October 2-5, 2006, Cali, Colombia Summary of Findings The opportunity for smallholders to raise their incomes from agricultural production, natural resource management and related rural enterprises increasingly depends on their ability to compete in the marketplace. Not only are they competing with fellow farmers, they are also more and more in competition with farmers from […]
June 24, 2006, Bali, Indonesia During the 2006 IASCP conference, several project teams (AHI, CIFOR, Humboldt, and Marburg) from the collaborative research projects on collective action, property rights, and poverty reduction, met to update the knowledge and understanding of each others' research work, to identify and discuss emerging and cross cutting issues, and to start […]
October 17-21, 2005, Chiang Mai, Thailand Collective action plays a vital role in many aspects of human interaction, including income generation, risk reduction, and public service provision. Experience has shown that institutions of collective action play an important role in how people use natural resources, which in turn shapes the outcomes of production systems. Many […]
May 20, 2005, Washington, DC The CAPRi seminar at the meeting of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP) brought together researchers and practitioners who presented their findings from recent work around the topics "Defending the Commons & Decentralization and the Commons". The presentations and discussions explored the different pathways used by […]
Collective Action and Property Rights for Sustainable Rangeland Management CAPRI Research Brief Editor: Esther Mwangi CGIAR System-wide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights • February 2005 This set of research briefs presents a summary of research work undertaken jointly by the International Livestock Research Institute, the International Food Policy Research Institute, and the University […]
The Links Between Property Rights, Collective Action And Natural Resource Management February 7-11, 2005, Hyderabad, India Together with the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore (ISEC), the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore (UAS) and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Hyderabad (ICRISAT) CAPRi successfully organized a training course on Natural Resource […]
September 29 - October 2, 2003, Rome, Italy Genetic resources refer to genetic material in plants and animals that determine useful traits that can be conserved, characterized, evaluated and used by people to meet their needs. Recent advances in molecular biology, genetics, and applied science in crop and livestock breeding and fisheries have made the […]
February 28 - March 1, 2002, Nyeri, Kenya This CAPRi sponsored workshop on methodologies was hosted by ICRAF near Nairobi. It gathered more than 40 researchers from CGIAR centers, national research partners, and external experts presenting theoretical work as well as case studies. The call for paper required submissions to address methodological aspect of collective […]
Hammamet, Tunisia. May 5-11, 2001 Contributing Institutions: CAPRi, ICARDA, ILRI, INRAT, IRESA, OEP Much of the degradation of rangelands in dry areas has arisen from inappropriate land use policies that ignore the impact of environmental risk. Increasingly, various types of tenure and institutional reform are accounting for risk factors and offering improved prospects for people […]
March 2000, Managua, Nicaragua Watersheds represent a complex of resources with multiple uses and users. There is growing attention to watershed management by government agencies, NGOs, and research organizations. Although the spatial scale and time frame of watershed management means that both collective action and property rights are very relevant, attention to institutional issues is […]
