This chapter discusses the land settlement process under Char Development and Settlement Project (CDSP)-IV in Bangladesh. The settlement process follows the Government Khas Land Distribution Policy (1997) that stipulates that one landless household can get not more than 0.6 hectare of land for each ...

This book is dedicated to students and instructors looking for a resource that approaches food gardens as a subject of natural and social science, using a framework of five key ideas: ecological thinking, evolution by selection, prosocial behaviour, social organization and diverse knowledge. It is...

This chapter suggests that some integral swidden systems offer principles that may be built upon or adapted to promote biodiversity conservation and to provide goods, income and employment for rural households in the future. The argument is not that swidden can or should be recreated in Bhutan or...

In the past four decades, more than 40 improved maize varieties, including hybrids and open-pollinated varieties, have been developed and released in Ethiopia by the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research in collaboration with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre. Most...

This chapter discusses the rodent-control strategies in municipal and householder premises, integrated pest management, and best practice and audit schemes. Rodent control in food processing and production units as well as livestock units, and control options for domestic/household and small...

Helen Keller International's (HKI) homestead food production (HFP) model is a food-based strategy to increase the micronutrient intake of individuals, improve household food security and advance women's empowerment. The standard HFP intervention includes gardening, poultry production, group...

Potato processing at the industrial level is relatively insignificant in the tropical highlands of Africa in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. No large international companies are present in this area whereas they have successfully established themselves in North Africa (Egypt) and South Africa....

During the past 15 years, significant investments have been made in the development and promotion of orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) varieties in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) due to their high β-carotene contents and thus, their potential to contribute towards reducing vitamin A deficiency. As the...