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Publikováno v:
Cogent Social Sciences, Vol 10, Iss 1 (2024)
The accomplishment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is intrinsically connected to improving livelihoods in the Rural Global South (RGS). RGS livelihoods are complex, showing multiple dimensions beyond mere economic considerations. However, man
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https://doaj.org/article/cc8954c589644c989ffe3e65b4a32fd5
Publikováno v:
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Vol 6 (2022)
Despite extensive research on farmers' constraints and decisions, technology developers, policymakers and development organizations still encounter difficulties in relating policies to farmers' strategies. Often, the concept of ‘smallholders' is ap
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https://doaj.org/article/ad9981f9cb3d47f2ba9630a6b01a4085
Publikováno v:
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Vol 6 (2022)
Improved water management is an important strategy to support smallholder farming, and thus to foster food security and improved livelihoods. Within this strategy, technologies like water pumps, especially those operating on renewable energies, are k
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https://doaj.org/article/265e114c3fc04800920f74683b929871
Autor:
Ileen N. Streefkerk, Marc J.C. van den Homberg, Stephen Whitfield, Neha Mittal, Edward Pope, Micha Werner, Hessel C. Winsemius, Tina Comes, Maurits W. Ertsen
Publikováno v:
Climate Services, Vol 25, Iss , Pp 100268- (2022)
Droughts and changing rainfall patterns due to natural climate variability and climate change, threaten the livelihoods of Malawi’s smallholder farmers, who constitute 80% of the population. Provision of seasonal climate forecasts (SCFs) is one mea
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https://doaj.org/article/a25800b855ba4b3fb9b135bc501e7802
Publikováno v:
Advances in Meteorology, Vol 2016 (2016)
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https://doaj.org/article/a3f7de02de9f48a781f32d26878837e7
Autor:
Maurits W. Ertsen
Publikováno v:
The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp e1-e28 (2008)
Aiming at full control over farmer actions was a shared characteristic of colonial irrigation engineering approaches. However, the way control was sought in African irrigation projects was different from Asian colonies. This paper traces the origins
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https://doaj.org/article/2f5ee270ce644fa9bbd2250f11ece1db
Autor:
Maurits W. Ertsen
Publikováno v:
The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, Vol 2, Iss 1 (2006)
The ‘Romijn’ discharge measurement structure was developed in the Netherlands East Indies. By the end of the colonial period in the 1930s, it had become the standard structure in irrigation. The Romijn design is not only still the main discharge
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https://doaj.org/article/03a7268c35194ec9b33a66567c52d875
Autor:
Maurits W. Ertsen
Publikováno v:
Tijdschrift voor Historische Geografie. 7:181-183
Autor:
Maurits W, Ertsen
Publikováno v:
Water History. 14:1-3
Autor:
Maurits W. Ertsen, Eva Kaptijn
Publikováno v:
Journal of Arid Environments, 163
Archaeological studies typically describe arid areas as extremely unpleasant areas for human occupation and use. Without suggesting that arid areas are pleasant places, however, this paper provides a reassessment of the meaning of aridity for an area