Integrating Ethno-Ecological and Scientific Knowledge of Termites for Sustainable Termite Management and Human Welfare in Africa

Autor: Gudeta W. Sileshi, Philip Nyeko, Phillip O. Y. Nkunika, Benjamin M. Sekematte, Festus K. Akinnifesi, Oluyede C. Ajayi

Publikováno v: Ecology and Society, Vol 14, Iss 1, p 48 (2009)

Despite their well-known role as pests, termites also provide essential ecosystem services. In this paper, we undertook a comprehensive review of studies on human-termite interactions and farmers' indigenous knowledge across Sub-Saharan Africa in an

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CURRENT OPINION IN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

Autor: Heather Wasser, Harold Alderman, William J. Sutherland, Sumi Mehta, Dilys Roe, Dale Whittington, Edward A. Frongillo, Emily Barbour, George B. Arhonditsis, Brian E. Robinson, Katherine L. Dickinson, Stephanie L. Wear, Fabrice DeClerck, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Nicole DeMello, Marit Wilkerson, Patricia Balvanera, Emily A. Bobrow, Brendan Fisher, Daniel O. Gilligan, Ephraim Nkonya, Wei Zhang, Ritesh Kumar, Rob Bailis, Siwa Msangi, Deborah A. Bossio, Marc Jeuland, Eduardo S. Brondizio, Katharine Kreis, Hugh P. Possingham, Joshua P. Rosenthal, Robert I. McDonald, Ryan S. D. Calder, Phillip S. Levin, Mark Bardini, Dorothy I. Mangale, Lydia Olander, Paul J. Ferraro, Andrew P. Grieshop, Marc L. Imhoff, Ashley E. Larsen, Joyce Wu, Heidi Wittmer, Barbara Merz, Lydiah Gatere, Becky Chaplin-Kramer, Claudia Ringler, Julie Rajaratnam, Grant Murray, Stephen A. Wood, Gautam N. Yadama, Guofeng Shen, Monica Kothari, Tim G. Benton, Benjamin Wood, Cindy Huang, Heather E. Eves, Ademola K. Braimoh, Lyla Mehta, Mark Lawrence, Edward Mabaya, Dennis Garrity, Mary Kay Gugerty, Andrew D. Jones, Taylor H. Ricketts, Robin Martino, Roseline Remans, Ben Stewart-Koster, Stephanie Zobrist, Terry Sunderland, Drew Shindell, Michael W. Hamm, Darby Jack, Oluyede C. Ajayi, Josh Tewksbury, Bedilu Reta, Yuta J. Masuda, Selena Ahmed, Tricia Petruney, Jill Baumgartner, David N. Barton, Sara Mason, Ricardo Maertens, Nicholas Miller, Amber Peterman, Craig Groves, David Wilkie, Rodd Kelsey, Alison C. Cullen, Benjamin P. Bryant, Nathaniel K. Newlands, Ruchi Badola, Diana Fletschner, Xiaoyue Hou, Joe Brown, Gina Kennedy, Nicola J. Grigg, Lisa Remlinger, Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson, Chris Webb, Carmel Pollino, Kristie L. Ebi, Megan Parker, Edward T. Game, Inês Azevedo, David Ameyaw, Georgina M. Mace, Jyotsna Puri, Celeste E Naude, Carl Lachat, Ann Bostrom, Gillian L. Galford, Heather Tallis, Jessica Fanzo, Mark E. Borsuk, Kris A. Murray

Publikováno v: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
CURRENT OPINION IN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

Tallis, Heather; Kreis, Katharine; Olander, Lydia; Ringler, Claudia; Ameyaw, David; Borsuk, Mark E.; Fletschner, Diana; Game, Edward; Gilligan, Daniel O.; Jeuland, Marc; Kennedy, Gina; Masuda, Yuta J.; Mehta, Sumi; Miller, Nicholas; Parker, Megan; Po

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http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/74044

Ethnoecological Knowledge for Identifying Elite Phenotypes of the Indigenous Fruit Tree,Uapaca kirkianain the Miombo Woodlands of Southern Africa

Autor: T. Chilanga, Simon A. Mng’omba, Gudeta W. Sileshi, Alfred Mkonda, Oluyede C. Ajayi, Festus K. Akinnifesi, Jarret Mhango

Publikováno v: Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. 39:399-415

This study integrates ecological knowledge and scientific principles in selecting superior Uapaca kirkiana phenotypes in Malawi and Zambia through focus-group discussions. Fruit collectors and roadside marketers provided locations of superior phenoty

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https://doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2014.980486

Auction Design for the Private Provision of Public Goods in Developing Countries: Lessons from Payments for Environmental Services in Malawi and Indonesia

Autor: Oluyede C. Ajayi, B. Kelsey Jack, Beria Leimona

Publikováno v: World Development. 40:1213-1223

Summary Payments for environmental services programs use direct incentives to improve the environmental impacts of private land use decisions. An auction offers an approach to efficiently allocating contracts among least-cost landholders, which can i

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.12.007

Integration of legume trees in maize-based cropping systems improves rain use efficiency and yield stability under rain-fed agriculture

Autor: Oluyede C. Ajayi, Festus K. Akinnifesi, Gudeta W. Sileshi, Bart Muys

Publikováno v: Agricultural Water Management. 98:1364-1372

Water availability is a major constraint to crop production in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where agriculture is predominantly rain-fed. This study aimed to investigate the effect of the nitrogen-fixing legume tree Leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala) and in

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2011.04.002