Natural resource management [electronic resource] : the impact of gender and social issues / editors, Fiona Flintan and Shibru Tedla.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

International Development Research Centre (Canada)

Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa.

Flintan, Fiona.

Šeberu Tadlā.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural resources--Africa, Eastern--Management.

Natural resources.

Natural resources--Africa, Southern--Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Other Title:

Gender and social issues in natural resource management research for development.

Place of Publication:

Kampala [Uganda] : Fountain Publishers ; [Addis Ababa, Ethiopia] : Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa ; Otawa [Ont.] : International Development Research Centre, 2010

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book reveals how innovation in natural resource management can contribute to rural poverty reduction. Drawing from research throughout eastern and southern Africa, the contributing authors present a synthesis of lesson from both policy and practice. They look at various multi-stakeholder approaches to natural resource management, showing which ones have worked and why. They describe how researchers and development practitioners navigate the dynamics of complex socio-ecological systems. They analyze the outcomes and impacts of development projects, and present comparative insights on metho

Contents:

Introduction

Promotion of participatory technology in potato farming - Ethiopia

Evaluation of the gender and social perspectives in choice and profitability of soil fertility management technologies for smallholder maize production in Kenya

Access, control and use of natural resources in southern Malawi : a gender analysis

Gender analysis of risks from exposure to chemical contaminants among Kirinya wetland users in Jinja District of Uganda

Gender issues in fish farming in the Lake Victoria Basin : with a focus on development and dissemination of wetland clariid fishes breeding technologies

Southern African programme for improved transboundary NRM : equitable access and benefit sharing

Conclusion and recommendations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-80638-6

9786612806384

1-55250-483-2

OCLC:

670412763