This chapter considers the specifics of rural institution formation and development of rural tourism business by drawing attention to the ways community engagement can be achieved considering the limitation of rural areas in developing countries. Apart from that, the text is built upon the...

This chapter first presents a background to the conflict in Liberia, describes the post-conflict agricultural context, and discusses the significance of agriculture and agricultural extension. Post-conflict agricultural extension in Liberia is then examined, highlighting some issues affecting the...

Sustainable development, comprised of interrelated social, economic and ecological components, is a core value of the global community. We need jobs in rural and urban communities, commodities to support life processes, and a healthy environment inclusive of our heritage of plant and animal...

The 19 chapters included in this book provide an overview of research conducted within the framework of the collaborative research programme on 'Regional Food Security Policies for Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Economies' (RESPONSE). The programme aimed to identify strategic options...

This chapter discusses two case studies carried out by a team of experts in the southern and northern part of Ethiopia demonstrating important cross-sectoral planning and capacity-building issues in forest management. The purpose of the Adaba-Dodola Integrated Forest Management project was to...

This chapter focuses on the institutional context of Integrated Watershed Management. It begins with a discussion of water governance - the broad umbrella that embraces the institutional context - and then moves on to discuss specific elements (conflicts, customary water rights, water laws and...

This chapter discusses the social research programme developed and carried out at the WorldFish Centre since 1996, which focuses on community approaches to managing aquatic resources. Two examples are presented, one from Bangladesh and the other from the Philippines, which show how users'...

River basins are managed at two different levels: basin level (wherein overall policies and plans are set, resources are allocated and regulations written and enforced) and use level (regulated water deliveries are made to users of water). This paper focuses on the first level of management, the...

This paper discusses the institutional arrangements for water management in the Lerma-Chapala basin in central Mexico and how well they are dealing with basin closure. An overview of the basin's water resources and uses (e.g. irrigated agriculture, and urban and irrigated water supply) is given. In ...

This paper examines the policy and institutional environment governing water allocation and other management functions in the Dong Nai River basin in Vietnam, together with the rules-in-use, which currently control allocation decisions. A definition of basin and an overview of basin hydrology (in...