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Monitoring Environmental Policy Process: Indicators To Evaluate Performance, Stella Namanji, Charles A. Francis, Charles Ssekyewa, Geir Hofgaard Lieblein
Monitoring Environmental Policy Process: Indicators To Evaluate Performance, Stella Namanji, Charles A. Francis, Charles Ssekyewa, Geir Hofgaard Lieblein
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications
The complexity of environmental policy development was examined in relation to sustainability, holistic and systems-thinking perspectives. We studied potential application of systems principles of coordination, representation, collaboration, participation and teamwork to improve policy effectiveness at formulation, communication, implementation, and operationalisation of the environment policy in Uganda. The research unveiled the ineffectiveness of the Uganda National Environment Management Policy. We applied systems theory to develop a mechanism for monitoring effectiveness of environmental policies at national level, with the goal to identify key monitoring indicators. We used the soft systems methodology to identify occurring environmental problems causing forest loss. Results suggest that …
Digital Mapping Of Togo’S Soil Fertility: Savannah Region, Aminou Saibou
Digital Mapping Of Togo’S Soil Fertility: Savannah Region, Aminou Saibou
English Language Institute
A soil assessment was carried out in the savannah region of Togo in 2018, aiming at drawing the digital map of Togo’s soil fertility and making fertilizer recommendations. Soil samples were taken from geo-referenced GPS points and were analyzed for parameters such as water pH, Organic matter, available phosphorus and exchangeable potassium. Thematic maps have been drawn using an ArcGIS package. The results showed that the soils of the Savannah region in Togo are mainly (84%) not very acidic (pH = 5.5 to 6.5), overall poor to very poor (84%) in organic matter (<2% OM), essentially poor to very poor (86%) in available phosphorus (<15 mg/kg of soil) and mostly very poor (87%) in exchangeable potassium (<90 mg / kg of soil). These results allowed the agricultural research institute of Togo to make fertilizer use recommendations and to develop, in partnership with Morocco, a digital platform (fertitogo.tg ) for decision making in crop fertilization.
Vision Of Self-Sufficiency Comes Alive (On Less Than Two Acres!), Madeleine K. Charney
Vision Of Self-Sufficiency Comes Alive (On Less Than Two Acres!), Madeleine K. Charney
Madeleine K. Charney
A Montague, Massachusetts family relishes their traditional homesteading lifestyle.
Vision Of Self-Sufficiency Comes Alive (On Less Than Two Acres!), Madeleine K. Charney
Vision Of Self-Sufficiency Comes Alive (On Less Than Two Acres!), Madeleine K. Charney
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A Montague, Massachusetts family relishes their traditional homesteading lifestyle.
Ecological Sustainability For Pastoral Management, Hugh Pringle, Ken Tinley
Ecological Sustainability For Pastoral Management, Hugh Pringle, Ken Tinley
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Pastoralists and rangeland bureaucracies are now required to operate within the limits of ecological sustainability. However, while the concept of ecological sustainability has been enshrined in law and policy at State and Commonwealth levels in Australia, there has been little translation into pastoral management objectives. The introduction of the 'EMU (Ecosystem Management Unit) process', as an equal partnership between ecologists and pastoralists, promises to bring pastoralists into close dialogue with the landscapes they manage on their stations, and to acknowledge and manage for values other than pasture production. In doing so, pastoralists are likely to increase production, reduce costs, and …