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Farming system characterization for rubber smallholders in West Kalimantan [PDF]

, 2003
Dans l'Est-Kalimantan, l'adoption de nouveau matériel végétal dépend de sa disponibilité et du coût, de l'organisation et la cohésion sociale. les exploitants sont , en général, convaincus par les bonnes performances des nouveaux clones d'hévéa.
Courbet, Philippe, Ilahang, I., Penot, Eric   +2 more
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Chain Reactions: How Businesses Plan to Respond to the EU Deforestation Regulation in Brazil, the Congo Basin, and Europe

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The 2023 European Union Regulation on Deforestation‐free Products (EUDR) is a transnational regulation aimed at addressing forest loss along the value chains of forest‐risk commodities. Grounding our analysis in new institutional theory with distinct behavioral drivers explaining actor behavior, and using qualitative methods, we draw on the ...
Mathias Cramm, Rafaella Ferraz Ziegert, Laila Berning, Hassina Uwiringiyimana, Dario Schulz, Abubakar Shidiki, Herman Zanguim, Sven Wunder, Jan Börner, Claudia Azevedo‐Ramos, Yitagesu Tekle Tegegne, Metodi Sotirov   +11 more
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Are agri-business companies responsible for land grabbing in Central Africa? [PDF]

, 2014
Land grabbing usually refers to the controversial acquisition of a piece of land. As such it is a social concept. It deals with social and cultural use of and access to land, and with land tenure, including customary and legal rights.
Aboubakar Hayatou, Iyabano, Akoa, Stéphane, Dessard, Hélène, Feintrenie, Laurène, Karpe, Philippe, Levang, Patrice, Miaro, Ludovic, Ndong Ndoutoume, Eugene   +7 more
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Deforestation for food production [PDF]

, 2019
Deforestation contributes to carbon emissions and therefore to climate change. Within food systems, agricultural production is the stage which plays the largest role in deforestation and forest degradation, and it is therefore the focus of this chapter ...
Betbeder, Julie, Feintrenie, Laurene, Gazull, Laurent, Piketty, Marie-Gabrielle   +3 more
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Internet Use, Farm Investment, and Non‐Farm Employment: Evidence From Thailand and Vietnam

Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Internet usage has increased rapidly in rural Southeast Asia. However, the links among internet use, the growth of non‐farm sectors, and investment in agriculture remain insufficiently studied. This paper examines (i) the impact of internet use on rural non‐farm employment and non‐farm income of rural households, and (ii) the impact of non ...
Nguyet T. M. Tran, Viet T. Tran, Ulrike Grote, Trung Thanh Nguyen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developing a simple soil erosion model including spatial variability in headwater catchments

Agrosystems, Geosciences &Environment, Volume 9, Issue 2, June 2026.
Abstract Hillslopes and stream channels are tightly linked in headwater catchments, where soil erosion on slopes is transported to channels depending on topography, soil properties, and ground cover conditions. Because these environments are highly spatially variable, geographic information system (GIS)‐based modeling approaches are effective for ...
Binyam Alemu Yosef, Takashi Gomi, Mitsuru Ohira, Yoshimi Uchiyama, Katsushige Shiraki   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diversification of perennial crops to offset market uncertainties : The case of traditional rubber farming systems in West-Kalimantan, Indonesia [PDF]

, 2002
In less that one century Dayak farmers in Indonesia have shifted from traditional hunting and gathering of forest products to slash and burn agriculture with progressive integration of rubber in agroforestry systems called "jungle rubber", to rubber ...
Penot, Eric, Trouillard, Karine
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Industrial investments in agriculture in Central Africa. Establishing the conditions for sustainability and equity [PDF]

, 2016
In Central Africa, industrial investments in agriculture have been increasing for the last ten years, constituting one of the many drivers of deforestation.
Feintrenie, Laurene, Rival, Alain, Roda, Jean-Marc   +2 more
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Infectious Diseases Management in Small‐Scale Freshwater Aquaculture in West Africa: Lessons for Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

Reviews in Aquaculture, Volume 18, Issue 3, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Infectious diseases are an increasing threat to food security, small‐scale livelihoods and the sustainability of aquaculture in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). In sub‐Saharan Africa, aquaculture is expanding rapidly but production systems often remain fragile.
Mame Boucar Diouf, Robane Faye, Ahou Rachel Koumi, Nounagnon Darius Tossavi, Enoutchy Fabrice Bouah, Ephigénie Ndew Dione, El Hadji Malick Sy Camara, Kadjo Henri Joel Niamien, Ué Clavier Zéa Bi, Atto Delphin Kouadio, El Hadji Papa Abdourahim Sy, Thérèse Adeline Fatou Gomis, Paul Mamadou Ndour, Konan Jean Baptiste Djanhan, Samba Diouf, Jean‐Christophe Avarre, Jean Fall, Elie Montchowui, Koffi Charles Boussou   +18 more
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Transformation of rainforest into monoculture plantations alters the density, species richness and community composition of oribatid mites and selects for a higher dominance of parthenogenetic species

Global Ecology and Conservation
The transformation of rainforests into oil palm and rubber plantations poses a major threat to tropical biodiversity. This has been well documented for a number of above- and belowground taxa; however, to what extent this applies to oribatid mites is ...
Isma Dwi Kurniawan, Dorothee Sandmann, Sergey G. Ermilov, Rahayu Widyastuti, Winda Ika Susanti, Anton M. Potapov, Mark Maraun, Stefan Scheu, Ting-Wen Chen   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source