and most agriculture production systems of the region show high…
  5. Session 4: emerging global partnership
    programmes. PROLINNOVA: promoting local innovation
    The justification, aims, activities and expected outputs of the proposed programme on ¿Promoting Local Innovation in Ecological Agriculture and Natural Resource Management¿ (PROLINNOVA) can be found in the short information sheet (Oct. 2001) in the annex to this paper and in the longer concept…
  6. Modalities of scaling-up landcare and NRM in the Philippines: creating space for public-private partnerships at the local level
    ICRAF¿s Research and Development Programme is now focused at developing technical, institutional and policy innovations, in an Integrated Natural Resource Management Research (INRM) Framework. The scale of analysis of our work begins at the farm and household level¿to the village and municipal…
  7. Going to Scale: Can we bring more benefits to more people more quickly? Workshop highlights
    This Going to scale Workshop held April 10-14, 2000 at the IIRR Campus in Silang, Cavite, Philippines was a follow through to the discussions of the CGIAR NGO Committee last October 22-23, 1999 at the World Bank, Washington, D.C., USA. In both workshops, sustainable agriculture (SA) and natural…
  8. Scaling up: Can we bring more benefits to more people more quickly? An executive summary
    This draft document is one attempt to capture the highlights of the Going to Scale Workshop in the Philippines including part of the Washington Workshop document Scale Up!. In both workshops, sustainable agriculture (SA) and natural resource management (NRM) served as the general backdrop to the…
  9. The potential of agroecology to combat hunger in the developing world. A 2020 vision for food, agriculture, and the environnent
    It is argued here that agroecology - a science that provides ecological principles for the design and management of sustainable and resource-conserving agricultural systems - offers several advantages over the conventional agronomic or agroindustrial approach. First, agroecology relies on…
  10. Towards defining a pro-poor Natural Resources Management Strategy in the CGIAR. Conclusions and recommendations from the CGIAR-NGOC Consultation on Natural Resources Management, October 22-23, 1998, Washington D.C.
    On October 22-23, 1998, the CGIAR NGO Committee (NGOC) convened a consultation on Natural Resources Management (NRM) involving 45 participants from NGOs, TAC, IARCs, Universities and NARIs. The consultation came as a response to the newly-recognized importance that the CGIAR within its renewed…
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