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Ghana Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Project Northern Ghana Land Use Ecosystem Service and Economic Valuation Study
Study assessing the ecosystem services and economic benefits of land uses and changes in land use in Northern Ghana. Abstract: Mounting pressure from population growth, natural resource shortages, development demands, and an increasingly erratic climate has left communities in northern Ghana to face significant challenges in balancing short-and long-term food security and financial needs. Produced […]
TGCC Ghana Final Report and Lessons Learned: Improving Tenure Security to Support Sustainable Cocoa
Worldwide, forests are being lost at an alarming rate, driven by the expansion of internationally traded commodities. In response, companies are making efforts to reduce and eliminate deforestation from their supply chains. In 2016, Hershey’s and Ecom Agroindustrial Corp (ECOM) began collaborating with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Tenure and Global Climate […]
Evaluating the Return on Investment (ROI) for an “Empowered Entrepreneur Training” in Tanzania
This Return on Investment (ROI) study was sponsored by Winrock International through its USAID-funded Developing a Sustainable Cookstove Sector project. It examines the organizational impacts of Empowered Entrepreneur Training Handbook (EETH) activities, which were developed to support organizations that engage women entrepreneurs or sales agents in order to ultimately enhance the distribution and sale of […]
SUCCESS STORY: An Improved Silvicultures Strategy for Sustainable Forest Management
Thuong Xuan is one of the seven poorest districts in Thanh Hoa province. In the district, there are more than 90,000 hectares (ha) of forest area, of which 12,000 ha have been used for acacia mangium. Acacia has been a popular plantation species in Vietnam because of its fast growth rate and short rotation times, […]
SUCCESS STORY: Community-Based Forest Management in Nghe An Province
Nghe An province is located in the north central coast of Vietnam. It is the largest province in the country, covering 1,649,270 hectares. The province contains over 888,695 ha of forestland, mainly located in the western areas of the province. Nghe An has a large area of natural and planted forests which covers 71.6% of […]
SUCCESS STORY: Nghe An Bob bo Model
The preservation, replanting, management and development of bon bo trees to reduce poverty and improve livelihoods of ethnic minority groups is one of the most successful forest business models developed under the USAID’s Vietnam Forests and Deltas (VFD) project. The model has been implemented in Que Phong, Ky Son, and Tuong Duong districts in Nghe […]
Vietnam Forests and Deltas Program Supports Improved Forest Policy in Vietnam
The USAID-funded Vietnam Forests and Deltas (VFD) Program promotes knowledge-sharing of climate change issues and supports the development and review of national policies and guidelines. In 2016, Vietnam’s Prime Minister approved three VFD-supported national polices that will improve management of the country’s valuable forest resources. These policies provide clear frameworks for sustainable management of forests, […]
GIS based Maps of Shrimp & Prawn Gher Areas
Funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Safe Aqua Farming for Economic and Trade Improvement (SAFETI) project, being implemented by Winrock International, is a five-year project working in the southern region of Bangladesh. The objectives of the project are: increasing shrimp and prawn production and national exports; increasing trade and income of supply […]
